Careers
At the end of your Home Learning Course, and with the qualification you want under your belt, the door to a new career is close at hand.
With the Diploma in Child Psychology you may be able to apply for jobs as a Child Minder, or Teaching Assistant and earn salaries of up to £29,000* per annum.
*Source: totaljobs
Example Roles
Youth Worker
£16K-£18K
Source: Careers Advice - Direct Gov |
Teaching Assistant
£16K-£18K
Source: Careers Advice - Direct Gov |
Our Tutors
We recognise that expert support and guidance is vital in helping students succeed, and your Home Learning College Tutor is dedicated to helping you achieve your goals.
When you enrol you are assigned a personal Tutor, an expert in their subject area who is trained to support and coach you throughout the duration of your studies. Tutors are recruited, employed and trained by Home Learning College, ensuring that students have access to the best quality support and tuition available.
You will have unlimited access to your personal Tutor via phone, post or online. From the day you enrol, we are committed to helping you successfully complete your course – and take the next step.
Student Community
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Once you're a member of our Virtual Learning Community you can tap into a great deal more – anywhere and anytime:
Our unique Virtual Learning Community delivers a more involving study experience and greater student success rates. Once registered you'll be able to:
- Meet and chat with any of our 65,000 students
- Participate in online discussion boards
- Set up and manage your own Personal Study Area
- Interact with your Tutor
- Access your assignments and course materials
- Participate in interactive quizzes and e-assessments
- Watch video-casts and download online tutorials
- Access a library of user generated content
- Access additional learning tools
- Access anywhere 24 hours a day
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Take a tour of our unique Virtual Learning Community.
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Home Learning College is the only vocational home study provider within the UK to offer students an interactive online community. Access to our Virtual Learning Community means that you’ll have all the flexibility and benefits of studying from home whilst ensuring that you are never actually studying alone.
Study Plan
Your course material will cover a wide variety of topics and subjects.
The Child Psychology Diploma is divided into two modules, and will gradually introduce you to the different aspects of the subject. You don't need to know anything about the subject before you start. Each module is broken down into 10 units.
- The first year of life
- The formation of attachments
- Consequences of breakdowns in attachments
- Basic principles of research methods
- The development of visual perception
- The development of language and communication
- Intelligence and intelligence testing
- Data collection and interpretation
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- How children Think
- Learning theory and criticisms
- Freud's psychodynamic theory
- Moral development
- The development of gender roles
- Aggression in children
- Methods used in child development & play
- Learning in school programmed
- Behaviour
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Study Details
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Each new study topic adds to the knowledge you have already gained, and you should be able to complete the entire course within approximately 100 hours of study.
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| 3 months |
9 hours |
| 6 months |
5 hours |
| 12 months |
2 hours |
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| Exams |
Assignment taken at home |
| Entry Requirement |
none |
| Study Hours |
100 hours |
| Quality Materials |
Yes - written by industry expert |
| Number of Units |
20 units over 2 modules |
| Number of Assignments |
4 |
Our Child Psychology EDI Diploma material is written by experts.
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