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About the Course

In this course, we dive into the topic of child development. You will learn that child development is complex and is influenced by a surprisingly rich number of factors at many different levels of organization. You will see that development can be studied in various domains and at various levels of understanding, from different angles and disciplines. Importantly, you will come to understand that processes within and between the various domains and levels of organization continuously interact to shape development. This implies that understanding development requires taking an interdisciplinary approach. In order to help you organize your thinking about this complexity you will learn more about the developmental systems approach and theories related to that. We will look, amongst other things, at the brain and motor development, cognitive, language and social-emotional development and all the factors that have an influence on development. To illustrate how an interdisciplinary approach helps to understand child development you will see how researchers from various disciplines and backgrounds study child development at Utrecht University. These scientists will give a look in their field of knowledge and their collaboration with colleagues, to illustrate how the theory you will learn translates to practice. In sum, we invite you to follow us on a journey to understand child development from synapse to society!...

Top reviews

RM

Oct 13, 2018

I have absolutely loved this course. Challenging but accessible. Every week has been engaging. I enjoyed the variety of research papers, video lectures and interviews.

JM

Feb 9, 2026

Helped gain a well educated understanding of childhood development and all aspects that form part of it.

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By Neslihan K

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May 21, 2021

Great

By Georgia T

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Jun 24, 2023

Not enough in-depth information on the topics covered by the course, too much redirection to external reading sources, too much focus on the university's research interviews. My goal was to learn about child development THROUGH the course itself and not via reading suggested articles or book chapters on the topic. While it is interesting to see the multidisciplinary research carried out by the University, the course focuses too much on the staff and what they are doing at the University, and not enough on actually teaching about child development with relevant, real-life examples. I skipped through most of the interviews and was done with the "lecture" videos within 3 hours.

By Desiree L

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Sep 18, 2025

I do not like that this course has "peer reviewed" items including recording myself and videos.

By MAHA B

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Nov 12, 2025

I'm missing my certificate

By Ay�e �

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Nov 6, 2020

MERHABA GUZEL BIR KURS YAPMISSINIZ AMA DİLİ İNGİLİZCE VE VİDEOLARIN ALTINDA TURKÇE ÇEVİRİ YOK ANLAMIYORUZ VE ANLAMADIĞIM İÇİNDE FAYDALANAMIYORUM ALT YAZI OLSUN LÜTFEN

By Fabiha B E

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Dec 19, 2025

i didnt get any certificate after completion the course,