B991 Health and Social Care

Assignment task - Illustrate how human development is influenced by biopsychosocial and environmental factors and consider the health challenges people can potentially experience.

Assignment choice – You will be able to choose one title from the six below as the focus of your poster assignment.

• Human Development from Conception to Birth

• Human Development in Childhood

• Human Development in Adolescence

• Human Development in Young Adulthood

• Human Development in Middle Adulthood

• Human Development in Older Adulthood

Slide one is for the visual presentation of your poster, you need to provide:

• A title for the poster in the top section, include your name and student ID

• Start with an introduction sentence.

• Then develop the content on human development in your chosen life stage.

• Add a brief conclusion at the end of the poster.

• Throughout the poster you need to provide in-text references to suitable supportive literature.

Slide 2 is for the annotated bibliography

• You need to present the full reference for each of the sources you used in your poster be those written or visual sources.

• You will need to provide an annotation for all written sources such as for books, journal, and websites. Commenting on how and why the written reference source was useful to develop your poster assignment. Include reference  to 5 to 8 authoritative written sources including books, journals and websites. Provide 3 to 5 sentences on each reference source

• Whilst you need to add the full references for visual media charts, graphs, tables, pictures and images these do not require annotation within this assignment, these visually speak for themselves.

• It is recommended that in slide 2 you use font size 10 -12 to allow you space to write the annotated bibliography in sufficient depth.

• We will be reviewing good and poor examples in depth on Tuesday 16th Nov 2021

• These will go live a week before (w/c 8th Nov) so that you can bring your thoughts on what are their strengths and areas, they could be improved to the on-campus discussions

• Choose your title – review the materials on BB, revisit your notes, read the directed study text.
• Plan the content - identify your main message and key points. Think about how you are going to capture and hold the attention of your audience.
• Plan the visual content - think about whether the content works best as text or an image. Plan your design noting the point of entry and the logical flow of the information throughout the poster. How are you going to ensure your audience knows how to read your poster?  Do they need to read horizontally or vertically? Consider how to signpost them through the work
• Create - create your poster, using PowerPoint
• Proof read the contents and edit as necessary. Ensure that your spellings, grammar and referencing are correct. Check the readability of your poster, get a trusted friend/peer to provide you with honest feedback on the clarity and impact of your poster.
• Remember: Academic Posters need to be formal (for this assignment your poster needs to be written in the 3rd person), structured (follow a logical order) and include citations (both in text and as a final reference list).

• To recap you need to choose one title from the six below as the focus of your poster assignment.
• Human Development from Conception to Birth
• Human Development in Childhood
• Human Development in Adolescence
• Human Development in Young Adulthood
• Human Development in Middle Adulthood
• Human Development in Older Adulthood