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Understanding Child Development
Course Code: DED3423
School: Distance-Education.org
Description
This course will cover the theories of child development with special focus on cognitive, social and emotional aspects of development. The student will be introduced to the major theorists such as Erikson, Freud, Piaget.
The aim of the course is to help anyone working with or interacting with children- parents, educators, care-givers, to understand the processes that children must go through as they grow and develop. This will help them to see that the child completes each phase fully and at an appropriate pace. The course will offer help in activities that will enhance each developmental stage.
Outcomes
The students will at the end of the course:
- Be able to describe the process of development for children 0 - 12years.
- Be familiar with the major theorists of child development.
- Be able to understand what is considered normal development and to be able to recognize delays or unusual advances in a child`s growth.
- Have some guidelines for assisting a child through the developmental stages.
Assessment
At the end of each lesson the students will have a brief essay-type assignment to complete. This will be reviewed by me. A percentage grade will be given. Students will be considered to pass this course on completion of all the assignments with a percentage of 70 and above.
Instructor
Marilyn Robb, Ph.D, is an Educational Consultant who tutors, consults, and lectures at a number of undergraduate and post graduate university level programs. She designs and implements training and professional development workshops on social and emotional learning for teachers and others around the world. She has courses in a variety of areas including Understanding Child Development.Testimonials
"I will definitely take what I have learned from this course and apply it to my everyday life. I believe I will be a better Instructional Aide for having taken this course." - E. Welsch"I will take what I have learned and apply it to my K-3 Class. Also it has given me the knowledge to improve my teaching and help me to be more understanding of my students needs. I better understand the needs of young children. And the many changes they go through. This class have helped me the achieve so many goals. One of them is to be a very good teacher. " - Thea Twisdale
"Due to the lessons I learned in the class it changed my attitude regarding some of the curriculum for the classroom. I will recommend this course to my co-workers." - Carmel Watson
"This course was interesting, learning about children, so now I'm going to continue with my child development career, by going to college within the next year. I have some back up information already, so I honestly feel like I could keep it going." - Jessica Nava
"This course met my expectations and more." - Elizabeth W.
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