Course Description
Cognitive, sociocultural, emotional, and moral development from infancy through adolescence, with particular emphasis placed on developmental issues in the context of service-learning in an educational setting.
Athena Title
Child and Adolescent Develop
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in EPSY 3010, EPSY 3010H
Non-Traditional Format
Course includes a service-learning project during the semester that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives. Students will be involved in the planning and implementation of the project(s) and may spend time outside of the classroom. Students will be engaged in the service-learning component for approximately 25-50% of overall instructional time.
Prerequisite
Any course with EPSY, PSYC, ECHD, or CHFD prefix
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Through academic course materials, service within community educational settings, and reflecting on the connections between these, students will learn: • current theories and research in child and adolescent development; • how child/adolescent development theories and research can be used to improve service to children/adolescents in educational settings; • how to identify developmental patterns in individual children/adolescents whom they are serving in educational settings; • implications of child/adolescent developmental research and theories for both teaching of children/adolescents and the design of educational programs, policies, and settings. Students are required to evaluate their own practice with children/adolescents for use of proven strategies for learning. Course assessment is based on this self- evaluation, students' ability to identify course concepts in their service-learning contexts, and evidence of progress in the learning of the children/adolescents served.
Topical Outline
NOTE: All topics are related through course discussions and student writing to specific exemplars and applications in the service-learning context. Piagetian Theory Vygotskian Theory Development of the Brain Development of Attention and Working Memory Development of Long Term memory and its Organization Metacognition and Self-regulated Learning Language Development Process and Effects of Attachment The Family: parenting, family variation and change, cultural variations Effects of poverty on learning and development Responsibilities of adults to all children in a modern society Moral Development Peers and Friendships Developing a Concept of Self - Birth through Adolescence Ethnic and Gender Identity Development