Child Development and Observation

Catalog description

This course involves foundational coursework and observation in a school setting. This course examines children’s and adolescents’ physical, cognitive, language and literacy, social, emotional, and moral development. Self-concept, identity and motivation, and exceptionality areas also addressed. Themes of diversity and working with parents are also woven throughout this course. The observation portion of the course emphasizes ways of observing, recording, and analyzing children’s behavior and development in relation to planning and implementing developmentally appropriate curriculum.