ELSE 3301DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING THEORIES

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This course introduces the candidate to the physical, cognitive, language/communication, social, and emotional development of individuals from infancy through adulthood. This course surveys six developmental stages: prenatal development, infancy and toddlerhood, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood, and the physical, cognitive and emotional changes that occur during these periods. Lectures, discussions, visual presentations, demonstrations, and field experiences are central to this course.