2024-2025 College Catalog
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ECE 234 - Child Growth and Development
Credits: 3
Lab/Lecture: Three lecture.
Child development from conception to eight years old, emphasizing cognitive, social and physical growth. Including theories of development.
Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- examine and evaluate the theories of child development and learning (1a,b, 4d, 5a, 6a,b,d, 1.1-13, 2.1-4, 3.1-5);
- examine current research on brain development (1b, 5a, 6b,c, 1.1, 2.1,3.5, 4.3);
- describe conception and prenatal development (1b, 6b,c, 1.1, 2.1,3.5, 4.3);
- identify cognitive, social and physical characteristics of the child, birth through age eight (1b, 2a,c, 3d, 4c,d, 5a, 6c, 1.1, 2.1,3.5, 4.3);
- recognize typical and atypical growth (1b, 2a,c, 3d, 4c,d, 5a, 6c,e, 1.1, 2.1,3.5, 4.3);
- and assess the relevancy of culture on children’s development (2a,b,c, 6c) (NAEYC and ADE standards).
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