Child Growth and Development

Duration: 10 weeks
Hours: 98
Domestic Tuition: $695.00
International Tuition: $1015.00

Description

Students will learn how children grow and develop physically, intellectually, emotionally and socially. There will be an emphasis on needs at any given age and stage and strategies on how these needs can best be met.

Objectives

To provide the student with background in research and theories related to child growth and development.
To develop the student's skill in observing and recording behaviours of young children.
To develop a knowledge of developmental patterns in child growth such as language development and concept formation.

Prerequisites

Admission to program

Required Textbooks

Children: A Chronological Approach, 6th Canadian Edition

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SECD Single User License: North American Edition + Primer

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More Info

This course utilizes the “North American Edition” and "Child Development Primer" section of the Science of Early Childhood Development (SECD) website. Canadian early childhood professionals created the SECD website as a “living textbook,” constantly evolving based on current practices and research. This online resource is split into sections and topics, much like a hardcopy textbook would be. The website is a rich resource of relevant, current and reputable academic papers and articles, in-depth subject exploration, expert interviews, videos of English and French-Canadian classrooms and educators, videos of international classrooms and educators, and interactive quizzes and games. The content will help you reinforce and expand on course content and in many cases, be required to directly answer assignment questions.