EDUC 301 - Human Development and Learning

3 credits
3 hours per week.

This course is designed to provide the pre-service teacher with a constructive understanding of the physiological and psychological factors inherent in human growth and development and learning. In addition, this course is designed to provide the pre-service teacher with knowledge concerning the different teaching strategies that have been developed to create learning opportunities for students characterized by diversity in cultural backgrounds and exceptionalities. Practical insights predicated on research and experience-based principles are provided. The principles of human growth and development and learning are traced from early childhood through the adolescent years. Psychological implications for teaching are studied with attention given to their relations to educational practices. Opportunities for the pre-service teacher to observe elementary, middle, and/or high school children in various settings are provided (field-experience). Procedures for ensuring that pre-service teachers acquire strategies for developing National and State Assessment competencies in their students are emphasized.

Prerequisite(s) EDUC 200