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EDUC& 115 Child Development - Spring 2016 - ONLINE

For whom is this course designed?
This course is designed for students interested in learning more about how children, birth-adolescents develop. Students that take this course are often pursuing the professions of early childhood education, K-12 teaching, social work, or health care. Many parents also choose to take this course to gain more knowledge about how children develop.

This course is required for:

• ECE Certificates of Specialization - Stackable Credential

• AAS in Early Childhood Development

• AAS in Paraeducation

• AA Emphasis Elementary Education

• AAS in Human Services

• and can be used as an unrestricted elective for any student interested in learning the topic.

This course is breadth class, which means that it covers general information about child development theories and concepts, but is not a depth class, having time to go deeper regarding what we cover. 

So what will I learn in this course?
In EDUC& 115 Child Development, students will build a functional understanding of the foundation of child development, prenatal to early adolescence. Observe and document physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development of children, reflective of cross cultural and global perspectives.

Student Learning Outcomes:

• Discuss prominent child development research and theories.
• Describe the developmental sequence from conception through early adolescence in all domains using appropriate terminology and identifying characteristics of each.
• Describe individual and cultural affects, differences and commonalities in child development and nurturing practices.
• Articulate how family, caregivers, teachers, community and culture influence development.

How does this course work?

This is a self-paced course divided into modules. Don't know what a module is? That's ok. For right now, just think of modules as folders. Later you'll see why that's not entirely correct but it's a good place to start.  Each module contains a specific lesson and a series of assessments.

When you successfully complete a module, the next module will be made available to you.

What browser should I use?
The browser Canvas developers recommend is Chrome, but Firefox and Safari work equally well. You should avoid using Internet Explorer as it tends to cause the most problems with Canvas. 

Once you're ready, click on the Modules tool from the vertical course navigation tool bar to your left and check out all of items in the BEFORE YOU START Module. After looking over the content there, you can get started with Module 1.

Once you begin a module, you will see a set of buttons on the bottom of each page. These buttons will take you to the next or previous section.

You will do all the first-day-of-the-class things here like learn about the instructor, introduce yourselves to each other, learn basic communication skills and how to submit assignments, etc.