Holy Cross of Davao College Sta. Ana Avenue, Davao City COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Elementary/Secondary Education COURSE OUTLINE
I. Course No. : Education 21
Credit: 3 units
II. Course Title: Child and Adolescent Development
Pre-requisite: None
III. Course Description:
This is a basic course on child and adolescent development focusing theories on their biological, cognitive, social, and emotional development and the factors that affect the progress of development. The coverage of the course is structured to cover the key dimensions of the development of children and adolescents: physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development. For each dimension, theories are covered. Particular emphasis is given to the factors that have been identified as having significant effects on the natural course of development processes.
IV. Course Objectives :
At the end end of the course, course, the the students students will be able to: A. Cognitive (Creed)
1. Compare, contrast, organize and synthesize the different research and theories related to the dimensions of child and adolescent development. 2. Identifying concepts, theories, and principles of child and adolescent development. 3. Brainstorm about insights regarding how teaching and learning processes should take into consideration the various forms of knowledge regarding child and adolescent development B. Affective (Moral)
1. Reflect on the applicability of the theories to children and adolescents in the locality. 2. Realize the importance of transition of development and be prepared for real-life situation. 3. Appreciate, value, and respect the complex pressure of the students from different ages.
C. Psychomotor (Skills)
1.
Apply their knowledge in child and adolescent development in the classroom.
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Articulate their own views and ideas on how children and adolescent grow.
V. Course Content: No. of Hours 1. Human Development: Meaning, Concepts and Approaches 4 2. The Stages of Development and Developmental Tasks 4 3. Issues on Human Development 4 4. Research in Child and Adolescent Development 4 5. Freud’s Psychoanalytic theory 3 6. Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development 3 7. Erickson’s Psycho Social Theory 3 8. Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development 2 9. Vgotsky’s Socio- cultural Model 2 10.Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological theory 2 11.Prenatal Development 2 12.Physical, Cognitive, and Socio-emotional Development of Infants and Toddlers 4 13.Physical, Cognitive, and Socio-emotional Development of Preschoolers 4 14.Physical, Cognitive, and Socio-emotional Development of Primary Schoolers 4 15.Physical, Cognitive, and Socio-emotional Development of Intermediate Pupils 4 16.Physical, Cognitive, and Socio-emotional Development of High School Learners 5 Total 54 hours
VIII. References A. Books
Ref 1 Anonat, R. D. (2009). Child and adolescent development. Mandaluyong City: Books Atbp. Publishong Corp. Ref 2 Corpuz, B.B., Lucas, M.A., Borabo, H.L., and Lucido, P.I. ( 2010). Child and adolescent development . Quezon City: Lorimar Publishing, Inc. Ref 3 Gray, C. & Macbrail S. (2012). Learning theories in childhood. USA: Sage Publications. Ref 4 Feldman, R.S. (2012). Child development . USA. Pearson Education.
Ref 5 Tuckman, B. Monetti, D. M. ( 2011). Educational psychology . USA: Cengage learning.
B. Web Resources
Ref 6
Presley, M. & MacCormick, C. B. (2007). Child and adolescent development for educators. Retrieved 10 August 2014, from http://lib.freescienceengineering.org/view.php?id=758737
Ref 7 Shaffer, D. R. & Kipp, K. (2013). Developmental psychology: Child and adolescenthttp . Retrieved 01 June 2013, from http://lib.freescienceengineering.org/view.php?id=1104895
