ECE 110 - Applied Child Development

1. Document a foundational knowledge of how the role as a child development specialist will influence and be applied as a teacher of young children, citing specific teaching approaches, strategies and tools for early education. [REASON]
2. Document understanding of the theoretical principles of Piaget, Vygotsky, and Erikson for application to the teacher’s role in planning children’s learning, designing a classroom environment, and guiding interactions with children. [REASON]
3. Document the importance of active learning, direct experiences, play, and a social context to children’s learning, based on developmental principles and professionally defined practices. [REASON]
4. Document the ability to understand the stages of development for the infant, toddler, preschool, and early school-age periods of development. [COMMUNICATE]
5. Demonstrate the ability to describe and apply developmental principles of Piaget, Vygosky and Erikson:in specific teaching strategies related to the individualized learning process and perspective of young children. [COMMUNICATE]
6. Demonstrate the ability to connect professionally-defined Developmentally Appropriate Practices to principles and stages of development. [ACT]
7. Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between social-emotional learning and development of the whole child. [EXPLORE]
8. Identify and interpret how multiple influences can affect a child’s growth and developmental process. [EXPLORE]