ED 200 - child Development And Learning 3

Institution:

Skidmore College

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Description:

Development of the child from the prenatal period to puberty with a focus on domains of learning, factors affecting learning and learning processes. Students engage in systematic observations in the Greenberg Child Care Center and the Early Childhood Center on campus. In addition, students have the option of earning an additional 1 credit through their participation in a service-learning component that connects experiential and academic understanding of children's growth and development. The service learning option requires that students spend an hour a week in addition to class time volunteering for a campus or community nonprofit organization which emphasizes teaching and learning for a total of 10 semester hours. Service Learning options include 1,000 Books Early Intervention Literacy Program, tutoring (before, during, or after school) in local elementary schools, enrichment programs (before, during, or after school) in local elementary schools. Faculty will assess students' work via journals and class presentations which relate their work to theoretical constructs discussed in class. Required of majors. Not open to juniors and seniors. Juniors who are declaring an education studies minor may register with the permission of the instructor. D. Brent

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.skidmore.edu/

Phone Number:

(518) 580-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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