EDF2201

Child development 1

(EDU)

Ms K Margetts (Peninsula) + Ms W Farrell (Gippsland)

6 points + 2 hours per week + First semester + Peninsula + Gippsland

Synopsis: Issues, theories and expected milestones across different domains of children's development including cognitive, emotional, motor, social and language. Theories of learning. How these inform the work of teachers. The need for students to consider themselves as learners, examining their own understandings, skills, backgrounds and preferred learning style. The need to consider children as individuals, including observing, charting progress and planning to meet the needs of individual children, especially in the early and middle childhood years

Assessment: Essay and practical folio (maximum 3000 words): 60% + Examination: 40%