Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives Upon successful completion of this subject, students should demonstrate knowledge and understandings of the major milestones of development in infancy and toddlerhood; the principles of physical development in this period; the principles of basic learning mechanisms in this stage; the principles of cognitive development; the principles of psychosocial development of this developmental stage; physical, cognitive and psychosocial development in early childhood; the major milestones of development in early childhood. Students should have developed skills which will enable them to use developmental profiles for observing children's progress; demonstrate the ability to analyse child behaviour as presented in case studies; delineate ways and means to optimise development in all three aspects of child development, namely the physical, the psychosocial and the cognitive. Students should have developed attitudes which demonstrate a positive attitude towards understanding how children grow and develop; confidence in their ability to observe, categorise and explain child behaviour; an attitude of enquiry into how best to optimise the development of children they will care for and teach.
Synopsis This subject follows on from the previous one. It maintains the same thrust, direction and emphasis as EDN1155 (Child development 1) but now covers the period of early childhood development.
Assessment Test: 50% + Examinations: 50%