Instructor: Stephen York

EDPO 515  Childhood & Society: It’s a Different World


Course Description:

How does a child’s psychological development and the environment they grow up in, affect how they live and learn – from infancy through early elementary school? Best Practices and professional standards of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC -  http://www.naeyc.org/ ) will be considered. This course is appropriate for early childhood educators and early elementary school educators.

Course Goals:

•    To understand and apply theories of childhood development to the teaching and learning process

•    To explore the history of childhood – past and present

•    To analyze how home, school, peers, and technology impact children.

 

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