Course Content and Outcomes Guides (CCOG)

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Effective Term:
Fall 2017 through Summer 2021

Course Number:
HEC 226
Course Title:
Child Development
Credit Hours:
4
Lecture Hours:
40
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
0

Course Description

Basic theories, research and principles of physical, cognitive, language, social and emotional development of children from the prenatal period through adolescence. Includes observation and classroom processes. Audit available.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Articulate normal growth and development using theories and principles of child development

Express verbally and in writing how culture, environment and heredity influence children's development

Social Inquiry and Analysis

Students completing an associate degree at Portland Community College will be able to apply methods of inquiry and analysis to examine social contexts and the diversity of human thought and experience.

Outcome Assessment Strategies

Express an understanding of a child development with other students in class discussions and reflective writing

Integrate child development theories and principles in written observations of children

Write an exam that demonstrates acquired knowledge of child development

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

Process Skills

Read the text and supporting materials

Communicate effectively in small groups

Reflect on and identify own personal development during childhood years

Observe and interview children objectively

Write descriptively and analytically

Concepts, Issues, Themes

Theories of Child Development

Domains of Development:

Social-Emotional

  • Cognitive-Creative
  • Physical
  • Language

Periods of Development

  • Pre-natal
  • Infancy
  • Early Childhood
  • Middle Childhood
  • Adolescence

Environmental, social/cultural and inherited factors that affect development