ECE 203

Course Code & Number

ECE 203

Course Title

Child Development and Learning

Level

BS

Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits

(2+2+0) 3 TEDU Credits, 5 ECTS Credits

Year of Study:

Sophomore

Semester:

Fall

Type of Course:

Compulsory

Mode of Delivery:

Face-to-face

Language of Instruction:

English

Pre-requisite / Co-requisite:

Catalog Description

Physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and language characteristics of children ages between birth to eight. Contextual factors that affect young children’s development and learning. Theories of child development and learning. Application of child development and learning theories to early childhood learning teaching.

Course Objectives

This course aims to equip pre-service teachers with the knowledge of child development and learning theories and give them an ability of implementing those concepts in the early childhood and elementary grades teaching contexts, curriculum and models. 

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon succesful completion of this course, a student will be able to
1. identify young children’s universal characteristics across age groups
2. recognize children’s wide range of individual and developmental differences 
3. associate the contextual factors that affect young children’s development and learning
4. discover how the theories of child development and learning have influenced early childhood program models and curricula 
5. critique the theories of child development and learning
6. apply child development knowledge into early childhood teaching and learning.

Course Coordinator:

Sühendan Er