PSYED 1026 - CHILD AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT 1
THIS COURSE FOCUSES ON THEORIES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT AS THEY ARE APPLIED IN PRACTICE. THE COURSE COVERS THE THEORIES OF PIAGET, FREUD, ERIKSON, GIBSON, SOCIAL LEARNING, INFORMA TION-PROCESSING AND ETHOLOGY. STUDENTS LEARN THE FUNDAMEN TAL TENETS OF THE THEORIES AS WELL AS NEW DIRECTIONS OF THEORY AND PRACTICE. THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SYNTHESIZE THE DIFFERENT THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES INTO COHERENT, WELL-IN FORMED PERSPECTIVES GUIDING THEIR PRACTICE.
Credits: 3
This course is not offered in the Summer 2010 (2107) or Spring 2010 (2104) or Fall 2009 (2101) terms.
