EDF 3115 - Child Development for Inclusive Settings

3 hours Lecture, 3 credits
Upper-Division College Credit
Prerequisite(s): Admission to BS in Elementary Education Program
AA Elective: No
This course provides an overview of human life (from fertilization through pre-adolescence) while focusing on the growth and developmental characteristics of children 5 to 12 years of age. Teacher candidates analyze typical and atypical development, developmental theories, learning theories, research on the process of learning to read, brain research, the process of attachment, and the formation of relationships, to guide their practice in teaching diverse groups of children in classrooms from kindergarten to grade 6. This course satisfies Florida Reading Endorsement (2011) Competency One (Foundations of Reading Instruction).

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