Learning Outcomes

At the completion of HMNS-2100–Child Development -students should be able to:

• Discuss the major stages of pre-natal development and how they are affected by environmental influences, such as, drugs, alcohol, poor health and nutrition
• Recognize the physical, social, emotional, linguistic, and intellectual characteristics of infants through age eight
• Understand child development and its cultural variations
• Differentiate between typical and atypical development
• Compare the key tenets of Child Development Theories - Maturationist/Behaviorist/Psychoanalytic/Cognitive-Developmental/Sociocultural/Ecological
• Critically analyze theory and research
• Apply connections between child development, guidance of children and curriculum
• Document and interpret behaviors of children according to ages and stages expectations
• Evaluate advocacy and public policy related to topics in Child Development and Education

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