Course Outline in The Child and Adolescent Learners and Learnig Principles
Course Outline in The Child and Adolescent Learners and Learnig Principles
Course Outline in The Child and Adolescent Learners and Learnig Principles
PRINCIPLES
COURSE TITLE: The Child and Adolescent Learners and Learning Principles
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This 3-unit course focuses on child and adolescent development with
emphasis on current research and theory on biological, linguistic, cognitive, social, and
emotional dimensions of development. Further, this includes factors that affect the progress of
development and shall include appropriate pedagical principles applicable for each
developmental level.
COURSE CONTENT
PRELIMS
5. Physical Development
Brain Development
Physical Growth
Motor Skills Development
Puberty
Health Concern
6. Cognitive Development
Piaget
Vygotsky
Information Processing and Intelligence Theories
Development of Executive Skills
Behavioral Development
FINALS
10 .Pre-Natal Development
11. Synthesis of the Physical, Cognitive, and Socio-emotional Development of Pre-natal period
GRADING SYSTEM:
Class Standing: 70%
Major Exams: 30%
Passing Percentage for Professional and major subjects: 60%
REFERENCES:
Bergin, C.C. and Bergin, D.A.(2018). Child and adolescent development in your
classroom (3rd ed). USA: WADSWORTH CENGAGE Learning.
Corpuz, B., Lucas, M.R., Borabo, H.G., & Lucido, P. (2018). Child and
adolescent development. Manila: Lorimar Publishing Inc.
Clark, R.M. (2016). Childhood in Society for the early years (3rd ed.).
London: Sage Publications Ltd.
Kostelnik, M., Soderman, A.K., Whiren, A.P., Rupiper, M., Gregory, K. (2015).
Guiding children’s social development and learning: theory and skills, (8th ed).
Australia: Cengage Learning.