ECE 215 Child Development
involves the study of child development during the early years of life (conception to age eight), including the study of physical/motor, social/emotional, cognitive, language, aesthetic and literacy development. Emphasis is on examination of current early childhood research and major developmental theories within the socio-cultural context of early interactions with gender, family, peers, race/ethnicity, socio-economics, religion, and society and their application to the childcare and preschool settings. Learning implications will be indicated in the observations and case study related to ages 0-8. Students are required to participate in 10 hours of field experience in an infant/toddler, PreK-Grade 3 learning environment to pass the course. This course is applicable toward all certificates and degrees; group requirements include natural science (ECE only) (credit hours 3.0, lecture hours 3.0).