EDU 118 - Human Growth and Development I
Description
This course focuses on the study of the whole person from conception through adolescence. Emphasis is on observing and analyzing individual children’s unique developmental variations in physical, cognitive, linguistic, social and emotional domains. The course requires 24 hours laboratory experience with children.
Note: Students enrolled in Child Development Lab classes automatically undergo a Criminal Background Check and a Public Sex Offender Registry Check.
If, as a result of the criminal background check, or if Grand Rapids Community College learns through an authoritative source, that a student has been convicted of ANY FELONY, or is listed on the Public Sex Offender Registry, the student will be refused lab placement and removed from the course.
Complete Policy Information is provided on the GRCC Education Website.
Credit Hours: 4
Contact Hours: 5
School: School of Liberal Arts
Department: Education
Discipline: ED
Major Course Revisions: Prefix
Last Revision Date Effective: 20220217T16:05:51
Course Review & Revision Year: 2026-2027
Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture/Lab - Must meet Lecture & Lab Ratios
General Education Requirement: None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Observe children and write objective anecdotal records based on children’s development.
2. Understand and value each child as an individual with unique developmental variations, strengths, interests, challenges, approaches to learning, experiences and abilities.
3. Identify the stages of prenatal development, birth process and neonatal capabilities, describing critical periods and nature vs nurture.
4. Use evidence based resources to analyze specific children’s development in all the developmental domains.
5. Reflect and identify their own personal biases and the pre-conceived ideas they bring into interactions with children.
6. Identify Piaget’s stages of cognitive development.
7. Compare and contrast Piaget’s and Vygostsky’s theories of cognitive development.
8. Describe the prelinguistic and linguistic stages of expressive and receptive language development.
9. Review Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development.
10. Create and/or organize data and information into meaningful patterns in order to interpret and draw inferences from it.
11. Use reflection to examine personal beliefs and values and identify their origins and potential biases.
Approved for Online Delivery?: Yes
Course Outline:
I. Lab Familiarization
A. Developmentally Appropriate Practices
B. Observing children
C. Expectations for lab experiences
II. Child Development history
A. Theories
B. Research
III. Physical Development
A. Brain development
B. Fine motor development
C. Gross motor development
IV. Cognitive Development
A. Piagets theory of cognitive development
B. Vygotskys theory of socialcultural cognitive development
C. Information Processing theory
V. Multiple Intelligence
A. Gardners theory of multiple intelligence
B. Creativity
VI. Language Development
A. Chompskys theory of language development
B. Language enhancement activities
VII. Social/Emotional Development
A. Eriksons psychosocial theory
B. Kohlbergs theory of moral development
VIII. Developmental Summary
Mandatory CLO Competency Assessment Measures:
Observation Paper 1
Fine Motor Observation
Gross Motor Observation
Cognitive Observation
Language/Social/Emotional Observation
Lab Time Sheets and Grading Rubric for three rotations
Lab Self-Evaluations for three rotations
Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None
Instructional Strategies:
Lecture
Percentage of lecture: 60-70%
Percentage of facilitated discussion: 20-40%
Percentage of group work: 10-20%
Lab
Percentage of lab participation: 35%
Mandatory Course Components:
4-6 Tests/Quizzes
5 Lab observation papers and rubrics
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corerequisite(s): None
Course-Specific Placement Test:
Course Aligned with IRW: IRW 99
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required
Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 3
Total Lab Hours Per Week: 2
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), Professionally qualified through work experience in field (Perkins Act or Other) (list below), Other (list below), 18 graduate credit hours in discipline being taught (HLC Requirement)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details: An instructor must possess an MA or MS degree in Early Childhood Education, Family and Child Studies or Education as well as 2 years work experience with children and families in the Early Childhood field.
General Room Request: None
Maximum Course Enrollment:
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
AP Min. Score:
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Courses is a Requirement:
Child Development, A.A.A.S. (Western Michigan University - Family Science and Human Development), Child Development, A.A.A.S., Child Development (MTA Eligible), A.A.A.S., Occupational Therapy Assistant, A.A.A.S, Paraprofessional Education, A.A.A.S., Pre-Birth to Kindergarten, A.A. (Grand Valley State University), Pre-Early Childhood Education, A.A. (Ferris State University), Pre-Elementary Education, A.A. (Ferris State University), Pre-Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Elementary Teaching + Educational Studies, A.A. (Grand Valley State Univ)
1st Catalog Year: 2022-2023
Course Fees: $100.00
People Soft Course ID Number: 100830
Course CIP Code: 19.9999
Add to Catalog (opens a new window)
|