This course provides students with an understanding of the principles of psychology, as applied to teaching and learning, which include psychosocial and cognitive developmental theories. It addresses the fundamentals involved in the expected developmental progression of physical, social, emotional, and cognitive human development from preschool through adolescent high school age students. Teacher candidates demonstrate knowledge, understanding and application of theories and principles of child development, learning, memory, motivation, individual differences, and instruction that enable the candidates to construct developmentally appropriate learning experiences for pupils. Field experiences are structured classroom observations that require candidates’ reflections.
Required field experience hours: 10 hours classroom observation.