Child Growth and Development for ECEA
his course introduces foundational concepts of child growth and development from birth through early childhood. Students examine developmental milestones, theories, and factors affecting development.
66 lessons · 0 quizzes
Course content
| 1 | Announcement 🔒 | |
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| Week 1: Module 1. Stages of Early Childhood Development | ||
| 7 | Lesson 1 - Principles of Growth and Development 🔒 | |
| 8 | Lesson 2 - The Sensitive Periods of Development: Birth to Age 6 🔒 | |
| 9 | Lesson 3 - Cognitive Development in Infants: Object Permanence & Sensorimotor Periods 🔒 | |
| 10 | Lesson 4 - Child Perceptual Development and the Five Senses 🔒 | |
| 11 | Lesson 5 - Social Development of Infants: Stages of Self and Temperament 🔒 | |
| 12 | Lesson 6 - Social Development of Children: Self-Esteem 🔒 | |
| 13 | Lesson 7 - Physical Development in Early Childhood 🔒 | |
| 14 | Lesson 8 - Cognitive Development in Children and Adolescents 🔒 | |
| 15 | Lesson 9 - Emotional Development Through the Lifespan 🔒 | |
| 16 | Lesson 10 - Stages of Language Development: Pre-Linguistic and Symbolic Language 🔒 | |
| Week 2: Module 2. Development of Young Children | ||
| 17 | Lesson 1 - What are Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Development? 🔒 | |
| 18 | Lesson 2 - Physical Development in Early Childhood 🔒 | |
| 19 | Lesson 3 - Stages of Language Development: Pre-Linguistic and Symbolic Language 🔒 | |
| 20 | Lesson 4 - Child Language Development Milestones 🔒 | |
| 21 | Lesson 5 - Developmental Skills for Children: Milestones, Definition & Examples 🔒 | |
| 22 | Lesson 6 - Developmental Milestones in Self-Help Skills for Young Children 🔒 | |
| 23 | Lesson 7 - Variable Progression in Early Childhood Development 🔒 | |
| Week 3: Module 3. Basics of Early Childhood Education | ||
| 24 | Lesson 1 - History of Early Childhood Education 🔒 | |
| 25 | Lesson 2 - Current Trends in Early Childhood Education 🔒 | |
| 26 | Lesson 3 - Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development 🔒 | |
| 27 | Lesson 4 - Jean Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development 🔒 | |
| 28 | Lesson 5 - Robbie Case's Theory of Development: Neo-Piagetian Perspective 🔒 | |
| 29 | Lesson 6 - Lev Vygotsky's Theory of Cognitive Development 🔒 | |
| 30 | Lesson 7 - Zone of Proximal Development and Scaffolding in the Classroom 🔒 | |
| 31 | Lesson 8 - Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: Definition, Theory & Pyramid 🔒 | |
| 32 | Lesson 9 - Jerome Bruner: Scaffolding and Constructivism Theories 🔒 | |
| 33 | Lesson 10 - Erik Erikson's Eight Stages of Psychosocial Development: Conflicts & Growth 🔒 | |
| 34 | Lesson 11 - Howard Gardner: Theory & Impact on Education 🔒 | |
| 35 | Lesson 12 - Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory of Development: Definition & Examples 🔒 | |
| Module 4. Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood | ||
| 36 | Lesson 1 - Defining the Principles of Growth in Psychology 🔒 | |
| 37 | Lesson 2 - Motor, Sensory & Brain Development in the First Two Years of Life 🔒 | |
| 38 | Lesson 3 - Sleep-Wake Patterns in the First Two Years 🔒 | |
| 39 | Lesson 4 - Infant Perceptual Development and the Five Senses 🔒 | |
| 40 | Lesson 5 - The Visual Cliff Experiment: Purpose & Significance 🔒 | |
| 41 | Lesson 6- What Is Hand-Eye Coordination? - Definition, Skills & Development 🔒 | |
| Module 5. Infant Cognitive & Psychosocial Development | ||
| 42 | Lesson 1 - Habituation: Attention in Children 🔒 | |
| 43 | Lesson 2 - Infant Cognitive Development: Sensorimotor Stage & Object Permanence 🔒 | |
| 44 | Lesson 3 - Infant Creativity and Intelligence 🔒 | |
| 45 | Lesson 4 - Memory and Information Processing in Infants 🔒 | |
| 46 | Lesson 5 - Stages of Language Development: Pre-Linguistic and Symbolic Language 🔒 | |
| 47 | Lesson 6 - Language Learning in Infants and Toddlers 🔒 | |
| 48 | Lesson 7 - Jerome Kagan's Research on Temperament in Toddlers 🔒 | |
| 49 | Lesson 8 - George Herbert Mead's Stages of Self and Development in Toddlers 🔒 | |
| Week 5: Module 6. Socio-emotional learning in early childhood years | ||
| 50 | Lesson 1 - Socio-emotional learning in early childhood yearsd 🔒 | |
| 51 | Lesson 2 - Piaget's Preoperational Stage and Symbolic Thought 🔒 | |
| 52 | Lesson 3 - The Effects of Environment and Culture on Language Development 🔒 | |
| 53 | Lesson 4 - Cognitive Development in Children: Conservation, Decentration & Centration 🔒 | |
| 54 | Lesson 5 - How Children Understand Change: Reversibility, Transformation Thought & Static Thought 🔒 | |
| 55 | Lesson 6 - The Role of Play in Cognitive Development 🔒 | |
| 56 | Lesson 7- Game Stage in Sociology: Definition & Overview 🔒 | |
| 57 | Lesson 8- Piaget's Object Permanence in Infants: Definition & Examples 🔒 | |
| Week 6: Module 7. Psychosocial Development in Early Childhood | ||
| 58 | Lesson 1 - Carol Gilligan's Theory of Moral Development 🔒 | |
| 59 | Lesson 2 - Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development 🔒 | |
| 60 | Lesson 3 - Moral & Prosocial Behavior: Definitions & Examples of Classroom Applications 🔒 | |
| 61 | Lesson 4- Fears and Anxieties in Early Childhood 🔒 | |
| 62 | Lesson 5- Emotion Regulation and Aggression in Early Childhood 🔒 | |
| 63 | Lesson 6- Social Issues that Impact Early Childhood Development 🔒 | |
| 64 | Lesson 7- Personal Space in Psychology: Definition, Cultural Differences & Issues 🔒 | |
| 65 | Lesson 8- Target Behavior: Definition & Example 🔒 | |
| 66 | Lesson 9- What Is Hypersensitivity in Children? - Definition, Causes & Types 🔒 | |