Unit 3 – Elementary School-Age Child Development (3 weeks/9 hours)

 

Unit 3 – Elementary School-Age Child Development (3 weeks/9 hours)

 

The physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development of elementary school-age children (6-12 years old) are explored.  Emphasis is on understanding the whole child. Students will analyse stages of development during this critical period of growth. They will have opportunity to consider how early childhood development can inform their study of primary child development.

 

 

 

Week 5:

 

Introduction to Elementary Child Development

Aspects of Physical Development

Encouraging Healthy Physical Development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 6:

Cognitive Development: Overview and Piaget’ Concrete Operational

Theory

Cognitive Development: Industriousness and Intelligences

Emotional Development

 

Week 7:

Social Development: Changes and Parental Roles

Social Development: Peer Interaction, Friendship, and Growth

The Role of Play in Primary Child Development and Unit Review

 

 

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