To demonstrate an understanding of the developmental period of early childhood from birth through age 8 across physical, cognitive, social and emotional, and linguistic domains, including bilingual/multilingual development, students will develop an analysis with six to eight pages of text (plus the title and reference pages) on a video case study randomly assigned from one of three age groups: Infant/Toddler, Preschool, or Early Elementary. They will view the video and then write a paper that discusses the children’s unique characteristics and needs and describe at least one developmental theory that supports their analysis of the video vignette.
Part A: Students will describe the child’s unique characteristics and needs in relation to relevant developmental milestones. In 3-4 pages students will cite specific examples observed in the video cases and support their assertions with current research from the milestones reference document, the course textbook and/or other course materials, or external scholarly sources. They will discuss each of the following areas:
Physical development,
Intellectual development,
Social and emotional development, and
Speech and language development
Part B: For the case study analysis, students will also identify and discuss one major developmental theory that supports their analysis of the video vignette in 1-2 pages. Students will explain how one or more developmental theories inform their understanding of the child’s development.
Part C: Students will demonstrate a critical understanding the development of the whole child— that is, the ways that child development and the learning process occur in multiple contexts, including family, culture, language, community, and early learning setting, as well as in a larger societal context that includes structural inequalities. In 1-2 pages, students will consider their theory and the continuum of development from the previous sections from alternate and/or multiple perspectives (theories, cultures, abilities, or other contexts).Students will use in-text citations and include a reference list formatted in APA style.
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