Student Learning Outcomes

Child Development and Educational Studies

1. Know the established as well as recent theories of human development
2. Recognize and question issues of bias that children, individuals, and families experience on a daily basis.
3. Analyze and think critically about current research, public policy, and various media sources as they address human development.
4. Recognize and evaluate the interrelationship of the child, family, school, and greater community
5. Apply human development theory to observation and practice
6. Design and implement quality programs based on the understanding that children actively construct their own knowledge as researchers, scientists, and learners.
7. Synthesize and demonstrate program-wide knowledge with children in an instructional program
8. Explain in written and oral form individual course and program-wide understanding.