EDU 117 — Adolescent Development
This course focuses on adolescent development (cognitive, affective, and physical), the factors and processes that influence that development, and how teachers can help their students to grow and develop. The role of culture, ethnicity, race, gender, and social class and be examined as will their influence on biological and psychological processes. Students in this class will learn to analyze classroom situations using various theoretical perspectives, to synthesize their analyses, and to create classroom strategies which facilitate growth and achievement. Students will complete 20 hours of field experience in this course.