Adolescent Development

This course focuses on students? development (cognitive, affective, and physical), on the factors and processes that influence that development and how teachers can help their students to grow and develop. Role of culture, ethnicity, race, gender, and social class will be examined and its 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.

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