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 seven to nine pages of text (plus the title and reference pages) on a video case study randomly assigned from one of three age groups

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 seven to nine 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. They will cite specific examples observed in the video cases and support their assertions with current research from the course textbook and/or other course materials, which may be supplemented by information from 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. These include psychodynamic theory (Freud), psychodynamic theory (Erikson), behaviorist theory (classical Revised 5/20/22 8 conditioning), behaviorist theory (operant conditioning), Piaget’s constructive theory, Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory, evolutionary theory, social learning theory, information processing theory, and ecological systems theory. Students will explain how developmental theory informs educators’ understanding of the child’s development.