Sheridan College Faculty of Applied

Health and Community Studies

EDUC 11044 – Child’s Growth and

Development

Mondays 4pm

1
Song:
Rock-a-bye Your Bear
 Everybody clap *clap clap clap
 Everybody Sing “la la la la”
 Bow to your partner *bow
 Then you turn around *turn around
 Hands in the air *hands up
 Rock-a-bye your bear *arm cradle
 Bear’s now asleep *sh sh sh
 Bear’s now asleep *sh sh sh

One more time, quieter.

Source:
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOUNwyumiUQ)
A bit about me…. Katherine Becker
Education
Doctor of Education – Northern Arizona University
M.S. Ed., Early Childhood and Childhood – Niagara U.

Family
I have a daughter and a dogger.

Work Experience
Kindergarten and Grade 1 teacher
Post-Secondary: Early Childhood Education at Northern
Arizona University; B.Ed. program at Lakehead University

Research
Emergent literacy and literacy; EC educators’ math attitudes; home schooling

Service
Edited The International Journal of Holistic Early Learning and Development
Volunteered in family literacy programs and elementary schools
Best Ways to Contact Me

1) Questions about the course and assignments:

Start a new thread in the Q & A Area (on our SLATE site, click on
‘Communication’, click on ‘Discussions.’

2) Stay online and talk to me after class meetings.

(Might need to schedule a longer appointment.)

3) Confidential Communication:
Contact me through SLATE email:
beckekat@sheridan.desire2learn.com
I will try to respond within 24 hours (Monday-Friday).
Why I do this…

Source: highscope.org
Why I do this…

“We learn by teaching.” –Latin proverb

1) Creating community icebreaker

2) Course overview & SLATE site

tour

3) Introduction to Child Development:

some key terms
Who? Icebreaker

1. Who got up earliest this morning?

2. Who is the furthest away from Sheridan College right now?
3. Who traveled the most this summer?
4. Who has the smallest pet?
5. Who speaks the most languages?
6. Who went to the movie theatre most recently?
7. Do you have any questions for your classmates?
The course will address developmental domains.
What do we mean by developmental domains?
 Developmental Domains

Psychosocial or
physical cognitive
socioemotional
 The required textbook for this course is:
Santrock, J., Deater-Deckard, K., & Lansford, J.
(2021). Child development. (15th International
Student ed.). McGraw Hill Education.
Digital and hard copies of the textbook are
available from our campus bookstore at:
https://www.bkstr.com/sheridandavisstore/prod
uct/child-development-745508-1
 MODULE 1
Intro to Child Development & Theoretical Perspectives
Week 1

 Introduction to Child
Development
 Key Terms in:
 Developmental
Processes, Periods,
and Issues

 Studying Children
Development is

…the pattern of movement or change that begins at

conception and continues through the life span.
It involves growth, but it also includes decline.
One Goal of ECE is to Improve the Lives of Children

 We consider:
Health and well-being;
Parenting education; and
Sociocultural contexts and diversity:
Culture: behavior patterns, beliefs, and other products of
a people that are passed on from generation to generation.
Ethnicity: characteristics of our cultural heritage,
nationality, race, religion, and language.
Socioeconomic status (SES): a person’s position within
society based on occupational, educational, and economic
characteristics.
 What shapes the path of human development?

 What has shaped your development?

Biological, Cognitive, and Socioemotional Processes
Match each term with the correct definition and example

Term Definition Examples

Cognitive processes produce changes in an two-word sentences
individual’s physical and solving a puzzle.
nature
Biological processes involve changes in an smiling in response to
individual’s thought, a parent’s touch.
intelligence, and
language.

Socioemotional involve changes in an height, weight, and

processes individual’s motor skill changes.
relationships with
other people, in
emotions, and in
personality.
Changes in Development Are the Result of Biological,
Cognitive, and Socioemotional Processes

 The processes interact and influence each other as individuals

develop.
Processes and Periods of Development
Periods of Development

 Prenatal period: the time from conception to

birth, roughly nine months.
A single cell grows into a fetus and then a baby.

 Infancy: from birth to about 18 to 24 months of

age.
Many psychological activities are just beginning.

 Early childhood: the end of infancy to about 5 or

6 years of age; also called the preschool years.
Young children learn to become more self-
sufficient, develop school readiness, and spend
many hours in play with peers.
Periods of Development 1

 Middle and late childhood: between about 6 and

11 years of age; the elementary school years.
Children master the fundamental skills of
reading, writing, and arithmetic; and they are
formally exposed to the larger world.
Achievement becomes a more central theme.
Self-control increases.
Periods of Development 3

 Adolescence: a period of transition from

childhood to early adulthood, from about 10 to 12
to about 18 to 19.
It begins with rapid physical changes.
The pursuit of independence and an identity are
prominent features.
More and more time is spent outside the family.
Thought becomes more abstract, idealistic, and
logical.

 Today, developmental psychologists do not believe

change ends with adolescence.
Development is a lifelong process.
Do people make assumptions about
you based on your birth range?
Baby Boomer Generation X Gen Y/ Generation Z
Millennials
Cohort Effects

 A cohort is a group of people born at a similar

point in history who share similar experiences as a
result.

 Cohort effects: effects due to a person’s time of

birth, era, or generation but not to actual age.

 For more on this, read:

https://www.macleans.ca/society/who-are-
baby-boomers-gen-x-millennials-and-gen-z/
 Key Issue in Development

 Nature-nurture issue:
whether development is
primarily influenced by nature
or by nurture—biological
inheritance or environmental
experiences.
Importance of Research in Determining Truth

Conceptualize the process

or problem to be studied

 Scientific research is
objective, systematic, and
testable, reducing the Collect research
likelihood that information information (data)
will be based on personal
beliefs, opinions, and
feelings.
Analyze data
 4 steps of the scientific
method:

Draw conclusions
For Next Week

 Buy the book, Child Development by Santrock et al.,

 Read Chapter 1
 Read documents in the Welcome-Start Here folder

 We will be talking about Assignment 1, due Nov. 1