Walsh University Undergraduate Catalog 2012-2013
EDUC 255 Cognitive and Language Development 3 sem. hrs
Course focuses on the nature of cognitive development and language acquisition from birth through early childhood. Candidates examine research of Piaget, Vygotsky, Bruner, Bates, and others, and the various language systems, including phonology, semantics, syntax, morphemic, and pragmatics. Course addresses both typical and atypical development, effects of linguistic diversity, memory and perception in early development, English as a second language, relationships of cognition and language to the development of play and socialization. Candidates examine strategies and activities that facilitate cognitive and language development for typically developing children and children with cognitive or communication delays and a range of specific exceptionalities. This is an On-Site Service Learning Course. Students will meet for the first three weeks of class on campus, then travel to an on-site location 4 hours per week for 10 weeks, meeting at the field location only, then resuming on campus class meetings the week before finals week. The course work will be completed weekly through SAKAI, the University web program. The on-site location includes the 30 required class hours and 10 field experience hours. Offered fall and spring semesters. Prerequisites: EDUC 107 EDUC 206, EDUC 208, EDUC 264, and sophomore standing.
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