1. To understand development during the K-12 school years.

The first goal focuses on understanding human development during the school years.

This course introduces you to the multiple frontiers of school-related childhood and

adolescent development—namely, cognitive development, social development,

motivational and emotional development, and various aspects of personal development.



2. To develop yourself into a teacher who can meet students’ developmental needs.

Once you appreciate and understand the developmental tasks and challenges your

students face, the second goal of the course focuses on developing the expertise you need

to offer students the instructional strategies and student-teacher relationships they need,

thereby allowing you to act as a resource to enrich and strengthen their healthy,

constructive, and resilient development.



3. To understand learning during the K-12 school years.

The third goal focuses on understanding children and adolescents as learners.

The course covers what students need if they are to experience meaningful learning

during classroom learning activities and what they need to develop and grow their

long-term intelligence and cognitive development.



4. To develop yourself into a teacher who can meet students’ learning needs.

The fourth goal focuses on understanding yourself as a teacher who can meet students’

learning needs, one who can develop instructional strategies and classroom experiences

that promote students’ daily learning and long-term cognitive and intellectual development.



5. To develop your English-language competencies.

This is an EMC course. Hence, a fifth goal of the course is to develop your English

competencies in terms of listening, reading, writing, and speaking.