1. To understand human 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 human development

—cognitive development, social development, motivational and emotional development, and various aspects of personal development.



2. To develop yourself as 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 students as learners.

The third goal focuses on understanding your students 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 as a teacher who can meet students’ needs as learners.

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 on-going cognitive development in a reliable way.



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.