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, the development of social competence and inner assets, and so on.



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 will need to enrich and strengthen their positive development.



3. To understand students as learners.

The third goal focuses on understanding your students as learners. The course covers what students need to learn during classroom learning activities and what they need to enrich their long-term 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’ developmental and learning needs, one who can develop instructional strategies and classroom experiences that promote students’ daily learning and on-going cognitive 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.