CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS OF LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Addresses core ideas of learning theory and human development focusing on the middle childhood population. Explores how learning and development are necessarily situated in local and global contexts, offering a cultural frame for understanding the work of teachers. Explores the cultural nature of learning and development and how these understandings can be applied to classroom practice.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Sophomore Standing and classified as pre-Elementary Education or Declared in Elementary Education BSE Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the factors that influence students’ development and learning using the bioecological model Audience: Undergraduate 2. Create representations of various components of the model that reflect both your understanding of the abstract ideas as well as personal experiences and practices Audience: Undergraduate 3. Design your own teaching philosophy and teaching practices by bringing these theoretical ideas and experiences Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the factors that influence students’ development and learning using the bioecological model Audience: Undergraduate 2. Create representations of various components of the model that reflect both your understanding of the abstract ideas as well as personal experiences and practices Audience: Undergraduate 3. Design your own teaching philosophy and teaching practices by bringing these theoretical ideas and experiences Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027