Standard

Updated: 03/02/04

11/30/05

ECE 152 – Early Adolescent Development

Course Description

Introduces the student to the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of the early adolescent (12 – 15 years of age).  Provides learning experiences related to the principles of human growth, development, and maturation, and theories of learning and behavior.  Topics include developmental characteristics, guidance techniques, and developmentally appropriate practice.

 

Competency Areas

Hours

Development Characteristics

Class

5

Guidance Techniques

D. Lab

0

Developmentally Appropriate Practice

P. Lab/O.B.I.

0

 

Credit

5

 

 

 

Prerequisite:

Program Admission

Corequisite:

 

 

Course Guide

 

Competency

After completing this section, the student will:

Hours

Class

D.Lab

P.Lab/

O.B.I.

DevelopmentAL Characteristics

20

0

0

Physical Development

Identify physical developmental characteristics of 12 – 15 year olds.

 

 

 

Social Development

Identify social developmental characteristics of 12 – 15 year olds.

 

 

 

Emotional Developmental

Identify emotional developmental characteristics of 12 – 15 year olds.

 

 

 

Intellectual Development

Identify intellectual developmental characteristics of 12 – 15 year olds.

 

 

 

Guidance Techniques

20

0

0

Developmentally appropriate guidance techniques

Demonstrates knowledge of behavioral expectations by age level.

 

 

 

Verbal and non-verbal techniques

Demonstrates verbal and non-verbal techniques.

 

 

 

Direct and indirect techniques

Demonstrates direct and indirect techniques guiding 12 – 15 year olds.

 

 

 

Environmental and genetic influences on behavior

Maintain up-to-date information on factors which influences behavior.

 

 

 

Observation Techniques

Identify the elements of appropriate techniques of observation.

 

 

 

 

Demonstrate appropriate techniques for observation.

 

 

 

Developmentally Appropriate Practice

10

0

0

Programming

Identify developmentally appropriate practices for programs servicing early adolescents.

 

 

 

 

Suggested Resources

 

Caisssy, G. ( 2002). Early Adolescence: Understanding the 12 -15 year old. New York: Insight Publishing.

Crosair, S. (1996) Learning about early adolescence: training for adults and teens who work with 9 -14 year olds. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Media Service Resource Center

Pruitt, D. (2000). Your adolescent: Emotional, behavioral, and cognitive development from early adolescence through the teen years. Harper Resources.

Balk, D. (1995). Adolescence Development: Early through late adolescence. Brooks/Cole Publishing.

Lerner, R. (1993). Early Adolescence; Perspectives on research, policy, and intervention (Penn State Series on Child and Adolescent Development).Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Gianetti, C. & M. Sagarese. (1997). The Roller coaster years. Broadway.

Perlstein, L. (2003). Not much, just chillin': The Hidden lives of middle schoolers. Farrar, Straus, and Giraux

The Journal of Early Adolescence. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications

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