Students examine the contexts, mechanisms, and outcomes of learning across a range of modern settings (childcare, pre-schools, primary schools, secondary schools, and universities); they also explore other learning spaces, such as the home and the playground, and consider how family, school, and society work together to shape the learning processes of children, teenagers and young adults. Students discuss topics such as the impact of early learning on subsequent learning, the influence of different parenting styles, the relevance of social class, race and gender, the ways peer groups influence learning, the various purposes and goals of formal education, and the processes of student engagement and disengagement. Prerequisite: Completion of 45 credits (any discipline)
Students examine the contexts, mechanisms, and outcomes of learning across a range of modern settings (childcare, pre-schools, primary schools, secondary schools, and universities); they also explore other learning spaces, such as the home and the playground, and consider how family, school, and society work together to shape the learning processes of children, teenagers and young adults. Students discuss topics such as the impact of early learning on subsequent learning, the influence of different parenting styles, the relevance of social class, race and gender, the ways peer groups influence learning, the various purposes and goals of formal education, and the processes of student engagement and disengagement. Prerequisite: Completion of 45 credits (any discipline)
