Spring 2027

Cultural Foundations of Learning and Development

Explores learning theory and human development for middle childhood within local and global cultural contexts to inform classroom practice.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Aloura PearsonANGELLA Ida Auma OtienoZiyen Curtis

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.99 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=37 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.91 GPA, 97.5% A/AB (n=80 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.91 GPA, 94.0% A/AB (n=50 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain the factors that influence students’ development and learning using the bioecological model

  • Create representations of various components of the model that reflect both your understanding of the abstract ideas as well as personal experiences and practices

  • Design your own teaching philosophy and teaching practices by bringing these theoretical ideas and experiences

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore Standing and classified as pre-Elementary Education or Declared in Elementary Education BSE

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Professors

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 510
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 250

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.99 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=37 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.91 GPA, 97.5% A/AB (n=80 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.91 GPA, 94.0% A/AB (n=50 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Learning theory and human development in middle childhood
  • Cultural contexts of learning and development
  • Bioecological model of development and learning

Skills

  • Explain factors influencing student development and learning using the bioecological model
  • Create representations of model components reflecting abstract ideas and personal experiences
  • Design a teaching philosophy and practices integrating theoretical ideas and experiences

Grades

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

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CURRIC 339 · Spring 2027

Cultural Foundations of Learning and Development

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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