CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS OF LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

CURRIC 339

Course Description

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.

Prerequisties

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

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Offered

Not Applicable

Grade Point Average

3.91

-0.25% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

0.93% from Historical

A Rate

87.67%

-5.15% from Historical

Class Size

102.03% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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