A syllabus on The Child and Adolescent Learner and Learning Principles

F.L. VARGAS COLLEGE, INC Date Last Revised: July 15, 2022
College of Teacher Education Revision Date
Earning Units Semester Adopted

Vision Mission
The F. L. Vargas College envisions empowered Filipino youth The F. L. Vargas College is committed to produce God-
armed with acceptable human values and a strong desire to fearing, self-reliant, highly productive, globally
positively respond to quality education competitive, responsible and morally upright members
of society who are ever willing and dedicated to serve
God, country, community, fellowmen and family.
Program Outcomes:
6.2.b. Demonstrate mastery of subject matter/discipline
6.2.f. Demonstrate a variety of thinking skills in planning, monitoring, assessing, and reporting learning processes and
outcomes
Class Information Instructor's Information
Section Earning Units Block E Instructor's Name Daisy L. Talattad, PhD
Schedule Saturday 7:00-10:00; 1:00-4:00 Office Part Time Instructor
Sunday 7:00-10:00 Designation
Time Saturday 7:00-10:00; 1:00-4:00 Office Hours N/A
Sunday 7:00-10:00
Venue Bagay Road, San Gabriel Village Mobile 09157035249
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan Phone 09604280291
Term Second Semester E-mail Address [email protected]
 Course Name The Child and Adolescent Learners and Course Code Prof Ed 1
Learning Principles
Pre-requisite Course Credit 3 units, 3 hrs./wk. (18 weeks, 54 hrs.
Subject total)
Course Requirements
 Major Exams
 Summative quizzes
 Per unit outputs as specified in the assessment
 End of course learning log (reflective journal) and portfolio (compilation of outputs) on the different learning theories and
research with reflections on their applications and implications to teaching child and adolescent learners.
Grading System

Time Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) Content

Allotment
Week 1-2 At the end of the unit, the pre-service teacher (PST) Unit 1-Basic Concepts
can:
A. Definitions of Child and Adolescent learners (UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO)
a. Establish the importance of having
knowledge on the development of Child and
Adolescent Learners B. Growth and Development (Nature and Nurture)
b. Identify and analyze some current research
and or theories and how they contribute to
child and adolescent development
C. Periods of Development
D. Developmental Tasks and Education
E. Domains of development (Biological, Cognitive and Socio-emotional)
F. Context and development
G. Development and Pedagogy Theory and Research (Theories and Hypothesis,
methodology, Integrating theory and practice
Week 3-5 At the end of the unit, the pre-service teacher (PST) Unit 2 – Biological Development
can: A. Biological Beginnings – JOANA MARIE CHO
a. Describe and explain Physical and Motor B. Physical and Motor Development – APPLE JANE RAMAS
 Development and Neuroscience and Brain C. Neuroscience and Brain development – CRISTELLE JOY BANGAYAN
Development D. Factors Affecting Biological/ Physical Development Theories
b. Discuss the factors affecting biological 1. Developmental Milestones (Gesell)
development of child and adolescent 2. Ecological Systems Theory (Bronfenbrenner) - BEN NINO CAPILI
learners

c. Link theories on developmentally F. Current Research and Pedagogical Applications -

appropriate teaching approaches suited to
learners’ gender, needs, strengths, interests,
and experiences to practice

At the end of the unit, the pre-service teacher (PST) Unit 3 – Cognitive Development
can: A. Cognitive Development Theories
a. Describe and explain cognitive development of 1. Piaget -
children and adolescents 2. Vygotsky – REVELYN CUDAL
B. Intelligence and Individual Differences
b. Link theories using knowledge on current research 1. Processing Theory (Atkinson and Shiffrin)-JONA ABIDIS
literature, between cognitive development theories C. Factors Affecting Cognitive Development – MARK ZIPAGAN
and developmentally appropriate teaching D. Language Development – RJEAN ACOSTA
approaches suited to learners' gender, needs, E. Factors Affecting Cognitive and Language.
strengths, interests, and experiences to practice 1. Concept of Intelligence (Binet)
2. General Intelligence (Spearman)-
3. Primary Mental Abilities (Thurstone) GENE BANATAO
4. Multiple Intelligences (Gardner) -
5. Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (Sternberg)
6. Cognitive Information Development – KRISTINE JOY BANAGA
F. Current Research and Pedagogical Applications
Week 6-9 At the end of the unit, the pre-service teacher (PST) Unit 4 – Social and Emotional Development
can:
A. Socio-emotional Development- SEVERO BALA
a. Discuss the concepts and theories related to the B. Development of Self and Social Understandings
socio-emotional development of children and 1. Psychoanalytic Theory (Freud)
adolescents. 2. Psychosocial Theory (Erikson)-
 b. makes connections, using knowledge on current 3. Social Learning Theory (Bandura)- ANABELLE TABBU
research literature, between socioemotional C. Development of Motivation and Self-Regulation
development theories and developmentally 1. Content Theories - Hierarchy of Needs (Maslow)
appropriate teaching approaches suited to learners’ ERG Theory - (Alderfer- Theory of Needs (McClelland) – RODWEBSTER ACEDO
gender, needs, strengths, interests, and experiences Two Factors Theory (Herzberg)
2. Process Theories - Reinforcement Theory (Skinner)
– Expectancy Theory (Vroom)
- Goal Setting Theory (Locke) - Self-determination Theory (Deci & Ryan)- RYNA
GUERERRO
D. Moral Development Theories
1. Piaget
2. Kohlberg-
3. Turiel
4. Gilligan- EVY LAURENTE
E. Current Research and Pedagogical Applications
Week 10- At the end of the unit, the pre-service teacher (PST) Unit 5 – Behavioral Learning Theories and Approaches to Learning
13 can:
a. compare and contrast various approaches to A. What is Learning?
learning and describe how they are manifested in
the classroom. B. Approaches to Learning
1. Behavioral-
2. Social cognitive – LERMA BARAN
c. apply behavior analysis in teaching child and 3. Information processing-
adolescent learners across curriculum areas. 4. Cognitive constructivist
c. make connections, using knowledge on current 5. Social constructivist – JANINE PAYAS
research literature, between behavioral learning C. Connectionism – RAVIE BARENG
theories and developmentally appropriate teaching D. Conditioning-
approaches suited to learners’ gender, needs, 1. Classical.
strengths, interests and experiences 2. Contiguous
3. Operant- YASMINE MALABAD
E. Behavior Analysis in Education- SHYRILLE BUCAYU
F. Gestalt-Insight Learning- WINNIE RIAMBON
G. Experiential Learning Theory- REVELYN CUDAL
H. Current Research and Pedagogical Applications
Week 14- At the end of the unit, the pre-service teacher (PST) Unit 7 – Safety and Security in the Learning Environment
16 can:
a. Explain the importance of the laws, policies, A. UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and PD 603 –
guidelines, and procedures that protect B. Anti-Bullying Act of 2013 (Republic Act 10627) –
children’s rights and assure their safety and C. Child Protection Policy -
security in school D. Positive Discipline –

b. Establish the importance of knowing the

Rights of the Child, Anti-Bullying Act, Child
Protection Policy, and Positive Discipline at
home and in school

Compare and contrast the effects of Positive and

Negative Discipline as management of discipline in
school

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