An overview of health and physical development emphasizing the mind-body connection and maintenance of physical health, emotional and mental health, fitness.
Wellness is examined in relation to the individual, lifestyle, society, and the environment.
Throughout the course students will assess their own habits in diet, exercise and mental health. They will propose an educational approach to responding to what they have discovered in their research. The course provides an overview of developmental concepts and empirical results from birth through adolescence. Weekly group discussions aim to support students in comprehending the readings, reflecting on and improving group interaction competencies, posing and answering questions, and applying the readings to teaching. Whole group lecture and discussion seek to orient students to major aspects of the theories and their supportive scholarly base and to provide relevant developmental empirical work.