Socio-Emotional and Cultural Factors in Development and Education

EPSY

71300

Socio-Emotional and Cultural Factors in Development and Education

This course will cover research and theory on culture and its relationships with social and emotional development, school achievement, motivation, and individual differences. The processes by which social and cultural variables influence differences within and between cultural groups will be analyzed in relation to learning and achievement in educational settings. Major theoretical orientations and methodological approaches will be examined as a life-span approach to socio-emotional development, peer influences, parenting practices, moral development, motivational development, and gender identity of individuals from diverse cultural groups.

Offer as needed

Graduate School Graduate

No

030893