Key Points for EDUC 200 from Theories of Development Video
https://youtu.be/cOjvbEQ2KSo
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Trends and patterns of change
Early psychologists began to develop theories to provide a framework for the study of human
development
 Continuity and discontinuity (later ties to Bronfenbrenner)
 Context in advance: focus on genealogy of the field and influences on present day, not memorizing each
piece of Freud, for example (which has been strongly critiqued in many ways)
 Sigmund Freud
*can stop after Freud since you will introduce behaviorism and Erikson in later classes
Critiques of human development research:
● Research primarily based on white, upper middle class males
● Highly individualistic (like Western culture)
● Binaries
● Development is dynamic, including interactions with others and environment
● Developmental is not necessarily linear (Literacy example: You can read for meaning without knowing every
sound of the alphabet)
EDUC 200 different from a Psychology Human Development class:
 stronger focus on application in the classroom vs. memorizing theories and going into more depth about
each theory/theorist
 focus on current neuroscience, including application in Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain