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Apr 24, 2024
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IECD-564 Visual Spatial Processing Development4 semester credits
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of Visual/Spatial Thinking throughout typical development. It covers literature that provides historical, neurological and educational perspectives. It explores Piaget’s constructivist approach and applications for developing Visual/Spatial thinking. Relationships between visual, sensory motor and logical thinking are explored as foundations for learning. Practical applications of the “Thinking Goes To School” curriculum are reviewed within the context of therapeutic and educational settings for children with developmental challenges. The course combines lectures, reading materials and videotaped examples to achieve its learning objectives.
Delivery Method: Online
Grading Default: Letter
Learning Outcome(s):
Students successfully completing this course will be able to:
- Define visual/spatial thinking and its role in social and academic learning throughout development.
- Describe visual/spatial thinking and relationships with vision, speech, sensory motor functioning, concrete and abstract reasoning.
- Discuss constructivism and other educational approaches supporting skill development.
- Describe and demonstrate knowledge of visual/spatial thinking within your discipline and/or biography based on theoretical frameworks and practical applications covered in this course.
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