This is a common core course for all teacher education undergraduate programmes. The course introduces students to pedagogy from a Western theories perspective, Pacific education and Indigenous approaches to pedagogy and culturally responsive pedagogy, and what this meant to the study of human development across the lifespan. The content will focus on socialcultural practices, cognitive and biological processes underlying cognitive and emotional development from the conception of adolescences, developmental issues for individuals with special needs and disabilities are also included in this course.