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Teaching Overview

Bing's international reputation for excellence is also based on our contribution to undergraduate and graduate education and the quality of the Stanford students who have studied in the school. Bing offers courses in child development where students learn through coursework, participation, and observation in the classrooms.

These students have gone on to become psychologists, teachers, social workers, pediatricians, attorneys, product designers, computer engineers, child psychiatrists, etc. Most have become parents. We hope that all Stanford students who work at Bing become child advocates as a result of their experience in an excellent program for young children.

Psychology courses have been taught through Bing since the 1940s and are taught by the Executive Director, Program Director, and Head Teachers. 

Courses taught at Bing

PSYCH 146: Observation of Children

Learning about children through guided observations at Bing Nursery School: physical, emotional, social, cognitive, and language development.

PSYCH 147: Development in Early Childhood

Supervised experience with young children at Bing Nursery School. Seminar on developmental issues in the Bing teaching/learning environment.

PSYCH 60A: Laboratory section for Introduction to Developmental Psychology (Psych 60)

Guided observation of children aged 2-5 years at Bing Nursery School.

HUMBIO 4Y: Practicum in Young Child and Family Development

Practical experience through guided observations at Bing Nursery School for Human Biology Core (4B).

Additional courses that carry out projects and make extensive use of Bing

PSYCH 110: Research Methods and Experimental Design

Structured research exercises and design of an individual research project.

PSYCH 194: Reading and Special Work

​Student independent study.