ELE 2320 sp07Eastern Illinois UniversityDepartment of Early Childhood, Elementary, and Middle Level EducationELE 2320-001: Childhood and Early Adolescent DevelopmentSpring 2007M W: 8:00- 9:15 A.M., Blair 1103Instructor: Dr. Sham`ah Md-YunusOffice: 2203, Buzzard HallOffice Hours: M & W 9-11; other times by appointment.Phone: 217-581-6215 (work) 217-348-5646 (home)E-mail: [email protected] Unit Theme: Educators as creators of effective educational environment, integrating diverse students, subjects, strategies, and societies. Catalog Description: Concepts and issues in the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth and development of children and early adolescents: prenatal through middle school/ junior high.Course Description: This course provides broad and salient coverage of development from birth through adolescence. It offers a balanced and eclectic selection of topics, a firm foundation of classic and up-to-dateresearch, and an examination of timely issues such as abuse, genetic counseling, and changing family lifestyles. Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment with ELE 2000 is recommended.Course Rationale: This course will orient students to learning principles/ theories and child development principles/ theories and will serve as a foundation for higher-level courses.Course Goal: This course is intended to increase knowledge of ways children grows, develop, and learn from the time they are conceived until they have matured beyond early adolescence. The physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of children and adolescence will be explored. Appropriate activities that promote the growth of children and adolescents and societal changes that influence their development will also be investigated. Objectives for all the ELE Classes:- Develop a desire for lifelong learning in students and personally display one’s own desire for lifelong learning including self-evaluation. - Demonstrate good communication.- Demonstrate/ exhibit sensitivity to student’s feelings.- Demonstrate knowledge of facts, and an understanding of fundamental principles, ideas, and relationships among various domains.- Demonstrate knowledge of past and present developments issues, research, and social influences in field education. Objectives Specific to this Course:- Explain the major historical views of child development- Identify and explain the major theories of child development- Describe biological beginnings of a child- Demonstrate an understanding of how domains in child development influence their development in learning - Develop knowledge of different stages of children development- Develop an understanding factors that influenced child development according to cultural context and abilities. 1ELE 2320 sp07Learning Model: Developmental: This model begins from the perspectives of the selfhood of the individual. It emphasizes development that occurs as a result of interaction between the individual and the physical and social environment. Learning occurs when individuals assimilate new experiences into alreadyexiting cognitive structures. The model pays great attention to the individual perspective and shapes education so that students can better understand themselves, take responsibility for their own learning, and go beyond current developments in order to become stronger, more sensitive, and more creative. (Joyce, B.,Weil, M. & Showers, B (1992). Models of Teaching, 4th. Ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon). Course Text: Santrock, J.W. (2006). Children. 9th. Edition. McGraw-Hill Company.If you have a documented disability and wish to discuss academic accommodation, please contact the Office of Disability Services at 581-6583.Course Requirements and Evaluations: Points Due Date1. Review a research article 30 1/24/072. Quiz 1 30 2/7/073. Quiz 2 30 2/28/074. Mid-term 50 3/19/075. Personal Child Study Paper 50 3/28/076. Review a video/film 30 4/18/075. Final 100 4/30/077. Attendance and class participation 20Total 340Grading Scales: A= 90% or above, B= 80- 89%, C= 70-79%, D= 60-69%, F= Below 60%Points: A=306-340, B=271-305, C = 238-270, D=204-237, F= 203 and Below.All assignments must follow the American Psychological Association (APA), 5th. format and should reflectacademic honesty and no plagiarism. Due dates will be set for all work, one points shall be deducted for each calendar day that a paper or project is late. Absences: Regular attendance and class participation are expected. Students are allowed two absences throughout the semester. If you are absence or missed the class, it is your responsibility to check with your classmate first to see if there have been any assignment changes or materials covered in the class. The students should notify the instructor in advance of an anticipated absence.Students are required to conform to the classroom rules. Using cell phones in the class are strictly prohibited. Descriptions of the AssignmentsReview a research article (30 points)Select one current article from research journals regarding issue(s) on childhood or early adolescent development. Suggested research journals; Young Children, Childhood Education, Early Childhood Research & Practice, Child Development, Society for Research in Child Development, Exceptional Children. Write 2- page of your reaction to the issue(s). Components of the paper will include:a. Source of an article (title, author (s), journal’s name, date and place of publication ): 2 pointsb. Summary of article: 8 pointsc. Reactions/ reflections/ discussions: 10 pointsd. Comments/ suggestions: 10 pointsReview a video/film/movie clip (30 points)Select a video/film/movie clip on adolescent development. Write 2 pages of your reaction to the issue(s). Present your paper in class.Components of the paper will include:a. Source of a video/film/movie clip: 2 points2ELE 2320 sp07b. Summary of a video/film/movie clip: 5 pointsc. Reaction/ reflection/ discussion: 10 pointsd. Comments/ suggestions: 5 pointse. Presentation: 8 (clarity, accuracy, and creativity). Personal Child Study Paper (50 points)Write a paper on your development from birth to adolescence. Discuss your physical, cognitive, language, social, and emotional and relate your development to what the textbook states regarding children’s growth and development. Please include in the paper if you are gifted in any particular area or if you might have been more delayed in some areas. This paper will be read only by the instructor, so please
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