Fall - 2007Office: Buzzard Hall, Room 2201Catalog Description:GRADING SCALEPOINTSPersonal Child Study Paper:Current Event:You will select a current event item from a newspaper or magazine that is relevant to this class. It must be about child and adolescent development/behavior. You will report on this news item orally to the class. Also, please write a small summary of the news item on a 3x5-note card to be turned into the professor.You will be required write a reaction to four videos that will be view in class. The reaction should be ½ to 1 page in length, typed, double-spaced.E-Mail Professor:BibliographyVideosThe Psychological Development of the Child: The Birth ProcessDEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD, ELEMENTARY,AND MIDDLE LEVEL EDUCATIONELE 2320Childhood and Early Adolescent DevelopmentFall - 2007T/R 1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.Professor: Timothy Croy, Assistant ProfessorOffice: Buzzard Hall, Room 2201Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays noon to 1:00 p.m. Wednesdays noon to 3:00 p.m. or by appointment.Phone: Office: 217/581-7890 Home/Cell: 217/254-4778E-mail: [email protected] Address: http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~twcroy/Unit Theme: Educators as creators of effective educational environments, 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. 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-date research, and an examination of timely issues such as abuse, genetic counseling, and changing family lifestyles. Course Prerequisite: 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 grow, 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 which promote the growth of children and adolescence, and societal changes which influence their development, will also be investigated. Objectives For All 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. * Design instruction to develop and utilize the cognitive processes by which pupils learn.1* Demonstrate a 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: * Emphasize higher order, critical thinking. * Strive to develop student’s intellectual, social, ethical, and moral skills and behavior. * Provide for the uniqueness of individuals, recognizing of characteristic of culturally pluralistic and “at risk” populations, and foster appreciation of those differences. * Design instruction to develop and utilize the cognitive processes by which pupils learn. Learning Model For Course: Information-Processing Model. Course Text: Santrock, J. W. (2007). Children. 9th Edition. McGraw-Hill Company. Method Of Instruction: Lecture, class discussion, videos, and activities.Course Requirements And Evaluation: Requirements Points * Two short papers (1-2 pages): analyze two short journal articles. 50 * Current Event (1 current news item about child development). 10 * Personal Child Study Paper (5 pages from birth thru adolescence). 50 * E-mail professor 20 * Four video reviews (½ -1 page): reaction to video 20 * Attendance and Participation 50 * Six TESTS including a MIDTERM and a FINAL 300 Total 500GRADING SCALE90% or above = A 80%-89% = B 70%-79% =C60%-69% = D Below 60% = FPOINTS500 - 450 = A 449 - 400 = B 399 - 350 = C349 - 300 = D Below 300 = FAt any point in this course, a student can determine the letter grade at which he/she is achieving by dividing the number of points earned on tasks required. The above percentage levels can be matched withthe designated letter grade equivalents. EXTRA CREDIT POINTS will be available throughout the semester. A maximum of 30 point can be earned through extra credit.Due dates will be set for all work, one point shall be deducted for each calendar day that a paper or project is late. No work will be accepted after Thursday, December 06, 2007.2A 10% deduction will be assessed on all tests not taken on the assigned test day. This means tests taken early or late.TENTATIVE DUE DATES: 09/13/07 – Article selection E-mailed.09/27/07 – First article due. 10/25/07 – Second article due. TBA – Video Reviews11/15/07 – Personal Child Study paper due.12/06/07 – Current event due. TBA – TestsTwo Short Articles:Select two current (2000 -) articles related to research regarding any component of childhood and early adolescent development. Cite title, author, date, and sources of material. Abstract the research into one and one half to two pages of double-spaced typed material. Write your reaction to the research findings. The first article must be from the selection of articles on reserve in the library. These articles are listed under my name and this course. The second article must be from the Internet. These articles must be typed with a 12-point font and double-spaced. Components of the paper will include: * Reference in APA formats (top of page). * Summary of article. * Reaction to the article.* Copy of the article.All written assignments will follow American Psychological Association (APA) style 4th Edition and format. An APA handout is on reserve in the library. As prospective teachers, all students will be
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