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ELE 2320-003CHILDHOOD AND EARLY ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT (3-0-3)Fall 2007COLEMAN HALL 2130 (ROOM CHANGE AS OF 8/21)2:00 – 3:15Monday/WednesdayInstructor: April FloodOffice: Buzzard Building, Room 2206Office Hours: Monday/Wednesday 9:30 – 10:30 and 1:15 – 1:45; Tuesday 10:30 – 11:30; or by appointmentPhone: Office: (217) 581-7886Home: (217) 924-4482E-mail: [email protected] page: http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~adflood/1. UNIT THEME: Educator as creator of effective educational environments integrating diverse students, subjects, strategies, societies, and technologies.2. 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.3. 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-date research, and an examination of timely issues such as abuse, genetic counseling, and changing family lifestyles. (3.0, 5.2)4. COURSE PREREQUISITE: Concurrent enrollment with ELE 2000 is recommended. (6.3)5. 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. (6.1)6. 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 childrenand adolescence will be explored.Appropriate activities that promote the growth of children and adolescence, and societal changes which influence their development, will also be investigated. (3.0, 3.2, 5.0) 7. OBJECTIVES FOR ALL ELE CLASSES:A. Develop a desire for lifelong learning in students and personally display one's own desire for lifelong learning including self-evaluation. B. Demonstrate good communication. C. Demonstrate/exhibit sensitivity to student's feelings. D. Demonstrate knowledge of facts, and an understanding of fundamental principles, ideas, and relationships among various domains. E. Demonstrate knowledge of past and present developments, issues, research, and social influences in field education. 8. OBJECTIVES SPECIFIC TO THIS COURSE: A. Emphasize higher order, critical thinking. B. Strive to develop student's intellectual, social, ethical, and moral skills and behavior.B. Provide for the uniqueness of individuals, recognizing of characteristic of culturally pluralistic and "at risk" populations, and foster appreciation of those differences. D. Design instruction to develop and utilize the cognitive processes by which pupils learn. 9. LEARNING MODEL FOR COURSE: Information-Processing Model.10. COURSE TEXT: Santrock, J.W. (2007). Children. 9th Edition. McGraw -Hill Company.11. METHOD OF INSTRUCTION: Lecture, class discussion and activities.12. COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION:Requirements Points* Two short papers (1 1/2 - 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 to adolescence) 50* Online Quizzes 170* E-mail professor 20* Six TESTS including a MIDTERM and FINAL 300* Participation 60 Total 660Extra Credit Opportunities: A reaction paper (one page, typed, double spaced, 12 point font) may be written for "Educating Peter" which we will watch in class for a maximum of 10 points. Also, each student may do a maximum of one extra current event for a maximum of 10 points.13. GRADING SCALE:90% - 100% A 80%-89% = B 70%-79% =C 60%-69% = D Below 60% = 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 with the designated letter grade equivalents. 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 December 3, 2007. A 10% deduction will be assessed on all tests not taken on the assigned test day.14. TWO SHORT ARTICLES:Select two current (1997-) journal articles related to research regarding any component of childhood and early adolescent development. The first article must come from the selection of articles on reserve in the library. The second article must come from theInternet – you may use online full text articles from Booth Library, but not ones from my list of articles. The articles on reserve are listed under my name and this course. Cite title, author, date, and sources of material. The reserve articles will also be available through e-reserves online. Abstract the research into 1 1/2 to 2 pages of double-spaced typed (12-point font) (Times New Roman) material. Write your reaction to the research findings.Components of the paper will include:1. Reference in APA formats (top of page).2. Summary of article.3. Reaction to the article.4. Copy of the article (for 2nd article only).All written assignments will follow American Psychological Association (APA) style format which is provided at the reference desk atthe library. As prospective teachers, all students will be expected to meet performance criteria associated with grammar, spelling, and sentence structure. (1.3,3.0, 3.2, 5.7, 6.0)Grading: The article will be worth 25 points.Reference cited in APA style.. .................................................5Summary of Article..................................................................10Reaction to the Article...............................................................5Quality -grammar, spelling, punctuation, page length...................515. PERSONAL CHILD STUDY PAPER: You will be writing a paper on your development from birth to adolescence. Discuss your physical, social, emotional, intellectual, and language development in your paper and relate your development to what the textbook states regarding children's growth and development. Children's development in


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