Human Development: Typical and Exceptional (Ed 203) Course Page
 Spring Semester 2008

Spring Teaching Schedule: Ed 203, Period 3, and Ed 310, Periods 4 and 5, Days 2-4-6.
Office Hours: 10-11 daily or by appointment

Textbook: Bee, H. and Boyd, D. (2006). The Developing Child (11th ed.). Boston: Pearson Education

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Annotated Course Outline and Calendar:
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TOPICS:

I. Beginnings
A. Intro, Course Overview, Definitions, People-First Language – Day 1 (1-15)

B. Scientific Method, Research, and SSL Stuff – Day 2 (1-17) See the Developmental Research Activity.

Outcomes: SEPs 1A, 6E and SSL 22
Reading: Chapter 1

II. Early Life

A. Heredity and Prenatal Development - Video: “Life’s Greatest Miracle”) - Day 3 (1-21)

B. Birth - Video (“The Miracle of Birth”) and Discussion Activity – Day 4 (1-23) See the Birth and Infancy Assignment.
C. Infant Development - "Class Comparison Activity" – Day 5 (1-25)

Outcomes: SEPs 2B, 2C and 10G
Reading: Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5

III. Language Development

Overview, Video (“Discovering Psychology Series: Language Development”), and Second Language Acquisition – Day 6 (1-29)
Outcomes: SEPs 3E, 6A, 6B, 6E, and 10G

Reading: Chapter 8

IV. Preschool Years/Early Childhood Education/Daycare
Overview and Jigsaw Activity – Day 7 (1-31)

Outcomes: SEPs 2B and 2C
Reading: pp. 462-464

VI. Congenital Disorders
Discussion, Editing, and Sharing of Assignment A – Day 8 (2-4) See the list of disorders.

(Drafts of Assignment A are due day 8 for in-class editing. Final copies are due on day 10.

Outcomes SEPs 2C, 3B, 3M, 10E, and 10G See the scoring rubric for this assignment.

Reading: pp. 45-58 and pp. 418 – 421

Assessment 1 – Day 9 (2-6)

This assessment addresses parts of SEP Outcomes 1A, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3B, 3E, 3M, 6A, 6B, 6E, 10E, 10G, and SSL #26.

 
Note: Elementary Immersion Experience is 2-7 to 2-13. Class will not meet during this time.
 

VII. Special Education
A. Minnesota Special Education Laws Activity - Day 10 (2-14)

B. Referral Process and Mock Staffing – Days 11 and 12 (2-18 and 2-20)
Outcomes: SEPs 10C, 10G, 10I, and Ed 203 #13 and #21
Reading: Chapter 15

Long weekend is 2-21 to 2-24!

VIII. Cognitive Development
A. Intelligence: What is it? How is it measured? - Day 13 (2-26) See the I.Q. Assignment.

B. Intellectual Disability/Developmental Cognitive Disability (formerly Mental Retardation) (Definitions Activity, Levels Discussion Activity, Causation Lecture) Days 14, 15, and 16 (2-28, 3-3, 3-5)
 

C. Specific Learning Disabilities - Days 17 and 18 (3-7 and 3-11)
D. Gifted, Talented, Creativity – Day 19 (3-13)

Easter Recess is 3-17 to 3-24!

E. Piaget's Theory – Day 20 (3-25)

Outcomes: SEPs 2A. 2B, 2C, and 5A

Reading: Chapters 6 and 7 as well as pp. 432-436 and pp. 444-449
 

IX. Research Revisited

Assignment B – Paper Editing and Article Sharing – Day 21 (3-27) See the scoring rubric for Assignment B.

Drafts of Paper B due 3-27 for discussion and in-class editing. Final Drafts are due on Day 22 (3-31)
Outcomes: SEP 1A and SSL 22

X. Moral Development 

Lawrence Kohlberg's Stages – Day 22 (3-31)
Outcome SEPs 2B, 2C, 5A
Chapter 12

Assessment 2 - Day 23 (4-2)
This assessment addresses parts of SEP Outcomes 1A, 1C, 2A, 2B, 2C, 5A, 10C, 10I. and Ed 203 #13

XI. Personality Development

A. Introduction, Definitions, Trait and Type Models Including “The Big 5” - Day 24 (11-13)

B. Freud – Day 25 (Jigsaw Activity 4-8)

C. Erikson Activity – Day 26 (4-10)

D. Maslow and Synthesis of Models – Day 27 (4-14)

Outcomes: SEPs 2B, 2C and 5A

Reading: Chapters 9, 10, and 11

XII. The Adolescent Personality
Discussion Activity, Overview, Early and Late Maturation – Day 28 (4-16)
Outcomes: SEPs 2B, 2C, and 5A
Reading: pp. 106-109, 170-173, and 467-471

XIII. Impact of the Family
Birth Order, Family Size, Parenting Styles – Day 29 (4-18)

Outcomes: SEPs 1C, 3E, 5A, 6B, and 10G

Reading: Chapters 13 and 14

XIV. Bullying and School Violence
Overview, questionnaire, discussion – Day 30 (4-22)
Outcomes: SEPs  2B and 3N
Reading: pp. 329-332 and pp. 433-444

XV. Emotional/Behavior Disorders

A. Intro Activity and Personality Disorders – Day 31 (4-25)

B. Anxiety Disorders – Day 32 (4-29) Case Studies Activity
Paper C is due 5-1 (Day 33). See the scoring rubric for Paper C.
C. Schizophrenia, Autism, and Pervasive Developmental Disorders – Days 33 and 34 (5-1 and 5-5)

Outcomes: SEP 2C, 3B, 3M, and Ed 203 #13
Reading: Chapter 15

Final Assessment – See Final Exam Schedule