WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF Education

San antonio Campus

 

Mission:  Wayland Baptist University exists to educate students in an academically challenging, learning-focused and distinctively Christian environment for professional success, lifelong learning, and service to God and humankind.

 

COURSE NUMBER AND TITLE: EDUC 5381

 

TERM AND DATES:  Fall 2008 August 17 – October 31

OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday and Wednesday 12:00 – 5:00 P.M. Room 161

 

INSTRUCTOR’S NAME:  Dr. Jerry Price

 

OFFICE PHONE NUMBER(S): 210-826-7595 ext. 243

 

E-MAIL ADDRESS: jerry.price@wbusa.wbu.edu

 

CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION: Characteristics of children’s development are reviewed and how these developmental passages impact the student’s ability to learn and grow developmentally. Emphasis is placed on the impact of various factors on student achievement and learning. A field based component is an integral part of the course. Successful completion of field experience hours is required for course credit.

 

PREREQUISITES:  None

 

REQUIRED RESOURCE MATERIALS:  Santrock, John W. (2008) Adolescence, Twelfth Edition.  McGraw-Hill: Boston.

 

REQUIRED FIELD EXPERIENCE HOURS : Six

 

COURSE OUTLINE:  See course schedule.

 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

 

Exam:  An exam will be administered at the end of the semester.  The exam may consist of objective questions such as multiple choice or “fill-in-the-blank” questions, or may also include “expressive” questions such as short answer or essay questions which will allow you to write your own responses and will allow students the maximum opportunity to demonstrate what they know and that they can analyze information and reach defensible conclusions.  The tests may consist of items from either the textbook(s) or from material discussed in class as well as from handouts given out in class.

 

Quizzes: Quizzes will be administered periodically during the course.

 

Biographical Sketch: You will do a biographical sketch of yourself when you were a teen as well as your sibling or best friend when they were a teen.  The paper should be two pages long.  More details will be given in class regarding this assignment. 

 

Presentation: Each student will be assigned a topic for a 15 to 20 minute presentation. You will submit a summary paper of not more than two pages, typed, and double spaced.

 

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:  By the conclusion of the course students will be able to:

1.       Describe the developing adolescent from various perspectives including social, biological, cognitive, and emotional.

2.       Examine possible causes or sources of developmental change and reason for disturbances in the developmental process.

3.       Develop appreciation for adolescents of all ages, cultures, and backgrounds to gain insight into their similarities and differences. 

4.       Demonstrate how different theoretical perspectives affect or determine the research and applications that arise from them.

 

DOMAINS/COMPETENCIES:

 

Domain I – Designing Instruction and Assessment to Promote Student Learning.

 

  • Competency 001: The teacher understands human developmental processes and applies this knowledge to plan instruction and ongoing assessment that motivates students and are responsive to their developmental characteristics and needs.
  • Competency 002: The teacher understands diversity and knows how to plan learning experiences and design assessments that are responsive to differences among students and that promote all students’ learning.
  • Competency 004: The teacher understands learning processes and factors that impact student learning and demonstrates this knowledge by planning effective, engaging instruction and appropriate assessments.

 

 

MEANS FOR ASSESSING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OUTCOME COMPETENCIES:

 

1.      Exams

2.      Quizzes

3.      Biographical Sketch

4.      Presentation

 

ATTENDANCE POLICY:

1.      Campus Attendance Policy

      The University expects students to make class attendance a priority.  All absences must be explained to the instructor who will determine whether omitted work may be made up.  When a student reaches the number of absences considered by the instructor to be excessive, the instructor will so advise the student and file an unsatisfactory progress report with the dean at the campus where the course is offered.  Any student who misses 25% or more of the regularly scheduled class meetings may receive a grade of “F” in the course.  Additional attendance policies for each course, as defined by the instructor in the course syllabus, are considered a part of the university’s attendance policy.  A student may petition the Academic Council for exceptions to the above stated policies by filing a written request for an appeal to the provost/academic vice president.    

 

EVALUATION: Grades for courses shall be recorded by the symbols below:  (Point totals for each letter grade MAY be modified, but grading system MUST be maintained.)

 

University Grading System:

 

A          900-1000                                 Cr        for Credit

B           800-899                                   NCR    No Credit

C          700-799                                   I           Incomplete*

D          600-699                                   W        for withdrawal

F           below 600                                WP      Withdrawal Passing

                                                             WF      Withdrawal Failing                                                                                 X         No grade given

                                                            IP    In Progress

 

A grade of “CR” indicates that credit in semester hours was granted but no grade or grade points were recorded.

*A grade of incomplete is changed if the work required is completed prior to the date indicated in the official University calendar of the next long term, unless the instructor designates an earlier date for completion.  If the work is not completed by the appropriate date, the I is converted to the grade of F.  An incomplete notation cannot remain on the student’s permanent record and must be replaced by the qualitative grade (A-F) by the date specified in the official University calendar of the next regular term. 

 

Course grading criteria:

 

1.      Exams                                     25%

2.      Quizzes                                  25%

3.      Biographical Sketch               25%

4.      Presentation                           25%

 

ACADEMIC HONESTY: 

Wayland students are expected to conduct themselves according to the highest standards of academic honesty.  Academic misconduct for which a student is subject to penalty includes all forms of cheating, such as possession of examinations or examination materials, forgery, or plagiarism.  Disciplinary action for academic misconduct is the responsibility of the faculty member assigned to the course.  The faculty member is charged with assessing the gravity of any case of academic dishonesty and with giving sanctions to any student involved.  The faculty member involved will file a record of the offense and the punishment imposed with the dean of the division, campus dean, and the provost/academic vice president.  Any student who has been penalized for academic dishonesty has the right to appeal the judgment or the penalty assessed.

 

PLAGIARISM

“Plagiarism — The attempt to represent the work of another, as it may relate to written or oral works, computer-based work, mode of creative expression (i.e. music, media or the visual arts), as the product of one's own thought, whether the other's work is published or unpublished, or simply the work of a fellow student.

  1. When a student submits oral or written work for credit that includes the words, ideas, or data of others, the source of that information must be acknowledged through complete, accurate, and specific references, and, if verbatim statements are included, through use of quotation marks as well. By placing one’s name on work submitted for credit, the student certifies the originality of all work not otherwise identified by appropriate acknowledgements. A student will avoid being charged with plagiarism if there is an acknowledgement of indebtedness.”

Source: http://www.spjc.cc.fl.us/webcentral/admit/honesty.htm#plag  

DISABLED PERSONS:

It is University policy that no otherwise qualified person with disabilities be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational program or activity in the University.  Students should inform the instructor of existing disabilities the first class meeting.

   

 

 

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

 

Date                             Activity

 

August 19                     Chapter 1 Introduction

 

August 26                     Chapter 2 Puberty, Health, and Biological Foundations

 

September 2                 Chapter 4 The Self, Identity, Emotions, and Personality

 

September 9                 Biographical Sketch (No Class)

 

September 16               Chapter 5 & 6 Gender and Sexuality

 

September 23               Chapter 7 Moral Development, Values, and Religion

 

September 30               Chapter 8 Families

 

October 7                    Chapter 9 Peer and Romantic Relationships

 

October 14                  Chapter 12 Culture

 

October 21                  Biographical Sketch

 

October 28                  Final Examination