EPSY 199

Fall 2009

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32128
Lecture-Discussion
D
9:00AM -10:50AM
F
33 Education Building
Zola, D
Part of Term:
A
Date Range:
08/24/09-10/16/09
Degree Notes:
Discovery course.
Credit:
1 hours
Section Title:
Educat Today's Child
Section Info:
Educating Today's Children, 1 hour. First Year Discovery Program Course. This course consists of conversations about education in the year 2010 and beyond. Students will explore the dynamics of teaching and learning as they relate to the educational practices employed in schools, with an emphasis on the changes needed to education. First year Discovery Program course. Registration restricted to freshman. Students should only enroll in one Discovery course. Discovery course. Must have Freshman class standing.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to students with Freshman class standing.
32131
Lecture-Discussion
DE
9:00AM -11:50AM
W
243 Armory
Espelage, D
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/24/09-12/09/09
Degree Notes:
Discovery course.
Credit:
3 hours
Section Title:
Bullying, Sexual Harassment
Section Info:
Bullying, Sexual Harassment, Dating Violence in Childhood/Adolescence. 3 hours. Why is it that children/adolescents cannot just get along? Why is being respectful something that has to be taught at every turn of child development? Why do children chose to humiliate, embarrass, and terrorize one another rather than encouraging and supporting one another? These are questions that will be addressed in detail in this class. The premise of the course is that bullying and peer victimization is a social problem and a societal problem, which is associated with aggression across the lifespan. In this course, national and international research on the prevalence of aggression among children/adolescents will be reviewed. Research will be discussed related to the following aspects of youth aggression: definitional challenges (what is bullying?), cultural differences (subcultures within US, differences across countries), and causes of youth aggression (focus on social-ecological explanations, including personality, family, peer, and committee factors). Research indicates that children and adolescents are becoming numb to disrespect and this serves to only create a serious social problem. This disrespect does not go away when our students are handed their high school diploma, these attitudes and behaviors are taken into dating relationships, work environments, familial contexts, and into community settings. The last third of the course will include readings related to school- and community-based prevention programs. These programs include teacher's manuals and activity workbooks, classroom-based curriculum, and school-wide efforts. Students will participate in a systematic evaluation of these programs. This evaluation will focus on how bullying was defined, how sexual harassment was defined, and how other types of aggression were discussed. Students will come away from this class being introduced to materials of each program and will take part in some activities from each program. Evaluation data will also be summarized for the programs. First year Discovery Program course. Registration restricted to freshman. Students should only enroll in one Discovery course. Discovery course. Must have Freshman class standing.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to students with Freshman class standing.
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