EPSY 199

Spring 2009

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
46232
Lecture-Discussion
DE
1:00PM -3:50PM
W
138 Wohlers Hall
Espelage, D
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/20/09-05/06/09
Degree Notes:
Discovery course.
Credit:
3 hours
Section Info:
title: 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 freshmen. Students should enroll in only one Discovery course.
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