Introduction: Welcome to CLDDV-103 Child Growth and Development!
Fall 2012, Section 0737
“ Peace in the world depends on peace in the hearts of individuals.” Dalai Lama
Log into the course by 5:00 PM, Friday, August 31 to stay enrolled; students added after this date need to log in immediately upon adding the course. Continue to log into the course a minimum of three times each week AND complete 50% of all assignments by the due dates in order to stay enrolled in the course.
Instructor:
Pam Guerra-Schmidt
Professor, Child Development
Phone Number, Email and Office Location
209-575-6345
Please utilize "Mail" feature of this course when sending emails.
Location: MJC, West Campus, Muir Hall 155, 2201 Blue Gum Avenue, Modesto, CA
Office Hours
Wednesdays (1:00-1:30 & 3:30-5:00 PM) It is recommended that you set up an appointment although drop-ins are welcomed! Online office hours are every Monday evening from 7:00-8:00 PM. Just send me a mail message with your phone number and I’ll call you during the Monday evening office hours.
Text (required)
Papalia, D., Olds, S., Feldman, R. (2011) A child’s world: Infancy through adolescence, 12th ed. McGraw-Hill Higher Education ISBN#978-0-07-353197-7 Go to this link for more information: http://guerra-schmidtp.faculty.mjc.edu/103.html There are two copies of the text in the MJC East and west libraries on 2-hour loan. The books in the library may only be used while in the library.
Computer/Technical Difficulties
There may be times that experiences with Internet connections and computer glitches occur. If an assignment is due and the computer does not allow you to access an assignment or accept your finished work, it is required that the student immediately (within a couple minutes of the experience) send the instructor an email, so that the time and date are officially logged. In this email, carefully explain the error messages that are received, copy the error messages and send it to the instructor in the mail feature of this course, and then promptly call MJC's online help desk at 575-7800 or 575-7900 to ask for support.
You are encouraged to shut down your computer and reboot it, if you are having difficulties to see if this might help. Also, a couple of students who had issues called the help desk and were told that staying logged into Blackboard for many hours may result in receiving an error message of "Access Denied." They were asked to log out and then log back in and the problem was corrected.
Course Description
Examines the major physical, psychosocial, and cognitive/language developmental milestones for children, both typical and atypical, from conception through adolescence. Emphasis on interactions between maturational processes and environmental factors. While studying developmental theory and investigative research methodologies, students will observe children, evaluate individual differences and analyze characteristics of development at various stages.
Course Learning Outcome:
CLO: 70% of students will be able to identify the whole child perspective while examining the major theorists, developmental domains, and the interaction between nature and nurture at the various stages of development from conception through late adolescence.
Assessment: Knowledge statement assignment where students write about and discuss the whole child perspective while examining the major theorists, developmental domains, and the interaction between nature and nurture at the various stages of development; evaluated by instructor. Seventy percent of students will achieve a “C” grade or higher.
Required Course Objectives
1. Define development and describe the typical child development milestones of children birth to five years of age and identify the strengths and special needs of the child in the context of his/her family (Early Intervention Core Competency.)
2. Analyze the relationships between the factors in typical and atypical physical, cognitive, creative, social and emotional development from the whole child perspective including cultural factors from infancy through adolescence. (EICC)
3. Compare the emotional and external influences on typical and atypical growth and development including culturally influenced interactions, implications from infancy through adolescence. (EICC)
4. Interpret the needs of infants, young children, and adolescents and propose implications for adult responses.
5. Identify personal biases towards infants, children, and adolescents, including bias toward culture, race, abilities, and gender and examine and explain how bias can influence the research process (Curriculum Alignment Project.)
6. Examine and discuss major theories of child development (CAP).
7. Examine ways in which developmental domains are continuous, sequential, and inter-related (CAP).
8. Investigate and explain sources of developmental change and reasons for disturbances in the developmental process (CAP).
9. Demonstrate knowledge of current research findings as they apply to child development (CAP).
10. Demonstrate objective techniques and skills when observing, interviewing, describing, and evaluating behavior in children of all ages, cultures, and backgrounds and their caregivers (CAP).
11. Examine and evaluate the importance of the early years and the effects of interaction between the individual and her/his environment (CAP).
12. Examine and evaluate the role of family in facilitating children's development (CAP).
13. Examine and evaluate the role of teachers and other professionals in facilitating children's development (CAP).
14. Examine and evaluate the role of play and its relationship to development at various stages (CAP).
15. Identify and describe risk factors that impact families and child at each major developmental stage (CAP).
16. Investigate and explain the process of bilingual development in children at various stages (CAP).
17. Describe and explain biological and environmental factors influencing the development of identity and self-esteem in children of all ages (CAP).
18. Discuss and recognize basic health issues and conditions, which promote optimal health and safety as well as identify and problem solve aspects of a program that would impede the optimal growth and development of children. (EICC)
Dropping/Adding Course
Students are responsible for both adding and dropping the course. If the course is added after the first week of the semester, the same due dates apply to all assignments.
Extra Credit
The maximum amount of extra credit that can be earned is approximately 2% of the total points offered; typically, each extra credit assignment can earn up to 5 points. Extra credit is not a guaranteed offering of this course and is assigned randomly when offered.
Students are welcome to explore any formal presentations offered in the community that relate to a child's growth and development and share the information with the professor for possible consideration.
When attending a presentation or activity, students must submit a paper with the date, time arrived, time departed, name of presentation, location of the presentation or activity, name of the presenter or activity organizer, topic of the presentation or activity, and two paragraphs on what was learned from the presentation or activity. Type this information into a document and after utilizing spell and grammar check, attach the word document and send to the instructor through the "mail" feature of this course.
All extra credit must be received by the Friday before final's week. Students can receive extra credit for utilizing the Writing Center. Late assignments are not accepted for extra credit regardless of the reason.
Grading
Quizzes/Final Exam: Quiz scores including the final multiple-choice comprehensive exam are released when the quiz date and time has closed. The points for the last attempt of the quiz are entered in the grade area. At the end of the semester, the lowest quiz grade will be dropped. Each quiz but not the final exam can be taken two times. The final multiple-choice exam can only be taken one time.
Written Assignments: Discussion Postings including journal entries, written paper, and activity assignments are graded within two weeks of the closing date and time.
Final Written Exam: graded by the end of final's week.
Grades:
A=90-100% of points possible (563.5-630)
B=80-89% of points possible (500.5-563.0)
C=70-79% of points possible (437.5-500.0)
D=60-69% of points possible (374.5-437.0)
F=under 60% of points possible = F (under 374.5)
For child development majors, the course must be passed with a "C" grade or higher in order for the course to be used for MJC graduation or a permit issued through the State of California, Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
Assignments and Points
· Discussion Board assignments including Introduction Assignment = 10 points each @ 7 = 70 points
· Quizzes (can be taken two times with points from last attempt entered in grade book) 18 @ 20 points each = 360
· Journal Assignments 6 @ 5 points each = 30
· Activity Assignments 6 @ 5 points each = 30
· Written Paper 1 @ 40 points = 40
· Final Written Exam = 50
· Final Multiple Choice Exam = 50
Extra credit - students can earn up to 2% of the 630 points offered which is 12.5 points.
Total points = 630
Late Policy:
Late assignments are not accepted regardless of the reason. Exception: If you have a doctor's note referencing your health and stating that you could not submit an assignment on the day it was due, then notify the instructor and mail the doctor's note or bring to into the Child Development Office where my office is located. After the note is received, the instructor will set a new due date with the student. The new due date is typically set seven days from the original due date. It is strongly suggested that you complete assignments one to two days ahead of time, as there are times when your Internet connection or your computer may fail.
Pace through course
Approximately once every two weeks, a new Learning Module will be released to the students enrolled in this course. This course does not allow for students to work more than one week to two weeks ahead. It is expected that students will participate in the discussion board activities, discussion journals, and quizzes during the week(s) that each chapter is read and discussed. An online course requires that students log in to the course at least three times a week and sometimes more in order to respond to other students on the discussion board. It is required that each student log into the course a minimum of three times each week AND complete 50% of the assignments by the due dates in order to stay enrolled in the course.
Student Audience
Child Development majors, future multiple subjects/single subject teachers, parents, community members interested in the development
Student Conduct/Academic Ethics
Modesto Junior College’s Student Code of Conduct emphasizes academic integrity including violations and penalties to the code. You are responsible for reading the material and following the guidelines of academic integrity. In this course, students are expected to share ideas, suggestions, resources and information, and are often expected to work together cooperatively in a team format to complete task(s). Cheating and plagiarism will result in an “F” grade on that specific assignment. This will apply to all persons involved. Cheating is the act of obtaining or attempting to obtain credit for academic work through the use of dishonest, deceptive or fraudulent means. Plagiarism is representing the work of someone else as your own and submitting it to fulfill academic requirements. Please write all of the papers in your own words. If you copy parts of sentences or whole sentences without quotes and without citing the source, the paper will receive 0 (zero) points. A thesaurus may be helpful while finding new words to paraphrase what has been stated in the article or text. Please cite work that you want to quote; see instructor or a librarian at MJC for acceptable guidelines for citing work.
(Extra Credit) VTEA (CTE) Survey Forms
The CTE (Career Technical Education) online surveys are filled out each semester in this course. Each student fills out the information, and answers the questions (which is the determining factor for receiving CTE funding!) Directions: 1) Open Pirates Net & Log In;
https://piratesnet.mjc.edu/WebAdvisor/WebAdvisor?&TYPE=M&PID=CORE-WBMAIN&TOKENIDX=7103455383
2) On Current Students Menu, Click on "Vocational Survey" located under the heading "COMMUNICATION"; 3) Enter the term "2012 RSP -- Fall 2012", complete the survey and submit; 4) Send an email through the mail feature of this online course to share with instructor that you completed the survey and to request your five (5) points extra credit. Did you know that each qualifying survey brings in approximately $150 CTE funds to MJC's vocational programs? Did you know, thanks to YOU for turning in your completed surveys & thanks to proper data entry and reporting, our CTE Grant is up $80,000 + this year? Thank you ALL for your continued support in keeping Career & Technical Education alive!