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Ed. Office: Room 300

Course Time: February 21, 28, and March 6, 2004 8:00a.m. – 4:00pm

Mission of the Education Program:

Respecting the diverse gifts and culture of each student, the Education Program of Calumet College of St. Joseph prepares quality teacher candidates for the 21^st Century through a refining process, which ensures: (1) professional preparation; (2) continuous reflection; and (3) ongoing transformation. The Education Program promotes a multicultural community characterized by diversity, integrity, compassion and commitment.

Vision of the Education Program:

Rooted in the Catholic tradition, the Education Program of Calumet College of St. Joseph: (1) values the dignity and worth of each teacher candidate; (2) shapes attitudes and values; (3) strives for social justice; (4) instills a sensitivity for the poor and the powerless; and (5) refines professional competency and scholarship in every teacher candidate. At Calumet College of St. Joseph we are committed to developing the natural abilities of our students, refining them into high quality professional educators.

Course Description:

Teacher candidates will examine the characteristics of growth in adolescents including physical, social, cognitive, emotional and moral development with particular reference to the implications of this for the professional educator. Additionally, the coarse will examine the natural tendencies of the human or it relates learning and schooling.

Course Goal:

To foster an understanding and appreciation how various aspects of adolescent development and natural human tendencies impact and influence learning and teaching strategies

Prerequisites:

EDU 100, 200, & 300

Textbooks:

Adolescence (1995) Samrock, John W. The unschooled Mind (1991) Gardner, Howard

Format of Class:

The majority of the learning objectives will be met through independent reading of assigned texts and research projects.

There will be a mid-term and final exam, both of which will be take home tests. The mid-term will cover material from the Adolescence both and the final will be on material from the Unschooled Mind.

The student and myself will mutually agree upon the research project. The only binding parameter will be that it must be related in someway to adolescent Development and have Educational implications.

The grading for the course will consist of one third weighting for the midterm, the final, and the research project. The student will meet with me approximately once every two weeks.