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NAME:                                Professor E. Faye Wisner                                                                                                    

CAMPUS ADDRESS:      FCCJ – Downtown Campus

                                             101 W. State St. A 2011

                                              Jacksonville, FL 32202

E-MAIL ADDRESS:         ewisner@fccj.edu

PHONE NUMBER:          904 633 8412

FAX NUMBER:                 904 633 8420

WEBPAGE:                       http://www1.fccj.edu/ewisner

 BEST TIME TO CALL:    My office hours are 10-11. If I am not available, please leave your name, daytime

                                     phone number and a detailed message.  Please speak slowly so that I can write down your

                                     phone number.  Messages will be returned within 2 working days. 

The following materials are required, and the textbooks may be purchased at any FCCJ bookstore.  If the texts are not on the shelf, please ask a bookstore employee to call the bookstores on the other campuses for textbook availability.  To purchase textbooks online go to http://www.fccj.edu/resources and choose Buy Books Online.  You will need your course ID and reference #. 

1.       The Developing Person: Through Childhood and Adolescence Berger, Kathleen Stassen, Worth Publishers, 6^th Edition 2003; ISBN# 0-7167-5257

2.       Telecourse Student Guide: Child Development: Stepping Stones; to accompany The Developing Person Straub, Richard O, Coast Learning Systems, 2003, ISBN # 0-7167-5553-X

3.   Video Lessons: Child Development:  Stepping Stones, Coast, See Airing Schedule or view at an FCCJ campus library. 

There is one required on-campus meeting for all DEP 2102  telecourse students.  This is your opportunity to meet your professor and your fellow students and discuss any concerns you may have about course requirements.  Attend the orientation.  Please contact me if the orientation time conflicts with another class meeting. 

General Orientation:  Saturday, January 15, 2005, Deerwood Center, B1204, 9:00AM        

IMPORTANT NOTE:  You must attend orientation or contact me by phone or email within the first two weeks of class, by January 23, 2005.  If you do not make contact, you will be dropped from the course.  

 No other meetings than the orientation.

Testing - see Exam Schedule. 

To be successful, the weekly assignments for this course need to be completed during those time frames.  Do not fall behind - call me immediately if you experience any problem with the assignments. 

Important Note  If you are uncertain about this course, review the course outline and view a taped lesson in an FCCJ Library before the drop deadline.

Monday, January 19, 2005                      Martin Luther King, Jr.

Monday February 21, 2005                      President’s Day

Monday-Sunday, March 14-20, 2005                   Spring Break

Friday, March 25, 2005                                      Good Friday

Saturday-Sunday, March 26-27, 2005                  Easter

 FCCJ telecourses are available on the following cable television channels: 

CABLE TELEVISION SCHEDULE
You can view the airing schedule on the web at http://www.opencampus.fccj.org/TVS/tv.html  

A = 1^st lesson of the week; B = 2^nd lesson;     * = Repeat;

                                           C = 3^rd lesson; D = 4^th lesson 

Please note the Holidays listed above – No lessons will air on that date
ALL testing information is on the Exam Schedule that follows this Airing Schedule 

If the scheduled telelesson fails to air you should:
·         Check the viewing schedule to see if viewing/recording the replay is possible.
·         Call 633-8309 the next business day for a recorded message listing the re-air schedule for missed telelessons, or
·         Go to the distance learning web site at http://www.distancelearning.org/tcrepeats.html  for replay information, or
·         View the missed lesson at a campus library. 

SATELLITE SYSTEM VIEWERS:  Selected telecourses are also available on DirecTV, Channel 377 and on Dish Network, Channel 9402, called PBS YOU.  Check the website at http://www.pbs.org/pbsyou for their viewing schedules.  All programming is scheduled through PBS YOU for the satellite systems.  The televised lessons may not be in the same order or time frame as the assigned lessons for the FCCJ course, but may be videotaped for later viewing.  Check your satellite system directory for specific scheduling information. 

X See Exam Schedule. 

 First Exam - Covers Textbook Chapters 1-4; Telelessons 1-4
            Exam 1 due in Professor’s Office, 2:05 PM, Wednesday, February 2, 2005                                                                                

Second Exam - Covers Textbook Chapters 5-7; Telelessons 6-9
             Exam 2 due in Professor’s Office, 2:05 PM, Wednesday, February 16, 2005                    

Third Exam - Covers Textbook Chapters 8-10; Telelessons 10-15
             Exam 3 due in Professor’s Office, 2:05 PM, Wednesday, March 9, 2005                                                                                

Fourth Exam - Covers Textbook Chapters 11-13; Telelessons 16-20
             Exam 4 due in Professor’s Office, 2:05 PM, Wednesday, March 30, 2005                                                                                

Fifth Exam - Covers Textbook Chapters 14-16; Telelessons 21-26
            Exam 5 due in Professor’s Office, 2:05 PM, Wednesday, April 25, 2005 

Grading Method
The grades from all 5 tests are averaged to determine your final grade.
Yes, extra credit assignments are available.  Please discuss with your instructor.
No test grade may be dropped.
Each test counts as 1/5th of your final grade

Test results

Test grades are mailed to your home address.
Grades are mailed within 10 business days.

Makeup Tests

None

Grading Scale

90 -100 = A
80 - 89 = B
70 - 79 = C
60 - 69 = D
Below 60 = F 

Grading Policies

“W” Grade – A student may withdraw without academic penalty at FCCJ from any course up to the last withdrawal date published for each session. The student may only withdraw from the same course twice. Upon the third attempt, the student will not be permitted to withdraw and will receive an A, B, C, D, FN, or F grade for the course.

“I” Grade – The Incomplete grade may be assigned at the instructor’s discretion to students who are unable to complete the required work in the academic term. To be eligible for an “I” grade the student must be passing the course at the time of the request, and must have completed 75% of the course work. Documentation may be requested. The instructor will complete a written agreement detailing the remaining course work required for completion and the removal of the “I” grade. All work must be completed within the first eight weeks of the subsequent term, unless the instructor agrees to a longer timeframe (not to exceed one year).  If terms of the agreement are not met, the “I” grade will automatically change to an “F” grade.

“FN” Grade  - The Failure for Non-attendance (FN) grade is given to students who failed due to nonattendance, while the “F” grade is given to students who failed to master the content at a passing level. The FN grade may be used immediately after the withdrawal deadline.  For this course non-attendance is defined as: Failure to turn in the 3 out of 5 exams on time. 

Grade Forgiveness – A student may repeat a course in an attempt to improve a grade if a “D”, “FN” or “F” was previously earned. A course grade may only be forgiven twice. The official grade and the grade used in calculating the GPA, shall be the last grade earned in the course. 

Course Repeats and Tuition Costs – a student may have only three total attempts in any course, including the original grade, repeat grade, and withdrawals. Upon the third attempt in the course the student must be given an “A”, “B”, “C”, “FN” or “F”. 

A student may enroll in a specific college credit course only twice at a regular tuition rate.  If the first two attempts are unsuccessful (all grades will count as an attempt, including audit, W, F, FN and D), the third time a student enrolls in the course he/she must pay full cost of instruction. This cost is equivalent to the out-of-state tuition rate, approximately four times the cost of regular tuition. 

 Telecourse Assistance

For questions regarding telecourses please call Distance Learning at 904-997-2653.
If a scheduled telecourse lesson does not air please call as soon as you notice a problem. You can view the airing schedule on the web at http://opencampus.fccj.org/TVS/tv.html. 

Telecourse Updates – Call 633-8309

For recorded information on testing, telecourse re-airings, and orientation.  Available 24 hours a day.  Telecourse re-airings are also posted on the Distance Learning website at http://www.distancelearning.org/tcrepeats.html.  

Rental

Most telecourses may be rented for an additional fee.  For detailed information, call RMI at 1-800-745-5480 or access their web site at http://www.rmimedia.com.   Videos cannot be rented from FCCJ’s Libraries. 

CDs

A selected number of telecourses are now available on video CDs and may be checked out of any campus library for the entire term (See List).  CDs must be returned at the end of the term. 

ECO 2013         GEA 1000         POS 2041
ECO 2023         HUM 2211         SYG 2000
ENC 1101         HUM 2236         SYG 2430
EUH 1000         MAT 1033

 Exam # 1

(Due in Professor’s office by Wednesday, February 2, 2005, 2:05 PM)

 Name: ___________________________________________SS#: _____________________

Address: __________________________________________________________________

    ____________________________________________________zip:____________

E-Mail Address: ___________________________________Term: 20052

You should utilize the video lesson, text, and study guide in answering each essay question.  The video/lesson # in the schedule is just a guide to start you in your quest for information.  Quality (utilizing the information from all three sources) will be considered in grading.  Your answers should be complete utilizing good grammar such as described in the APA manual.  Papers should be typed. 

Attach this cover sheet with information completed to your exam and send or hand deliver to:

                        Professor Faye Wisner
                        FCCJ-Downtown Campus
                        A 2011 
                        101 W State St. 
                        Jacksonville, FL 32202 

You may also send the exam by email to ewisner@fccj.org (Do NOT forget to include your name, SS# and exam # in the subject line of the email as well as in the body of the message!!) or fax it with this cover sheet to Faye Wisner at 904 633 8420.

Be sure to note the due date.  Do not deliver your exam to any other office.  You will have one letter grade deducted for each day your exam arrives late.  Make a copy of your exam before sending.  Your exam may not be returned to you.  Grades will be mailed to you 10 business days after the exam due date. 

Exam # 1
Covers Textbook Chapters 1-4; Telelessons 1-4
           Exam 1 due in Professor’s Office, 2:05 PM, Wednesday, February 2, 2005 

Using the information from the assigned chapters in the textbook, the study guide, and corresponding videos, answer the following questions. Each answer should be a well-written short essay.  Be sure to number your answers according to the question as well as completely answering each part of the question. 

1.  Define the three domains of development and explain the interaction among them, giving a  minimum of three examples from human development.  (15 points) 

2.  You are a developmental psychologist interested in the differences between the way parents treat their sons and daughters. Form a hypothesis, and describe the method you would use to test the hypothesis (e.g., experiment, observation, case study). Explain why you chose this particular      method and what measures you would take to reduce subjectivity. How convincing do you think your results will be to someone who disagrees with your hypothesis? (15 points) 

3.  Miranda, a child in her first year of nursery school, refuses to share her toys with other children. She always grabs what she wants and screams and hits when something is taken away. She does not respond to the teacher's lessons about sharing. In three separate paragraphs, describe what a psychoanalytic theorist, a learning theorist, and a cognitive theorist would say about Miranda's behavior and how to remedy it.  Included in responses should be differentiation of the three schools of thought.  (15 points) 

4. A.  Summarize Piaget’s theory of development during the first two years of life and describe the methods he used to study children. 
    B.      A child in the sensorimotor stage sees a teddy bear for the first time. What will the child most likely do?  (15 points)

 5.  A couple at high risk for a genetic abnormality will not consider an abortion. Nevertheless, the couple wants to undergo prenatal tests to determine if their unborn child is abnormal. Discuss the benefits of genetic counseling for this couple.  (15 points) 

6. Summarize the procedures used to administer the Apgar rating test.  Why is this test important and what does it tell us?  (10 points) 

7.  Pregnant women in Michigan who ate larger amounts of PCB-polluted fish from Lake Michigan had newborns with more problems than pregnant women who ate lesser amounts of the fish. Give examples of other teratogens and what their effects tend to be.  Cite specific teratogens in the      areas of diseases, medicinal drugs, psychoactive drugs, and environmental hazards.  Answers should be supported by the effects these teratogens have on biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial development.  (15 points)

Exam # 2

(Due in Professor’s office by Wednesday, February 16, 2005, 2:05 PM)

 Name: ___________________________________________SS#: _____________________

Address: __________________________________________________________________

    ____________________________________________________zip:____________

E-Mail Address: ___________________________________Term: 20052

You should utilize the video lesson, text, and study guide in answering each essay question.  The video/lesson # in the schedule is just a guide to start you in your quest for information.  Quality (utilizing the information from all three sources) will be considered in grading.  Your answers should be complete utilizing good grammar such as described in the APA.  They should be typed. 

Attach this cover sheet with information completed to your exam and send or hand deliver to: 

                        Professor Faye Wisner
                        FCCJ-Downtown Campus
                        A 2011 
                        101 W State St. 
                        Jacksonville, FL 32202 

You may also send the exam by email to ewisner@fccj.org (Do NOT forget to include your name, SS# and exam # in the subject line of the email as well as in the body of the message!!) or fax it with this cover sheet to Faye Wisner at 904 633 8420.

Be sure to note the due date.  Do not deliver your exam to any other office.  You will have one letter grade deducted for each day your exam arrives late.  Make a copy of your exam before sending.  Your exam may not be returned to you.  Grades will be mailed to you 10 business days after the exam due date. 

Exam # 2

Second Exam - Covers Textbook Chapters 5-7; Telelessons 6-9
             Exam 2 due in Professor’s Office, 2:05 PM, Wednesday, February 16, 2005

 Using the information from the assigned chapters in the textbook, the study guide, and corresponding videos, answer the following questions. Each answer should be a well-written short essay.  Be sure to number your answers according to the question as well as completely answering each part of the question. 

1.  Kristen and Steve just had their first baby. Name and describe the 5 types of reflexes should    they see that will not be present by the end of the year?  (15 points) 

2.  Draft a profile of an infant at high risk for SIDS. Suggest several ways to prevent SIDS.  (15 points) 

3.  How do the views of Skinner and Chomsky differ in their explanation of infant language acquisition? Explain each view, and then determine which one seems most convincing to you.  (15 points) 

4.  Briefly describe the perceptual, cognitive, and language skills an infant will acquire in the first 2 years of life.  (20 points) 

5.  Diana is meeting her friend's one-year-old for the first time. How should she approach the child? What factors will determine the child's response?  (15 points) 

6.  Drawing on your understanding of biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial development in the first 2 years, respond to Erikson's remark that “Babies control and bring up families as much as they are controlled by them.” In your essay, give examples of at least three ways in which babies “control”  or “bring up” their parents.  (20 points)

Exam # 3

(Due in Professor’s office by Wednesday, March 9, 2005, 2:05 PM)

Name: ___________________________________________SS#: _____________________

Address: ___________________________________________________________________

    ____________________________________________________zip:____________

E-Mail Address: ___________________________________Term: 20052 

You should utilize the video lesson, text, and study guide in answering each essay question.  The video/lesson # in the schedule is just a guide to start you in your quest for information.  Quality (utilizing the information from all three sources) will be considered in grading.  Your answers should be complete utilizing good grammar such as described in the APA style.  They should be typed. 

Attach this cover sheet with information completed to your exam and send or hand deliver to: 

                        Professor Faye Wisner
                        FCCJ-Downtown Campus
                        A 2011
                       101 W State St. 
                        Jacksonville, FL 32202 

You may also send the exam by email to ewisner@fccj.org (Do NOT forget to include your name, SS# and exam # in the subject line of the email as well as in the body of the message!!) or fax it with this cover sheet to Faye Wisner at 904 633 8420.

Be sure to note the due date.  Do not deliver your exam to any other office.  You will have one letter grade deducted for each day your exam arrives late.  Make a copy of your exam before sending.  Your exam may not be returned to you.  Grades will be mailed to you 10 business days after the exam due date. 

Exam # 3

Third Exam - Covers Textbook Chapters 8-10; Telelessons 10-15
Exam 3 due in Professor’s Office, 2:05 PM, Wednesday, March 9, 2005

 Using the information from the assigned chapters in the textbook, the study guide, and corresponding videos, answer the following questions. Each answer should be a well-written short essay.  Be sure to number your answers according to the question as well as completely answering each part of the question. 

1.    What can be done to reduce the risk of child maltreatment from occurring? You should show a good understanding of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.  (10 points)

2.  Discuss a minimum 4 of the laws that have reduced the number of preschool deaths in the United States?   What would you make a law to increase the safety of preschoolers?  (15 points) 

3.  If a parent or teacher wishes to try scaffolding with a child, what steps should he or she take to provide the most effective scaffolding?  (15 points) 

4.  You have been hired as an educational consultant to the president of the United States. What  policy would you recommend to the federal government concerning preschool education? What children should be targeted? How much government involvement should there be? Who will bear the cost of these programs? Be sure to take into consideration the research presented in this chapter.  Include consideration of the needs of families in which the parent or parents must work for the family to survive; the needs of preschool children from a biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial view; and the needs of society as a whole.       (20 points) 

5.  By what methods did Diana Baumrind measure parenting styles?  Compare and contrast the three parenting styles originally described by Baumrind. Cite examples of families that you know who are representative of each style and discuss how their children are developing.  Which parenting style(s) did your parents use most frequently? In what ways would you say that they were typical of that style? Be sure to provide enough evidence of the parenting style chosen.  (20 points) 

6.      A nursery-school teacher in New York State reports a changing attitude on the part of preschool boys. “Boys play in the kitchen more than they used to. Some of them even take on feminine personas. They'll say, 'I'll be the grandma.' On the other hand, right in the middle of this play, they'll often revert to boyish behavior. They'll pick up the mops and start using them as guns.” Discuss and explain the developments noted by this nursery-school teacher.  (20 points)  

Exam # 4

(Due in Professor’s office by Wednesday, March 30, 2005, 2:05 PM) 

Name: ___________________________________________SS#: _____________________

Address: ___________________________________________________________________

    ____________________________________________________zip:____________

E-Mail Address: ___________________________________Term: 20052 

You should utilize the video lesson, text, and study guide in answering each essay question.  The video/lesson # in the schedule is just a guide to start you in your quest for information.  Quality (utilizing the information from all three sources) will be considered in grading.  Your answers should be complete utilizing good grammar such as described in the APA.  They should be typed. 

Attach this cover sheet with information completed to your exam and send or hand deliver to: 

                        Professor Faye Wisner
                        FCCJ-Downtown Campus
                        A2011
                        101 W State St. 
                        Jacksonville, FL 32202 

You may also send the exam by email to ewisner@fccj.org (Do NOT forget to include your name, SS# and exam # in the subject line of the email as well as in the body of the message!!) or fax it with this cover sheet to Faye Wisner at 904 633 8420.

Be sure to note the due date.  Do not deliver your exam to any other office.  You will have one letter grade deducted for each day your exam arrives late.  Make a copy of your exam before sending.  Your exam may not be returned to you.  Grades will be mailed to you 10 business days after the exam due date. 

Exam # 4

Fourth Exam - Covers Textbook Chapters 11-13; Telelessons 16-20
             Exam 4 due in Professor’s Office, 2:05 PM, Wednesday, March 30, 2005

 Using the information from the assigned chapters in the textbook, the study guide, and corresponding videos, answer the following questions. Each answer should be a well-written short essay.  Be sure to number your answers according to the question as well as completely answering each partof the question. 

1.  What are some of the symptoms of autism?  Describe the typical developmental progression of autistic symptoms.  (15 points)

 2.   Seven-year-old Brian has been diagnosed as having attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. What can his parents and teachers do to help him cope with this disability?  (15 points) 

3.   Discuss at least 5 differences between preschoolers' and elementary school children's memory abilities and strategies.  (15 points) 

4.   What are the four basic approaches to teaching another language? Briefly describe each.  (15 points) 

5.   Compare and contrast the psychoanalytic, learning, sociocultural, and cognitive perspectives with respect to their view of middle childhood.  (20 points) 

6.   Researchers have suggested that some children are stress-resistant or invulnerable. Describe the traits and behaviors that such a child would display and suggest at least three ways that a child could be helped to be more stress-resistant.  (20 points)

Exam # 5
(Due in Professor’s office by Wednesday, April 25, 2005, 2:05 PM)  

Name: ___________________________________________SS#: _____________________

Address: ___________________________________________________________________

    ____________________________________________________zip:____________

E-Mail Address: ___________________________________Term: 20052

 You should utilize the video lesson, text, and study guide in answering each essay question.  The video/lesson # in the schedule is just a guide to start you in your quest for information.  Quality (utilizing the information from all three sources) will be considered in grading.  Your answers should be complete utilizing good grammar such as described in the APA style.  They should be typed. 

Attach this cover sheet with information completed to your exam and send or hand deliver to: 

                        Professor Faye Wisner
                        FCCJ-Downtown Campus
                        A 2011 
                        101 W State St. 
                        Jacksonville, FL 32202 

You may also send the exam by email to ewisner@fccj.org (Do NOT forget to include your name, SS# and exam # in the subject line of the email as well as in the body of the message!!) or fax it with this cover sheet to Faye Wisner at 904 633 8420.

Be sure to note the due date.  Do not deliver your exam to any other office.  You will have one letter grade deducted for each day your exam arrives late.  Make a copy of your exam before sending.  Your exam may not be returned to you.  Grades will be mailed to you 10 business days after the exam due date. 

 Exam # 5

Fifth Exam - Covers Textbook Chapters 14-16; Telelessons 21-26
             Exam 5 due in Professor’s Office, 2:05 PM, Wednesday, April 25, 2005

 Using the information from the assigned chapters in the textbook, the study guide, and corresponding videos, answer the following questions. Each answer should be a well-written short essay.  Be sure to number your answers according to the question as well as completely answering each part of the question. 

1.   What are the similarities and differences in the male and female experiences of puberty? Include specific biological and psychological information in your answer.  (15 points) 

2.       Develop a profile of two girls: one at risk for developing bulimia nervosa and the other at risk for anorexia nervosa. Discuss how psychoanalytic and learning theories approach eating disorders.  (15 points) 

3.     What are some of the things teachers and schools can do to get high achievement from all students?  (15 points) 

4.     Your teen wants to get an after-school and weekend job. What do you think? After reading the material and viewing the videos, what concerns do you as a parent have? (15 points) 

5.    “Teenagers probably need as much support at that point in their lives (age 13 or 14) as toddlers.” Compare the differences and similarities in the amount and kind of parental support needed by the developing person at these two stages.  (20 points) 

6.    Describe the process of identity formation in minority ethnic group adolescents. What are the special difficulties experienced by various ethnic group members? What can society do to help ease the process for these adolescents?  Include the problem identities that may develop in the discussion, such as negative identity and foreclosure.   (20 points)

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