Course Schedule:
Course Schedule:
Key to Readings:
S = Santrock text
HE = Home education
P&C = Parents and children
PE = Philosophy of education
SE = School education
WCLTL = When children love to learn
| The Child is a Person – The Nature of the Learner | |||
| Week | Topic | Readings | Assignments Due |
| 1.1 | A Biblical perspective on learning | Yardsticks – Preface – p. 30
Note: Yardsticks is primarily a resource text. This initial reading is used to orient you to Chip Wood’s perspective and model. |
Pre-Course Survey |
| 1.2 | The personhood of the child – Mason’s perspective | PNEU article – “Children are born persons” (see Appendix) | Narration Prompt # 1 (NP) |
| 2.1 | The role of research in learning theory | S – Ch. 1
P&C – Ch. 25 |
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| Learning Theories: What Do We Know About How Children Learn? | |||
| 2.2 | Cognitive Theories I – Piaget | S – Ch. 2 | NP # 2 |
| 3.1 | Cognitive Theories II – Vygotsky | PE – Ch. 1 | Integration Paper #1 due |
| 3.2 | Social Contexts & Development I – Erikson and Psychosocial Development | S – Ch. 3 | |
| 4.1 | Social Contexts & Development II – Kohlberg and Moral Reasoning | SE – Ch. 12, 13
PE – Ch. 3, 4, 8 |
NP # 3 |
| 4.2 | Behavioral Theories – Skinner and Operant Conditioning | S – Ch. 7
HE – Part III |
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| 5.1 | Social Cognitive Learning Theories – Bandura | P&C – Ch. 23, 24 | NP # 4 |
| 5.2 | Cognitive Information Processing theories | S – Ch. 8 | |
| 6.1 | Complex Cognitive Processes
Social Constructivism |
Skim S – Ch. 9
S – Ch. 10 |
Integration Paper #2 due |
| 6.2 | WCLTL – pp. 128-141 | Narration Exam # 1 | |
| Individual and Group Differences: What Do We Know About How Children Differ? | |||
| 7.1 | Work on Presentation | Learning Theorist Presentation | |
| 7.2 | Intelligence | S – Ch. 4 | NP # 5 |
| 8.1 | Socio-Cultural Diversity | S –Ch. 5 | |
| 8.2 | Disabilities/Exceptional students | S –Ch. 6
https://www.naeyc.org/system/files/YC0515_Trauma-Sensitive_Classrooms_Statman-Weil.pdf |
NP # 6 |
| 9.1 | Motivation | S – Ch. 13
SE – “The 20 Principles” (Preface) and “Educational Manifesto” (p. 214) https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/119/1/182.full.pdf |
NP # 7 |
| 9.2 | Work on Narration Exam | Narration Exam # 2 | |
| Instructional Practices: What Do We Know About Effective Instruction? | |||
| 10.1 | Learning in Content Areas I | S – Ch. 11
PE – Ch. 10 |
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| 10.2 | Learning in Content Areas II | Work on Presentation | Content Area Presentation |
| 11.1 | Planning Instruction | S – Ch. 12
WCLTL – pp. 100-112 |
NP # 8 |
| 11.2 | Technology | https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/127/4/800.full.pdf
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NP # 9 |
| 12.1 | Work on Presentation | Living Book Lesson Presentation | |
| 12.2 | Classroom Management | S – Ch. 14
WCLTL – pp. 71-86 and 87-99 |
NP # 10 |
| 13.1 | Standardized testing/Assessments | S – Ch. 15 & 16
SE – Skim Appendices 2-4 |
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| 13.2 | Last day of class | Work on Narration Exam | Narration Exam # 3
Field Observation due |
| 14.1-2 | Catch up Week | Take the Post-Course Survey | |