The NEW FSU Stone Building Dr. Susan Carol Losh  3204 Stone Building  850-644-8778  850-644-4592 (EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY & LEARNING SYSTEMS)

OUR COURSE IS AT: Tuesday & Thursday 12:30-1:45 P.M.   G103 Stone Building REACH ME ATslosh@fsu.edu

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IMMEDIATELY IF YOU HAVE ANY DISABILITIES THAT REQUIRE SPECIAL ATTENTION!
 

IMPORTANT NOTE The reflective paper MUST be hard copy placed in my department mailbox.  Papers under my office door may or may not be placed on my desk--where I may not be able to find them! (No one who has seen my desk would ever do such a thing.)  I DO NOT OPEN OR ACCEPT EMAIL ATTACHMENTS (e.g., WORD documents) so please do not send them.  PLEASE DO NOT SLIDE PAPERS UNDER MY DOOR OR THE EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY & LEARNING SYSTEMS SUITE DOOR! There is a good chance I will never see them.

During the semester, I may ask for a copy of your work on disk. For example, I upload all presentations into Blackboard for all students.
 

For more information about Team Based Learning please see: http://mailer.fsu.edu/~slosh/LifespanProjects.html
 

ASSIGNMENT	DATE(S)	COURSE WEIGHT
3 QUIZZES: Each individual and team based scored ONLY the TOP TWO QUIZZES in each case will count toward your grade.	January 26 February 21 March 13	Quizzes are usually held at the beginning of a unit so readings should be completed prior to the quiz. A set of terms to know will be provided before each quiz. Total = 25 percent
3 TEAM BASED SHORT COURSE PROJECTS ONLY the TOP TWO SHORT PROJECTS will count toward your grade Analysis of interaction video	February 14	Total = 25 percent
Learning theories application	March 22
Housing decision for elderly person	April 17
Team Assessment of Student Contributions Fall Semester		5 percent
Applying developmental stages to your area;  reflective paper	April 25	20 percent
PRESENTATION	Topic description due February 28. You'll also tell me whether you will do an individual or group presentation. ONE completed during the April 10-19 period (approximately)	25 percent

See the links for more information to be posted. The project and presentation links will be updated during the semester to provide more detail and format specifications. Please complete readings according to the timetable in this syllabus and be prepared with assignments by their due date.

BB: Denise Boyd and Helen Bee (2012). Lifespan Development, SIXTH EDITION. Boston: Pearson. PAPER (but expensive). ISBN = 0-205-540870375-6.

When books go to a new edition, they often offer new topics and discard or rearrange the prior topics. Even when the chapter descriptive titles remain the same, new research is added. Please explore the outlets of your choice to obtain the CURRENT edition. Another possibility is for two students to share a text.

SOME NOTES ON READINGS AND ONLINE COURSE GUIDES:

My overarching goal is to have you become conversant with major ideas and influences in development, especially psychological, behavioral and social development.

I've created my required reading guides to serve as "lectures," basic orientations to the material we cover in each section. I also include some issues and controversies when I would like more coverage than I find in the course readings or when new research (e.g., on new USA marriage patterns) is released. The guides do not substitute for class attendance; they are to familiarize you with the material so that we can use class time for discussion, demonstrations, videos and video analyses, team-based learning, and your presentations.

I strongly recommend that you first read the associated and linked online guide for each of our 8 major topics. Then read the assigned chapters in Boyd and Bee. In some cases, you will have a team-based/individual quiz on that topic (see below) and these summaries will give you a good idea of what will also be emphasized in our readings. In other cases, you will have an in-class team based project for a course unit.

I always create the guide pages on the mailer server first and send the drafts up to the Internet as a "cyber-backup." That means that much material in the early drafts will be gone or drastically rewritten before the page is finished. I place a construction sign on the early drafts of each guide. Please do not use the pages until after the construction sign is removed. You will know the page is "done" and ready for use when I have linked it in Blackboard.

Be sure that you are reading the 2012 DEP 5068-01 online pages because occasionally I have not removed an obsolete link. The message at the top will tell you the year.
 

DATES	TOPICS TO BE COVERED
January 5-12	Basic Orientation: General Controversies and Issues, Methods TWO ONLINE GUIDES Introduction (Guide 1)       BB                Chapter 1: Basic Concepts and Methods                Chapter 2: Theories of Development Begin general information about  Infancy (Guide 2)      BB                Chapter 3: Prenatal Development and Birth
January 17-24	Infancy     BB                 Chapter 4: Physical, Sensory and Perceptual Development in Infancy                 Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy                Chapter 6: Social and Personality Development in Infancy
JANUARY 17	CROSS-CULTURAL SOCIALIZATION VIDEO
January 26-February 2	Early Childhood (Guide 3)      BB                 Chapter 7: Physical and Cognition Development in Early Childhood                Chapter 8: Social and Personality Development in Early Childhood
JANUARY 26	Individual/team based learning in-class quiz #1: Guide 3 & BB Chapters 7 & 8
DATE MAY CHANGE! FEBRUARY 7	Either Dr. Nancy Selken (overall Director) or Beth Roberts (Center Director) visits us to  describe the FSU CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT CENTER and how it works.
February 9-16	Middle Childhood (Guide 4)     BB                Chapter 9: Physical and Cognition Development in Middle Childhood                Chapter 10: Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood
FEBRUARY 14	In-class team based learning analysis of interaction video
February 21-March 1	Adolescence (Guide 5)     BB                Chapter 11: Physical and Cognition Development in Adolescence                Chapter 12: Social and Personality Development in Adolescence
FEBRUARY 21	Individual/team based learning in-class quiz #2: Guide 5 & BB Chapters 11 & 12
FEBRUARY 28	Short preliminary prospectus of Course Presentation is due in class PLUS sign up for presentation of project topic date.
MARCH 1	Goin' to the dogs: Learning theory demonstration
MARCH 5-9	SPRING BREAK: NO CLASS
March 13-22	Early Adulthood (Guide 6)    BB                Chapter 13: Physical and Cognition Development in Early Adulthood                Chapter 14: Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood
MARCH 13	Individual/team based learning in-class quiz #3: Guide 6 & BB Chapters 13 & 14
MARCH 22	In-class team based learning analysis of learning theories application video
March 27-April 5	Revisiting the Controversies: Midlife (Guide 7)     BB                Chapter 15: Physical and Cognition Development in Middle Adulthood                Chapter 16: Social and Personality Development in Middle Adulthood
APRIL 10	Presentations begin
April 10-19	Late Adulthood Basics (Guide 8)    BB               Chapter 17: Physical and Cognition Development in Late Adulthood               Chapter 18: Social and Personality Development in Late Adulthood               Chapter 19: Death, Dying and Bereavement
APRIL 17	Team Based Learning in-class problem solving: Housing decision for the elderly
APRIL 19	Our last day of class Project presentations continue
DUE BY APRIL 25 by NOON	Applying developmental stages to your area;  individual reflective paper HARD COPY ONLY. LATE PAPERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

See our OVERVIEW web page for more information.
CLICK HERE: http://mailer.fsu.edu/~slosh/LifespanOverview.html

I use plus and minus grading, throughout and for final grades.

Participation in class discussion and class attendance are a definite consideration, especially when a student is "between grades."

In addition, your participation in team projects is totally done in class, thus class attendence is critical for your grade..

Adherence to principles of essay organization, and the conventions of spelling and grammar is expected and understood on all written assignments. The course presentation MUST relate to the Lifespan in some way.

FSU policies on academic honesty are followed. Plagiarism, cheating, and other scholarly misconduct are totally unacceptable. As a rule of thumb, when in doubt, cite the source!

See this site for how I calculate final grades.

PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRESENTATIONS

Watch for updates to these pages throughout the semester.

OVERVIEW

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Susan Carol Losh December 31 2011