ED513: Child and Adolescent Development Seminar 1 December 3, 2009

Agenda Introductions Contact information Upcoming Assignments Overview of theories Discussion Question and Answers

Introductions Let’s get to know one another: – Where do you live? – Where is your favorite place to vacation and why? – What do you do to relax in your free time?

Contact Information I am available on Wednesdays from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm ET in the Resource Center and one hour after seminar in the CHAT Room. I can be reached by or AIM drwendyschulze In emergencies you may call me at between 7-9 pm ET.

Upcoming Events Weekly Discussion Board December 15- Case Study Assignment Due (End of Unit 2) Winter Break: December 24 – January 3 Research Analysis Assignment Due (End of Unit 5) Final Project: Classroom Environment Design (End of Unit 7)

Grand Theories Psychoanalytic – Freud’s Psychosexual Stages – Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages Behaviorism – Pavlov - Classical conditioning – B.F. Skinner - Operant conditioning What are the pros, cons and examples you have seen in the classroom?

Cognitive Theories Piaget - Periods of Cognitive Development Sensorimotor Preoperational Concrete operational Formal operational What are the pros, cons and examples you have seen in the classroom?

Sociocultural Theory Vygotsky – Zone of proximal development What are the pros, cons and examples you have seen in the classroom?

Epigenic Theory Genetic Effects Environmental Effects What are the pros, cons and examples you have seen in the classroom?

Discussion From a behavioral theory perspective, what are the reinforcements that might attract some high school (or even middle school) students to drink alcohol or use drugs?

Discussion Suppose a small group of your 8 th grade students are excessively talkative and disruptive in class. What might a behaviorist recommend that you do to improve the learning environment for everyone in the class? What might someone who follows Vygotsky suggest?

Questions and Answers What questions do you have for me?

Next Seminar Our next seminar will be: December 10 at 7:30 pm ET