The concept of a separate organization and program for young
adolescents, types of curricular plans for the middle grades,
aspects of teaching in the middle grades, and the organization
and staffing of middle grades schools. A supervised field
experience is included.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students: Graduate students will complete an additional project. These project options will include an annotated bibliography; a total of 15 citations, of which 10 must be peer-reviewed scholarly articles no older than 10 years prior to the year in which the course is offered; each annotation should be approximately 1 page. Final paper is a 3,000-3,500 word APA-formatted paper in which candidates will draw from educative experiences as students as well as their experiences in the field experience for this course. Candidates will synthesize research findings, their own experiences, and their aspirations for their own classroom.
Athena Title
Educating Young Adolescents
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will understand the unique cognitive, physical, social, emotional, and moral characteristics of young adolescents as individuals and members of groups.
Students will understand how ethnicity, language, religion, socioeconomic status, gender, geographic origin, sexual orientation, and physical and mental exceptionalities may influence student lives.
Students will understand the implications of young adolescent development for successful middle grades programs and schools.
Students will understand how prior learning, differing family background, and diverse cultural backgrounds influence young adolescent learning.
Students will understand the role of interdisciplinary and grade-level team planning in developing curriculum.
Students will use content standards when designing curriculum.
Students will incorporate the ideas, interests, and experiences of young adolescents in curriculum.
Topical Outline
Social conditions of children and young adolescents
Socio-economic status and the schooling of children and young adolescents
Physical and cognitive development of children and young adolescents
Social and emotional development of children and young adolescents
Socially constructed characteristics of children and young adolescents
