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PCO 515 Human and Family Development

Cincinnati Bible Seminary

Tentative

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Fall 2010

3 Credit Hours

Verna Weber, MS, MA, CFLE

Telephone: 513 244-8472

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Course Description and Rationale

An examination of advanced material in human development and family life span with application to a variety of contexts, such as teaching, family life education, faith development, and counseling.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to

·  develop a theological perspective of human and family development

·  identify and describe major issues and processes of human and family development

·  describe the impact of factors such as culture, gender and atypical occurrences on human and family development

·  apply developmental theories to the practice of one’s specific vocation

Course Textbooks

Required:

Wilhoit, J.C. & Dettoni, J.M. Nurture that is Christian, 1995.

Carter, B. McGoldrick, M. The expanded family life cycle, 3rd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999.

Recommended:

Santrock, J.W. Life-span development, 10th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2006.

Course Requirements

1. Class attendance and participation.

Attendance is important and required. Missing more than one class will negatively affect your grade. Missing three classes will result in a failing grade.

Participation will include being on time to class and taking part in such a way as to contribute to interactive learning processes and make a positive contribution to the overall classroom experience.

2. Assignment guidelines

i. Assignments must be typed and double-spaced unless otherwise specified by the professor.

ii. All assignments must have a proper heading with appropriate information This should include student name, class name, assignment name, date, and box number if applicable.

iii. Assignments handed in late will result in a reduction of one letter grade.

iv. Failure to hand in every assignment will result in a failing grade.

Absolutely no late work will be accepted after December 7.


Course Assignments

1. Read and respond Nurture that is Christian. Read the book. For each chapter (clearly labeled), identify two (2) significant concepts, statements, or facts that you find notable, thought-provoking, or personally and/or professionally meaningful. In bold font, briefly summarize or quote each item and reference it with a page number. These bolded references will serve as subheadings under which you will write a one-third to one-half page response. Your responses should include analysis, thoughts, ideas, applications, etc. prompted by that reference. Due Sept. 14

2. Read and respond The Expanded Family Life Cycle. For each chapter listed below, read and make notes. (These may be in outline, bulleted, or sentence/phrase form.) After notes for each chapter, write a ½ to 1 - page response. Your response should show the ability to think critically about the content and make appropriate application to your own life, ministry, and/or area of discipline. Clearly indicate chapter headings.

Chapters marked with * are not optional.

You may choose two other chapter assignments to “pass,” i.e. you may skip two of the optional chapters. Indicate that you are taking a “pass” by typing PASS in all caps under the chapter number and title. Due Oct. 12

Assigned Reading

*Chapter 1 (Overview)

*Chapter 2 (Systemic Perspective)

*Chapter 4 (Culture)

*Chapter 5 (Social Class)

Chapter 6 (Women)

Chapter 7 (Men)

Chapter 9 (Siblings)

Chapter 10 (Migration)

Chapter 11 (Death)

*Chapter 12 (Rituals)

3. In-class forum presentation.. Due November 30 and December 7

Forum Preparation:

The class will form groups for the purpose of preparing an in-class forum. Each group will choose a topic from the list given. Each group member will research and prepare a different aspect of the group topic to share in their group and with the class.

Each group member should have enough familiarity with the whole topic to be able to ask questions, ask for clarification, and/or make comments on each other’s sub-topic. Every class member should come to the final session having thought about the topics to be presented enough to ask intelligent questions.

Each member will write a 6-7 page paper in APA style to hand in. Each member should also make notes to help them lead and participate in the forum discussion.

Forum Presentation:

Group members will talk with each other as the rest of the class observes. Rather than presenting their whole paper at once, a team member will begin by opening a subject or a portion from his/her research. Other members may interrupt to ask for clarification, ask a question, or make a comment. As each conversation starter finishes a subject, he/she will ask group members to make further comment or ask questions. Conversation at this point is limited to the group. This process continues until each member has opened one or two subjects related to their topic.

When the group has finished their discussion, they will open the discussion to the class. In preparation for this time, class members will take notes during the group discussion, noting questions or comments they want to raise.

4. Exams – TBA

Assignment Schedule

Sept 14 Nurture that is Christian

Oct. 12 The Expanded Family Life Cycle

Nov 30, Dec. 7 Class Forum Presentation

Course Evaluation

Misc. assignmts & Participation 10%

Nurture that is . . reading/response 30%

Expanded Family . . reading/response 30%

Class Forum Presentation 30%

Course Topics (Order may vary)

Topic Related Reading

Introduction

Historical Perspective on Human Development

Life Span Development in Context of Family C&M, ch. 1, 2

Theory Overview Nurture that is Christian

Life Span Development in Context of Community C&M, ch. 1,2

A Theological Perspective on Human Development

Life Span Development and Culture C&M, ch. 4

Life Span Development and Poverty C&M, ch. 5

Rituals for Typical and Atypical Transitions C&M, ch. 12

Life Span Development and Attachment Theory

Life Span Development and Faith

Any portion of this course plan is subject to change at the discretion of the professor.

Course Bibliography

Aleshire, D.O. Faithcare : Ministering to all God's people through the ages of life Philadelphia : Westminster Press, 1988.

Carter, B. McGoldrick, M. The expanded family life cycle, 3rd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2005.

Fowler, J.W. Stages of faith: the psychology of human development and the quest for meaning. San Francisco: Harper, 1995.

Peters, B.S. Building faith: One child at a time. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1997.

Rogoff, B. The cultural nature of human development. Oxford U. Press, 2003.

Salkind, N.J. An introduction to theories of human development. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2004.

Santrock, J.W. Life-span development, 10th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006.

Sell, C.M. Transitions through adult life. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1991.

Thomas, R. M. Counseling and life-span development, Sage Pub., 1989.

Thomas, R.M. Human development theories: windows on culture. Thousand Oaks: Sage,1999.

Weaver, A.J., Revilla, L.A., Koenig, H.G. Counseling families across the stages of life: a handbook for pastors and other helping professionals. Nashville: Abingdon, 2002.

Wilhoit, J.C., & Dettoni, J.M. Nurture that is Christian. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1995.

And any of a million other human development and/or family life span textbooks.