Syllabus and Assignment Information

Due Date: Thursday, November 29, 2012

NAME: (type your name here) Modules 2 & 3 REFLECT AND EVALUATE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Elementary School: Team

1. How might the Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological theory be important in understanding

Kashi’s experiences?

2. Based on the information provided in the case study, speculate on the type of parenting

strategy most likely used by Patricia’s mom Mary.

3. Based on Erikson’s psychosocial theory, what crisis are most of these children experiencing? What factors in Patricia’s and Kashi’s experiences can you identify that are important to their resolution of this crisis?

High School: Steal, Cheat, and Fight

4. Two teachers mention that the students are “overly concerned” or should “stop worrying” about friendships and other relationships. How likely are high school students to decrease the emphasis placed on friendships and peer groups? Why are these relationships so important?

5. (a) What examples of relational and physical aggression are given by the teacher’s responses? (b) Based on the research presented in the module, is the gender of the adolescent displaying a particular type of aggression typical or atypical?

6. Based on Erikson’s psychosocial theory, what crisis are most of these adolescents experiencing? What evidence is given that these adolescents are in that stage of development? What evidence is given that they might also be entering the next stage?

1 Due Date: Thursday, November 29, 2012