Winter 1995-96 Course Descriptions ● School of Education and Social Policy ● Medill School of Journalism ● College of Arts and Sciences ● 0501 General Music ● School of Speech ● McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Science ● 0937 Naval Science [email protected] Course Descriptions, Evanston Campus Registration Northwestern University Last Updated: November 7, 1995 Education and Social Policy Danny Edelson Education & Social Policy, LSCI B12 LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING: A COGNITIVE SCIENCE APPROACH Time: MW 12:30-2:00 Office Address: Annenberg 233 Phone: 467-1337 COURSE DESCRIPTION: The goal of this course is to examine learning across a wide range of settings. In the last two decades a new field of inquiry, cognitive science, has sprung up at the boundaries of cognitive psychology, computer science, linguistics, and philosophy. Borrowing most heavily from the subdisciplines of cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence, this class will focus on the ways in which cognitive science uses a range of methodologies to develop models and explanations of cognitive processes. The objectives of this course are twofold: 1) introduce students to the principles of cognitive science and the theories that have been developed in this field; 2) apply these principles and theories to issues of learning and understanding that are important to the fields represented by the concentrations in the School of Education and Social Policy. Specifically, we will discuss learning in school, community, family, and clinical settings. Students will be encouraged to draw from their own personal experience using the methodologies studied in the course. PREREQUISITES: None EVALUATION: Several short papers. READING LIST: Driscoll, M.P. (1994) Psychology of Learning for Instruction. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. (tentative) Supplemental readings from primary sources. Michael Radnor Education & Social Policy, LSCI C10 LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS FOR COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS Time: Th 7-10 pm Office Address: Leverone Hall Phone: 491-5617 COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will focus on three untis of study concerning learning organizations. First, this course will explore the contexts and challenges that an organization presents in terms of the environment, the shifting institutional settings, and the challenges that result. The next unit focuses on requirements to meet these challenges. Specifically, we will look at how individuals within the oprganization do this, as well as institutional support requirements. Finally, the third unit focuses on designing and implementing an effective training/learning system in the organization. Skills that will be acquired will include: performing action-oriented analyses of environment; developing systems responsive to change; and "selling" the system to all levels of participants. James Rosenbaum Education & Social Policy, HDSP B01 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL POLICY Time: Th 3-5:30 pm Office Address: Annenberg 110 Phone: 491-3795 COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to introduce students to central issues in social policy, both historically and currently. The goal is to give students an understanding of how social policies have developed and of the content of some current social policy issues and debates. Particular attention will be given to broad policy design issues, the purposes of human service intervention, and the values in conflict and tension that are involved in social policy decision making. Pamela Adelmann Education & Social Policy, HDSP C02 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: ADULTHOOD & AGING Time: TTh 8-9 am Office Address: Annenberg 107 Phone: 467-1170 COURSE DESCRIPTION: In this course, adult development is considered as a product of biological, psychological, and sociological influences. Theoretical approaches to adult development and empirical evidence on stability and change throughout adulthood are surveyed. The course topics move from the major theoretical and methodological issues in adult development and aging, to topic areas at the intersection of biology and psychology, to issues that are primarily socio-psychological. PREREQUISITES: None. P/N option is not permitted for students enrolled in the School of Education and Social Policy. TEACHING METHOD: Primarily lecture with discussion occupying all of Wednesday's meeting. EVALUATION: weekly essays; 3 midterm exams. READING LIST: Course packet required with optional text: Perlmutter, M. & Hall, E. 1992. Adult Development and Aging. NY: Wiley. David Wiley Education & Social Policy, HDSP C11 POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SOCIAL POLICY Time: TTh 1-2:30 pm Office Address: Annenberg 211 Phone: 491-8761 COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course combines a political economy perspective and world system perspective in examining some contemporary American social policies. Specifically, we shall examine the ways in which the political economy of American society is becoming increasingly internationalized or globalized and the implications of these changes for social policy in the 1990s and beyond. TEACHING METHOD: Lecture EVALUATION: Participation, mid-term and final paper READING LIST: Richard Reich, Work of Nations; James Agnew, United States and the World Economy; Frank Levy, Dollars and Dreams Phillip Bowman Education & Social Policy, HDSP C12 DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: Theory and Research on the Role of Fathers Time: T 7-9:30 pm Office Address: Annenberg 108 Phone: 467-2010 COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course focuses on African American children and families with a particular emphasis on the role of fathers in post-industrial America. It will highlight emerging theoretical debates and related research issues facing African American families in the contemporary urban context. In terms of theory, the influence of ecological factors will be considered from a holistic, multi-disciplinary, and life cycle developmental perspective. Attention will also be given to the need for research on historical, economic, cultural, and psycho-social issues in the relationship between African American fathers and children in both traditional husband-wife and emerging single- mother family contexts. TEACHING METHOD: Lecture EVALUATION: Participation, book review, research article critique, and final paper READING LIST: Billingsley, Andrew. (1992). Climbing Jacob's Ladder: The Enduring Legacy of African American Families. New York: Simon & Schuster. Staples, Robert and Leanor Boulin Johnson. (1993). Black Families at the Crossroads: Challenges and Prospects. San Francisco: Jossey- Bass. Dan Lewis Education & Social Policy, HDSP C83 PRACTICUM IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Time: MTWTh 8-5 pm Office Address: Annenberg 206 Phone: 491-3715 COURSE DESCRIPTION: Internship experience for undergraduate students in the Human Development and Social Policy Program only. The practicum is a full-time, thirty hour per week, onsite experience. It provides a special opportunity to acquaint oneself with a particular professional environment and to apply theoretical and analytical concepts learned in the classroom to an actual job setting. PREREQUISITES: For HDSP students only, with prior consent of Practicum Director. You are required to enroll in HDSP C83 and HDSP C85 - Practicum Analysis Seminar - concurrently. The only exception is for those who have received permission for an out-of-area practicum, in which case the student must take HDSP C85 in the immediately following quarter. EVALUATION: ● The Practicum Director initiates phone contacts with the student's onsite supervisor. ● The onsite supervisor submits a Supervisor's Mid-Term Evaluation of Student's Performance. ● The onsite supervisor submits a Supervisor's Final Evaluation of Student. ● The student fulfills attendance requirements at scheduled meetings - beginning, middle and end of quarter. ● The following written coursework is also evaluated as part of the course grade: ❍ a. A two-page paper indicating what you expect to learn from your field experience (due in the first week of the practicum), ❍ b. A ten-page paper explaining what you have learned from your field experience and how this knowledge might apply to future academic and professional plans (due in the last week of the practicum), ❍ c. A written evaluation of the practicum site (due in the last week of the practicum). Jeanie Egmon Education & Social Policy, HDSP C85-1 PRACTICUM ANALYSIS SEMINAR Time: F 9-Noon Office Address: Annenberg 120 Phone: 467-2138 COURSE DESCRIPTION: Small-group meetings of students in the Human Development and Social Policy program to analyze practicum experiences, organize their perceptions of their own internships, and share them with other class members. To be taken concurrently with HDSP C83. Christine George Education & Social Policy, HDSP C85-2 PRACTICUM ANALYSIS SEMINAR Time: F 9-Noon Office Address: Annenberg 205 Phone: 491-3884 COURSE DESCRIPTION: Small-group meetings of students in the Human Development and Social Policy program to analyze practicum experiences, organize their perceptions of their own internships, and share them with other class members. To be taken concurrently with HDSP C83. Deborah Puntenney Education & Social Policy, HDSP C85-3 PRACTICUM ANALYSIS SEMINAR Time: F 9-Noon COURSE DESCRIPTION: Small-group meetings of students in the Human Development and Social Policy program to analyze practicum experiences, organize their perceptions of their own internships, and share them with other class members. To be taken concurrently with HDSP C83. Susan Lee Education & Social Policy, CPSY C11-0 GROUP DYNAMICS Time: T 9-Noon Office Address: Theatre/Interp