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Syllabus and Class Information- Spring 2001

SYLLABUS for EPSY 3300-Spring 2001

ANNOUNCEMENTS

WebCT

To access your WebCT Course go to http://www.uh.edu/webct

Click on "Log On To WebCT", click on the college of education at the top of the page or scroll down if you need to and click on this course

Click on Log On to myWebCT

Enter your User Name and Password.   The system is case-sensitive, so be sure to pay attention to how you type it.

Your User Name is the initial of your first and middle names followed by your last name, no spaces and all in lowercase.   For example Abraham H. Maslow's user name would be ahmaslow.

Your password is your birthdate in the format MMDDYYYY.  Change your password the first time you log in by selecting Change Password froom the upper right hand corner of your myWebCt page.  Remember your new password!!!!  Neither your instructor nor your TA will be able to help you if you forget your password.

If you have problems contact the Information Technology Help Desk at 713.743.1411 or consult@uh.edu

Postage

Please remember that postage has gone up to $ .34 per stamp.  Adequate postage is necessary to ensure that your assignments are returned to you.

Textbooks

We have had several questions concerning appropriate textbooks for this course.  The text must be an educational psychology textbook, not child psychology or child development.  It must cover all the topics listed on the syllabus.  You may want to consider looking at a used book store or an on-line book seller to find a suitable text.  Some suggestions include:

Eggen and Kauchak (1999) Educational Psychology:  Windows on Classrooms (4th Edition).  Earlier editions of this text would also be appropriate.

Woolfolk (1995) Educational Psychology (6th Edition).

Slavin (1997) Educational Psychology:  Theory and Practice (5th Edition).

If you have any questions about the appropriateness of a textbook, please contact Dr. Liberman via e-mail at EPSY3300@hotmail.com.

Please read ALL of this syllabus very carefully.

Please remember, Dr. Liberman should be contacted regarding matters of course content only. All questions relating to technical aspects of the course should be addressed to Ms. Boswell (teaching assistant) except for questions regarding grades on assignments. Please contact the graders via e-mail at <EPSY3300@hotmail.com>. Include in your subject line the name of the teaching assistant you are trying to contact or the reason of your e-mail.

Graders:

1. Cathy Boswell

2. Jeff Benware

3. Melody Richardson

4. Karen Snead

 Students with questions about taking EPSY 3300 at the off-campus sites or about cable viewing times, dates, or channels should contact the University of Houston Distance Education Infoline at 281-395-2810.

Required Readings

Carl Jung and Other Mythologies: Freud and the Neo-Freudians, Craig (Gore-Laird, editor), 2000

Think!: Divergent Concepts on Theory and Practice in Educational Psychology, Liberman and Gore-Laird (Eds.) (1997).

In addition, all students are required to purchase an educational psychology textbook published since 1995 which covers all of the following topics:

Learning Theory - Skinner and Behaviorsim

Social Learning Theory

Information Processing

Piaget

Vygotsky

Maslow

Kohlberg

Intelligence Testing/Measurement

Learning Disabilities

Attention Deficit Disorder (preferred)

 Course Objectives

Many of the classes you take in the course of your educational studies have been geared toward answering the question, "How?" This course will deal with other questions, such as: "Why?"; "How do you know?"; and "Does that make sense?" Major ideas, concepts, and commonly held notions will be critically examined in light of the above questions. In this examination we will be studying and contrasting some of the major theories that have had an impact on psychological and educational thinking. We will use these theories to examine current educational practice, in hopes that you, as educators, will be more informed with regards to the methods and frameworks used in schools and other educational settings.

Course Requirements

WEB PAGE: This course has a web site. All course information and changes to the course may be found on this site. It is required that you check the web page for announcements such as changes in the schedule, where exams will be held, etc. This site should be visited at least once a week to stay informed regarding the course. If you are taking the course via cable or an outlying center you need to get the most up-to-date syllabus for this semester off the web site. All other previously received syllabi, whether obtained from orientation or an outlying center, are invalid. The syllabus will be posted on the web site by the first in-class lecture date, January 22, 2001.

The web address is http://www.uh.edu/~dliberma/

In addition to the course website, EPSY 3300 will also utilize WebCT. Students who have not taken a course using WebCT should go to the following website to create a WebCT account:

http://www.uh.edu/webct

Additional information will be posted to the course website during the first week of class.

EXAMS: There will be two (2) exams, a midterm and a final. They will consist of multiple-choice questions based on the textbook, THINK! and Jung books, and lecture materials. (Note: Questions in previous exams have been drawn about half from lectures and half from the books; thus, it will be very helpful if you attend class.) Exams will be offered at two different times on exam days. Given the size of the class, we will not be giving any make-up exams unless you have an extreme emergency that precludes your taking the exam at the regularly scheduled time. We will need adequate documentation for emergencies in order to provide make-up exams.

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS: All written assignments are from the THINK! or Jung book. Assignments are listed in the syllabus and on the web page. Assignments are due the same day for ALL students, including students taking the course by cable or at the off-campus sites. Assignments are to be done individually. There are 7 assignments per semester.

• You must provide a cover sheet with the appropriate information filled out for each assignment. This equals 7 separate, cover sheets. See the link on the website in order to obtain the cover sheet. If you obtained this syllabus in person, please check the last page of the syllabus for a blank cover sheet to be copied seven times.

• You must provide the original worksheet page from the THINK! or Jung book with each assignment. Assignments without the original page from the THINK! or Jung book will be returned without being graded.

• You must provide a self-addressed, stamped envelope for each assignment so that the graded assignment can be returned to you. This procedure is the same for ALL students, whether you take the course via cable, tape, an outlying center or live at the central campus. We cannot provide stamps.

• The self-addressed, stamped envelope, the coversheet, the original worksheet from THINK! or Jung and any extra paper you use to complete the assignments must all be stapled together.

• Assignments may be handwritten. However, if the handwriting is hard to read, the assignment will be returned to you without being graded. You will be asked to redo the assignment by typing it. All subsequent assignments will have to be typed. If the original assignment is turned in on time there will be no late penalty for the required typing redo. You must still turn in the original worksheet from THINK! or Jung even if you type the answers on a separate sheet.

 How assignments are graded:

• Each assignment is worth 10 points. Thus, with seven assignments there are 70 possible points.

• The breakdown of the grading procedures for each assignment is as follows:

Followed instructions = 1 possible point. This addresses whether the cover sheet is returned

and filled out appropriately, and that a completed, self-addressed, stamped envelope is included with the assignment.

Theory = 6 possible points. This addresses the completeness and the sophistication of thinking reflected in responses.

Grammar and English usage = 3 possible points. Papers whose level of English proficiency falls below minimum standards expected of college students will be returned for re-writing without being graded.

All assignments must be written in complete, grammatically correct sentences. Any spelling, punctuation, and/or grammar mistakes will be included when calculating the final score.

You may use quotations from the THINK! and Jung books in your answers, but they must be incorporated into answers in a grammatically correct format (i.e., use quotation marks). Copying directly from the THINK! or Jung book without acknowledging the quotation is PLAGIARISM and will be marked off accordingly.

Length of assignments:

These are short answer assignments, not essays. This means that any answered question on an assignment beyond the length of 10 sentences is probably too long. Clear and succinct thinking is required within your answers.

How to submit assignments:

Those submitting assignments in person will take them to room 491 Farish Hall and put them in the TA box of Cathy Boswell. When you enter the 491 hallway, just beyond the second door on the right, you will see a long row of wooden mail slots against the right wall. Cathy’s box is there. The boxes are in alphabetical order. Cathy’s box is the one located above her name label.

Those submitting assignments by mail must send them to:

Cathy Boswell c/o Dov Liberman

Department of Educational Psychology

College of Education

University of Houston

Houston, TX 77204-5874

Late assignments:

Three (3) points are subtracted from the total grade of assignments turned in late. Any assignment that is mailed to campus without a postmark indicating the Monday the assignment is due (all assignments are due on Mondays) will be considered late. It is suggested that you mail in the assignment no later than the Tuesday before it is due in order to ensure that it is received on time. Assignments received more than two weeks after their due date will receive no credit.

Redoing assignments:

You may redo any assignment if you are not satisfied with the grade. If you choose to do this, you must return the old assignment, the original cover sheet, another self-addressed envelope and the original worksheet. You will receive the higher grade of the two grades. However, points taken off for being late with assignments will remain unchanged.

Breakdown of grading system:

Midterm 30%

Final Exam 30%

Assignments 40%

For Your Information:Please keep a copy of everything that you submit. This includes re-writes. IF FOR SOME REASON YOUR ASSIGNMENT CANNOT BE LOCATED, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE A SECOND COPY TO THE INSTRUCTOR UPON REQUEST.

In the event that you miss a class, or if you would like to hear a lecture again, video tapes from each day's lecture will be on reserve in the Learning Resource Center (LRC) located on the 3rd Floor of Farish Hall and in the M.D. Anderson Memorial library.

 ASSIGNMENTS

Assignment 1: All 4 questions on page 116 of the THINK! book. Questions refer to the Carroll article on pages 93-98. Due: January 29, 2001

Assignment 2: All 3 questions on page 77 of the THINK! book. Questions refer to the Cooper article on pages 33-44 and the Steinberger article on pages 44-51.Due: February 5, 2001

Assignment 3: Both questions on page 167 of the THINK! book. Questions refer to the Kamii article on pages 121-126. Also, page 169 of the THINK! book. Questions refer to Piaget/Duckworth article on pages 127-132. Due: February 19, 2001

Assignment 4: Question 1, Parts A and B only on page 163 of the Jung book. Questions refer to the Freud article on pages 139-162. Also, question 3A on page 235 of the Jung book. Questions refer to the Erikson article on pages 217 – 230. Due: March 5, 2001

Assignment 5: All 4 questions on page 240 of the THINK! book. Questions refer Howard/Hamilton article on pages 189 - 200 and Binfet article on pages 201 - 206.   Due: April 2, 2001 

Assignment 6: All 5 questions on page 80 of the THINK! book. Questions refer to the Rogers article on pages 68-75. Due: April 9, 2001

Assignment 7: All 4 questions on page 366 of the THINK! book. Questions refer to the Hilliard article on pages 298 - 309. Due: April 23, 2001

**The last day to turn in redone assignments is APRIL 30, 2001.**

 Spring 2001 Schedule

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