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FRASER UNIVERSITY

Summer Semester 2003

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EDUC 322 - 3

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Faith Auton-Cuff

The Social Lives of School Children ?

Office: EDB 8644

Phone: 291-3459

Monday 8:30-11:20 ?

D01.00

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Email: fautoncuff@sfu.ca

EDB 8651/2

PREREQUISITE:

EDUC 220 or PSYC 250

Description:

This course will provide students with an overview of theory, research, and practice concerning the social and

emotional development, social interactions, and relationships of children and adolescents during the school

years. Particular attention will be placed on the role of peer relationships in development, the role of the

school in supporting positive interactions among students and between students and teachers, and the role of

the family in social and emotional development.

Objectives:

1. Students can expect to become familiar with the main concepts and ideas that comprise a number of

theories of social emotional development.

2. Students can expect to become familiar with the key research findings stemming from these theoretical

orientations.

3 Students can expect to be able to critically evaluate programs aimed at supporting social and emotional

. elopment.

4. Students can expect to be able to apply knowledge of social and emotional development to practical

problems of child development.

Requirements:

Students will complete an in-class exam and a series of short reflection papers. Attendance is mandatory and

will contribute to the final grade.

Required Reading:

Kerns, Kathryn A., Contreras, Josefina M., & Neal-Barnett, Angela M. (Eds.)

(2000). Family and

Peers. Linking Two Social Worlds.

Westport, Connecticut: Praeger.

Courseware Package of Readings will be made available at the bookstore.