Child Development 110 Syllabus

Course Description:  This course examines the developing child in a societal context focusing on the interrelationship of family, school, and community and emphasizes historical and socio-cultural factors.  Socialization processes and identity development that support and empower families by showing the importance of respectful, reciprocal relationships will be explored.  

Textbook Information:  Berns, R. (2016).  Child, Family, School, and Community:  Socialization and Support (10^th Ed.) 

Additional Course Information:  Studies the impact of Brofenbrenner's Bioecological Model on a child's development. 

Course Learning Objectives: 

• Describe socialization of the child focusing on the interrelationship of family, school, and community
• Identify cultural, economic, political, and historical contexts that impact children’s development.
• Apply knowledge of development and major theoretical frameworks to child observations.

Student Learning Objectives: 

1. Assess the impact of educational, political, and socioeconomic factors on children and families.
2. Describe social issues, changes, and transitions that affect children, families, schools, and communities.
3. Describe effective strategies that empower families and encourage family involvement in children’s development
4. Identify and evaluate community support services and agencies available to families and children.
5. Analyze one’s own values, goals and sense of self as related to family history and life experiences, assessing how this impacts relationships with children and families.

Meet Your Instructor:  

Michelle Kimmel has sixteen years of experience in education.  Specifically, she has taught first grade primarily along with K-3 reading intervention, K-3 English Language Development, fourth and fifth grade, and served as an elementary assistant principal.  Dr. Kimmel also worked as an adjunct teaching elementary education and/or early childhood courses at UCSD, USC, CSULB, and SAC.  Most recently, she taught a first grade Sheltered English Immersion class in Irvine Unified School District. At SAC, she instructs both on campus and online CDES courses as well as facilitating SAC’s Online Training Certification program through Distance Education.  Her educational interests and research focus on the impact of Response to Intervention (RTI), school readiness, and Thinking Maps.  Dr. Kimmel’s educational degrees include a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies, a Master of Arts in Education specializing in curriculum and instruction, a Master of Arts in Education specializing in early childhood education, and a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership from USC.  In her spare time, she likes to spend time with her nephew and niece, read for pleasure, and walk her dog.  . 

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Course Syllabus:  Kimmel CDEV 110 57314 TuTh Fall 2018 Syllabus.pdf