Writing Studio 1: Writing and Learning in the Community
When we experience something we act upon it, we do something with it; then we suffer or undergo the consequences. We do something to the thing and then it does something to us in return: such is the peculiar combination. The connection of these two phases of experience measures the fruitfulness or value of the experience. -John Dewey “Experience and Thinking” (139). Catalog description: Writing 105 develops students’ abilities to use writing for learning, thinking, and critical reading of complex texts. The classroom provides workshop discussions and practice in basic elements of the writing process. Instructor description: The purpose of…
Community-Based Research in Urban Settings
Introduction and Background to the Course In November 1999, the DU/Northwestside Schools Partnership received funding to collaborate with the Piton Foundation in a research and evaluation component of the DeWitt-Wallace/Beacon Project Evaluation. Beacons are extended-service schools—schools that open before the start of the traditional academic day and offer a range of enriching activities in the afternoon through evening hours, as well as on weekends and over the summer. Their purpose is to answer the pressing need for productive and meaningful activities for children and youth during the non-school hours. There are three Beacon sites in Denver: Cole Beacon Neighborhood Center,…
Adolescent Development
BLAU 203 W 1:00-3:45 PM OFFICE HOURS: M W 10:00-11:30 AM, & by appt., 122 Children’s School, nr. Harkness Chapel, COURSE DESCRIPTION and OBJECTIVES. An examination of adolescence and youth with emphasis on personal, real-life, and timely topics that can be tied to current scholarly inquiry. This course will include lectures, group and class discussions, and multimedia presentations. Relative to the goals of the course, students will: consider the historical and social contexts of adolescent development; learn theories regarding the physical, cognitive, psychosocial, sexual, and moral development of adolescents; be exposed to current research and theory on risk factors affecting…
Social and Personality Development
COURSE DESCRIPTION and OBJECTIVES. This course examines theory and research in human personality and social development throughout the life span. Topics include attachment, altruism, aggression, issues of family diversity, gender and racial identity development, and family and social influence. The course also includes examination of the processes by which children, adults, and families acquire the beliefs, values, and behaviors considered desirable (or undesirable) by the society to which they belong, as well as how individuals acquire the distinctive individual qualities, temperaments and tendencies which we call personality. The objectives of the course are to gain a better awareness of, and…
Communication and Aging
Course Description Course content includes the study of: biological, psychological, and sociological aspects of communication in normal aging and in a variety of disorders of speech, language, cognition, and hearing that affect elderly adults; diagnostic and treatment issues related to communication in aging; political, cultural, economic, and national health care issues affecting the delivery of services to assist elderly adults with communication disorders; expansion of career. opportunities in geriatric communication disorders. Service-Learning Component A large focus of this offering of HSS 733 will be on its service-learning component. Service- learning is an experiential teaching/learning approach that emphasizes active, engaged learning…
Strangers in Strange Lands: Immigrants and Refugees
Worldwide immigration and refugee flows are at an all time high because of political, economic, and environmental upheavals. While US and Canadian approaches to cultural integration have become models for European countries now facing increased immigration, most countries are also becoming more resistant to newcomers and the supposed burden they place on the society. As an example, recent legislation to reform US welfare laws, also targeted non-citizen immigrants. We will primarily examine cases of immigrants and refugees to the United States. Should we change our immigration policies? Our integration policies? In many ways a comparatively open immigration policy is a…
Safety/Risk Management/Sport Law in PRTM
Text: Wilde, Jesse & Cotton, Doyice. Sport Law for Sport Managers. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1997. National Dropout Prevention Center. Pocket Guide to Service Learning. 1995 Purpose of the Course: The purpose of this course is to provide the student with an understanding of the legal issues involved in the supervision, management, and conduct of sport and recreation. Objectives for the Student: 1. To understand the nature of the American legal system and its relationship to governing bodies in sport and recreation. 2. To be cognizant of the potential liability for injuries in the supervision, management, and conduct of…
Organizational Communication
Speech & Communication Studies Fall Semester 1999 OVERVIEW This course explores theories and practices of organizational communication from a critical, historical, and applied perspective. The primary objective of the course is to provide in-depth analytical treatments of issues related to the personal, relational, cultural, group, business, global, and ethical dimensions of everyday communication practices. A second objective is to apply what you are learning to the organization and management of communication in professional contexts through involvement in a Service Learning project. OPERATING PROCEDURES The course is designed to be communication intensive. This means you will be expected to read, write,…
Advanced Video Production and Advertising
Introduction This interdisciplinary course is designed to give Broadcast & Electronic Communication Arts, Design & Industry, Speech Communication and Marketing students an opportunity to work together in a competitive, teamwork situation in the development of advertising campaigns for non-profit agencies. The purpose of this production class is to give students maximum exposure to the concepts and skills that are involved in the production of studio and field based television Public Service Announcement (PSA) and advertising; andto offer a community service opportunity. For our purposes, we will combine seven areas to form the art of Television Advertising Production. These are: 1….
Television Workshop
Class Period: Tuesday 4:00 – 6:45 Room: Television Studio Office Hours: Monday 2:00 – 3:30, Tuesday 1:00 – 3:30, By Appointment Textbook: Video Basics 2 By Herb Zettl. There will be additional readings Course Description and Objectives: This course is an advanced television production workshop. There will be three main components to it: aesthetics, studio production, and Service Learning. The Service Learning component will engage students in the production of television materials addressing critical social issues and in support of community organizations and non-profit groups that lack the financial and human resources to fund such media production activities. Service Learning,…
Video Production
Catalogue Course Description This class provides an introduction to basic video theory and production techniques. Classes focus on mastering technical elements of production and developing a familiarity with the grammar of the moving image. Students conceive and produce individual final video projects using portable equipment. There is a service learning theme to this course. Course Objectives: By the completion of the course, students will: 1. Become familiar with the operation of portable video cameras; 2. Develop an understanding of video picture composition; 3. Become familiar with basic lighting techniques; 4. Explore aesthetics in production messages; 5. Understand basic editing techniques…
Introduction to Nursing Concepts
“People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” -Anonymous Nursing 140 is a writing intensive course and designed to introduce core concepts related to nursing as well as the philosophy and conceptual framework of the Nursing department. Core concepts explored include client, environment, health, nursing and health patterns. Historical, philosophical, and social development of nursing and the role of the professional nurse is addressed. Students are introduced to the concepts of service-learning and given the opportunity to integrate these concepts into their professional learning activities. Health and the health continuum are discussed in terms…
Recreation Programming
COURSE NUMBER: RLSR 335 CREDIT: 3 Semester Hours INSTRUCTOR: Donald R. Snyder COURSE DESCRIPTION: Principles and methods of program development and delivery will be explored. Emphasis will be on understanding participant leisure behavior, needs and the ways organizations create services to respond to those needs. TEXT: J. Robert Rossman, Recreation Programming. Sagamore Publishing, Inc., 1989. OBJECTIVES: 1. Understand the nature of and program strategies used in the organization of leisure services. 2. Understand the theories of program development, implementation, and evaluation. 3. Ability to apply leadership and programming skills and techniques with diverse populations in a variety of settings. 4….
Service Learning I & II
School: Purdue University Main Campus Professor: Dr. Robert K. Chalmers COURSE GOALS: a. Provide a caring experience that inculcates the values and ethics of treating people as individuals b. Continue development of student foundational and professional abilities c. Develop sensitivity to persons who are different by virtue of cultural, race, age, economic circumstance, disability or other reasons d. Experience the important interrelationship of social services and social support to a person·s or family unit·s health care efforts and effectiveness e. Increase social awareness of health-related issues and citizenship enhancement in general COURSE DESCRIPTION: Service Learning I – For first and…
Education and Social Change
The practicum will be in one of the learning circles at Neighborhood House, on Monday or Wednesday, 6-9 PM, or Tuesday, 7-9 PM. An email “listserv” will be established for this class. Liberal Education Theme Requirements. This course counts toward two liberal education theme requirements: Cultural Diversity and Citizenship and Public Ethics. Course goals and means This course falls in the area of philosophy of education, but it also draws heavily on ideas from political philosophy, the philosophy of language and the theory of knowledge. It focuses on a family of approaches to education which has shown promise in moving…
American Government
Service Coordinators: Ms. Kim Carroll and Ms. Jennifer Outlaw "I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts." – Abraham Lincoln "Service, combined with learning, adds value to each and transforms both."- Honnet and Poulsen, 1989 "O I see flashing that this America is only you and me,Its power, weapons, testimony, are you and me,Its crimes, lies, thefts, defections, are you and me,Its Congress is you and me, the officers, capitols, armies,ships, are you and me ….
Colloquium on Community Development
The purpose of this course is to engage students in the various ideas, debates and strategies regarding the development of inner city communities. You will hear speakers and discuss readings that will introduce you to the field of community development. You will examine the assumptions about community, agency, efficiency, equity and political efficacy that underlie discussions of community development. You will grapple with debates that animate the study and practice of community development. You will also engage in hands-on research that will assist the objectives of a local community-based, non-profit organization. Is there an effective "third sector" that is more…
American Public Policy
Description This course has three goals: to improve your understanding of the nature and content of existing American public policies, to improve your ability to analyze competing explanations for why policies are enacted, and to improve your ability to evaluate critically policy arguments and proposals for reform. If this course is successful, by the end of the semester you should be better equipped to address the following questions: What are American public policies? Why do these policies exist? and What policies should exist? We will pursue these goals through study of several contemporary policy issues. Because this course is about…
Public Service, Community Organizing, and Social Change
Through service-learning, this seminar explores the experience of democratic citizenship in a multicultural society, focusing on the role of the activist in public service, community organizing, and social change. Internships in Philadelphia or Chester (5 hours/week), dialogue with local activists, and popular education pedagogy enrich reflection upon and analysis of other topics, including: individual and community empowerment; public policy at the grassroots; urban politics; communication and coalition-building across differences of race, gender, class; leadership and organizing skills development. In the United States near the end of the 20th century, poverty, racism, homelessness, inadequate education, lack of access to health care,…
Psychology as a Social Science
REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS Rings, S.L., & Kremer, J.F. (2000). Introductory psychology: Psychology as a social science (8th ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Psychology Department. COURSE REQUIREMENTS All students are expected to complete the following recitation requirements: 1. Attend and participate in all recitations. 2. Read course materials. 3. Bring completed tickets to the beginning of class meetings. 4. Take and pass quizzes. 5. Participate in community service a minimum of 2 hours/week for 12 weeks (5-6 hours per week for Freshman Community Service Scholars) at School 44, Riverside Academy, 2033 Sugargrove Ave. (approx. 4 blocks north, 3 blocks east of Bush Stadium). 6….
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