Department of Child and Family Development
CFD 578 / Conflict Resolution Across the Life Span
Tuesday/ Wednesday / Thursday 4-640
Spring 2015
Instructor:
Email:
Office Location:
Office Phone:
Office Hours:
Jacki Booth, PhD
jbooth@mail.sdsu.edu
EBA400B
619 594-3711
TWTh 2-4; or by appointment
Course Prerequisites (CFD Majors):
CFD 335, 370, 375A, 375B, 375C, two units from CFD 378A, 378B, 378C, 378D
(or 376), CFD 537 and CFD 560 with a grade of C or better. Proof of
prerequisites required.
Text and Resources:
Moeller, T. G. (2001). Youth aggression and violence. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence
Erlbaum Publishers.
American Psychological Association. (2010). APA writing style (6th edition).
Course Description:
This course will introduce students to the multidisciplinary field of conflict
resolution. Students will analyze the causes and dynamics of a range of
conflicts involving children and families across cultural contexts and across
the life span. Students will learn theoretical approaches to conflict resolution
and violence prevention (e.g., social information processing, social exchange,
family systems), and the best practice intervention techniques that focus on
social competence training, parent and family skills training, classroom and
school-based programs, and community interventions. Students will learn to
integrate and apply theories and research to the development of educational
curriculum for teaching positive conflict resolution skills to young children,
adolescents, parents, and professionals.
This is a 4-unit course: 3 units of lecture and 1 unit of lab experience.
Learning Objectives:
* To integrate and organize current research on conflict and conflict
resolution across the life span
* To demonstrate an awareness of the cognitive, social, and emotional factors
that influence aggression
* To identify individual crisis from a developmental, sociological, and cultural
perspective
* To analyze and integrate theories on communication, conflict, and conflict
resolution
* To demonstrate proficiency in research, writing, and digital technology
Expectations:
* Attendance and class participation are required for successful completion of
the course
* All assignments must be turned in on the day they are due. Make-up exams
and late assignments will NOT be accepted, except in the event of
extraordinary circumstances (written documentation must be
provided)
* Students are responsible for their own computing needs. When problems
occur on your end, YOU must fix them. Instructional technology
problems that you encounter do not constitute an acceptable excuse for
non-completion of course work
* Plagiarism will result in an F in the course and/or further disciplinary
action. Please familiarize yourself with the university’s policy on
academic (dis)honesty. This can be found on the SDSU webpage for
Student Rights and Responsibilities (www.sa.sdsu.edu/srr/index.html)
***You are responsible for your own computing needs.
Instructional technology problems that you experience do not constitute an
acceptable excuse for non-completion of work.
Student Disability Services:
If you are a student with a disability and believe you will need
accommodations for this class, it is your responsibility to contact Student
Disability Services at (619) 594-6473. To avoid any delay in the receipt of your
accommodations, you should contact Student Disability Services as soon as
possible. Please note that accommodations are not retroactive, and that I
cannot provide accommodations based upon disability until I have received
an accommodation letter (hard copy for my file) from Student Disability
Services. Your cooperation is appreciated.
Grading:
Course Evaluation:
There are 400 points possible in this course. The lecture portion of the course
(200 points) is evaluated based upon:
2 midterms (50 points each)
1 research paper (50 points)
5 Blackboard activities (10 points each)
Grading Scale:
(93% - 100%)
(90% - 92%)
(87% - 89%)
(83% - 86%)
(80% - 82%)
(77% - 79%)
(73% - 76%)
(70% - 72%)
(67% - 69%)
(63% - 66%)
(60% - 62%)
(below 60%)
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD+
D
DF
100 points
50 points
50 points
Chapter exams will consist of 50 multiple choice questions from the chapters, lab articles,
and PowerPoint lectures. The exams are electronic and will open at the beginning of the
class period on the day they are scheduled. You will have one hour to complete each
exam. Exams can only be accessed through "Respondus Lockdown". Instructions for
down loading Respondus Lockdown are posted in your Blackboard. If you choose not to
down load the program on your computer, the Library has Respondus Lockdown on the
computers in the Student Computer Center.
The Research paper will be an integration and practical application of developmental,
conflict, and communication theories. The research paper will be 6 to 8 pages in length
and written in APA format. The prompt for the research paper can be found under
“Assignments” in your Blackboard. The research paper must be submitted through
Turnitin by 8pm on the scheduled due date.
Blackboard Activities are small formal writing assignments that are used to integrate
class concepts. The prompts for each assignment will be specific to the ACEs
Connection (www.acesconnection.com). All Blackboard activities must be written in
APA format. Blackboard activity prompts will open at 8am on Monday of the week they
are scheduled and must be submitted through Turnitin by 8pm Friday of the same week.
Academic Honor:
The work you submit must be written by you alone. Any copying (electronic or
otherwise) of another person’s solutions, in whole or in part, is a violation of the
Academic Honor Code.
If you have any questions as to whether some action would be acceptable under the
Academic Honor Code, please speak to me.
Plagiarism will result in an F in the course and/or further disciplinary action.
Please familiarize yourself with the university’s policy on academic (dis)honesty.
This can be found on the SDSU webpage for Student Rights and Responsibilities
(www.sa.sdsu.edu/srr/index.html)
Alignment of Student Learning Objectives with State and National Standards:
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the
National Council on Family Relations (NCFR), and the National Council for
Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) have implemented professional
preparation core standards for Professional Teaching Standards for PreK-3
teachers. This course utilizes these standards in identifying course
goals/objectives, course instructional activities, assigning course
requirements, and creating assignments. The following table identifies how
these standards are aligned with Student Learning Objectives for the course,
as well as with each course assessment. Visit the following Web sites for
detailed listings of standards:
NAEYC Advanced Program Standards:
http://www.naeyc.org/faculty/college.asp
NCFR Content Areas:
www.ncfr.org/pdf/cfle_cert/FLE_Substance_Areas.pdf
NCATE Unit Standards:
http://www.ncate.org/public/standards.asp
Student Learning
Objectives
To integrate and organize
current research on
conflict and conflict
resolution across the
lifespan
To demonstrate an
awareness of the
cognitive, social, and
emotional factors that
influence aggression
To identify individual
crisis from a
developmental,
sociological, and cultural
perspective
To analyze and integrate
theories on
communication, conflict,
and conflict resolution
Assessment
Standards
Blackboard activities
NAEYC
Research paper
NCFR
Poster presentation (lab)
Blackboard activities
NCATE
NAEYC
Research paper
NCFR
Poster presentation (lab)
Blackboard activities
NCATE
NAEYC
Research paper
NCFR
Blackboard activities
NCATE
NAEYC
Research paper
NCFR
To demonstrate
proficiency in research,
writing, and digital
technology
Blackboard activities
NCATE
NAEYC
Research paper
NCFR
Poster presentation (lab)
NCATE
TaskStream
CFD majors enrolled in this course will need to have a TaskStream electronic
portfolio subscription, and be enrolled in the appropriate TaskStream “Program”
which contains your program portfolio. More information about purchasing a
TaskStream subscription and enrolling into a TaskStream Program is available in
the “CFD Portfolio” section of the Child and Family Development website:
http://coe.sdsu.edu/cfd/portfolio/index.php