Motivation to Teach Social Action:
Social action is a personal mission for me rather a professional obligation.
Course Description:
This course provides theoretical and empirical perspectives on civic engagement as a pillar in child development and learning in context, with an emphasis on the middle childhood years (ages 5 to 12). The orienting framework for the course will emphasize the role of a wide range of contextual factors in how civic engagement and social action meaningfully impact and influences children's development. Students will read about the paradigms that researchers have used to study the benefits of child development through the lens of civic responsibility. In the area of cognitive development and social awareness the course will cover classical and contemporary psychological and sociocultural perspectives as well as their implications for learning in a variety of contexts.
Taught By:
Jeremy Smith
Adjunct Professor
Warner School of Education
University of Rochester
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