Family, youth, and community

College of Education and Human Development
Curriculum & Instruction

Course number changes from FE and WCFE to CI
http://education.umn.edu/CI/Fields/FYC/FE-WCFEchanges.html

Fall 2009: CI 5900—Special Topics in Family, Youth, and Community

Study of a topic in family education that is either not covered in available courses or that is not covered in sufficient breadth and depth to meet student needs and interests. Content varies by offering.

Fall 2009: CI 5902—Family Education Perspectives

Origins, evolution, and critique of alternative perspectives on family education. Implications for clients, programs, and educators.

Fall 2009: CI 5922—Family and Consumer Sciences Curriculum in Grades 5-12

Examination, development, and implementation of family and consumer science curriculum in secondary schools. Emphasis on curricular perspectives from social reconstruction and cognitive processes.

Fall 2009: CI 5925—Family and Consumer Sciences Student Teaching II

Part-time supervised teaching experience in family/consumer sciences programs. On-campus seminars emphasize reflective teaching practice and student learning in context of middle/high schools.

Fall 2009: CI 5932—Introduction to Parent Education

History, philosophy, and implementation of parent education programs.

Fall 2009: CI 5937—Parent-Child Interaction

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Fall 2009: CI 5943—Parent Learning and Development: Implications for Parent Education

Research/theoretical perspectives critiqued. Challenging assumptions, examining competencies.

Fall 2009: CI 5944—Parent Education Curriculum

How parent learning/development, child development, and family systems theories influence curriculum approaches/materials in parent education. Student develop construct, critique, and select curriculum.

Fall 2009: CI 5945—Teaching and Learning in Parent Education

Students select/use parent education teaching strategies/processes to meet needs of various populations of adult learners. Critical reflection, ethical practices, parent educator competencies.

Fall 2009: CI 5946—Assessment and Evaluation in Parent Education

Theory, terminology, issues, and approaches in assessment/evaluation. Application to monitoring parent education program performance, assessing program quality, and measuring parent learning/development.

Fall 2009: CI 5949—Student Teaching in Parent Education

Supervised parent education practice to meet individual student needs/interests. Online discussion, reflection, and cooperative learning.

Fall 2009: CI 5952—Everyday Lives of Youth

How youth as idea and as lived-reality are understood in scholarship, public discourse, and professional practice. Building a critical practice of work with or on behalf of youth.

Fall 2009: CI 5956—Organizational Approaches to Youth Development

Examination of the language, historical influences and educational philosophies fundamental to youth development work in organizations serving youth.

Fall 2009: CI 5960—Seminar in Youth Development Leadership

Applies principles of healthy youth development, nonformal learning venues, and experiential education to practice/policies of community-based youth work. Individual/group projects focus on applied research, community-based teaching/learning, and foundations of ethical practice. Four-course sequence.

Fall 2009: CI 5962—Leadership Field Experience: Youth Development

Demonstration of leadership in practice. Project on youth, experiential pedagogy, and community/program settings. Focuses on public policy, advocacy, evaluation, pedagogical issues, program design, curriculum development, or applied research.

Fall 2009: CI 5972—Education in the Community

Models of community/education, their intersections. Twentieth century practice of education in the community in the U.S. Examples from other cultures/times.

Fall 2009: CI 5993—Directed Study in Family, Youth, and Community

Self-directed study in areas not covered by regular courses. Specific program of study is jointly determined by student and advising faculty member.

Fall 2009: CI 5996—Internship in Family, Youth, and Community

Involvement in work experience focused on educational competencies in family, youth, and community settings. Nature/extent of responsibilities are defined by position the student assumes.

Fall 2009: CI 8900—Family, Youth, and Community Colloquium

In-depth discussion about current issues not covered or covered as thoroughly in available courses. For family education graduate students, faculty, and community professionals.

Fall 2009: CI 8902—Family, Youth, and Community in Social, Political, and Economic Context

Meanings of and relationships among family, youth, and community in social, political, and economic contexts across cultures/time. Realities/philosophies influencing these meanings/relationships. Implications/consequences for professional practice.

Fall 2009: CI 8913—Interpretive Research

Hermeneutic, ethnomethodological, and phenomenological research methodologies. Ethics, evaluation, and usefulness of interpretive research. Practice in conducting interpretive research.

Fall 2009: CI 8994—Directed Research in Family, Youth, and Community

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