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Textbook: Parke, Ross D., Fatherhood. (1996). Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press. This text is necessary and should be purchased from a bookstore or other means.
COURSE OBJECTIVES: At the end of the semester, students earning an "A" in the course will have a thorough analytical and theoretical view into the father role in American society from 1900 to the present, with projections for the future, including:
GRADING:
Five (5)
major
exams (100 points each) will be undertaken by students
during
the semester, each covering a discrete portion of the readings
and lecture notes. Students must place their
completed exams in the approproate dropbox by Monday after each is
introduced. I will acknowledge receipt of
your
exams through the Springboard learning management system. This means that you
will use "dropboxes" rather than
attaching your work to emails. To
be fair to all students, failure to turn in assignments has
consequences. All electronic submissions
will
have a date of receipt on them Exams are listed as links on the
course outline below.
Weekly quizes:
(10 points each) There
will be 10 weekly quizzes, in addition to the 5
examinations.
These are listed as links on the course outline
below and consist of one full and complete paragraph answer to a single
question. This brings the total possible points
earned to 600. - five major
exams at 100 points each, and 10 one question quizes at 10 points each
(100 points). The University's standard grading scale will be used.
Mark
your calendars with the important dates listed in the Course
Outline
below.
All assignments are due on the dates below
This means your first Quiz#1 is due on Monday January 19th.
COURSE OUTLINE -
Remember to
pace your progress over the semester - text underlined in blue is
"clickable" which means there's stuff behind the link that is relevant
to your progress in the class.
Date
___________________________Assignment from
Textbook/Readings
Week 1 - Jan. 12-16
Lecture: Introduction
/ Fatherhood on the
Net and Parke Ch. 1 - Fatherhood:
Myths & Realities
Week 2
- Jan. 19 - 23 Lecture: History/Development
of the Father Role
Week 3 Jan. 26 -Jan. 30 1st
Examination- Due Monday Feb. 2nd
then
Lecture: The Good Family Man
Parke Ch. 2: The Transition to Fatherhood
Week 4 - Feb. 2 - 5
Parke:
Ch.3-Father Involvement:
Infancy & Beyond and
Lecture: Fathering Across the Lifespan
Week
5 - Feb. 9 - 13 2nd
Exam - Due Monday Feb 16th
then
Parke Ch. 4 - What
Determines Fathers' Involvement
and Lecture: Positive Steps Toward Positive
Parenting
Week 6
- Feb. 16-20 Parke Ch. 5 - Socialization and Sociability
Week 7 - Feb 23 - 27 Father's Role in
Schooling and Education and Parke Ch. 6 -
Intellectual Development
Week 8 - Mar. 2 - 6 Lecture: The Father's Role in Social Problems
Week 9
- Mar. 9 - 13
Parke Ch. 7 - Divorce,
Custody & Remarriage
and Lecture: Fathers of Disabled Children
Spring Break - March 14 - 22
Week 10 - Mar. 23 - 27
Lecture: Other
"Types" of Fathers
and Lecture: Parenting Issues on the
Internet
Week 11 - Mar. 30 - Apr. 3
Lecture: Discipline Instead of
Punishment
4th
Examination - Due Friday Apr 6th
Week
12 - Apr. 6 - 10
Outlining the Ideal
Father
\Week
13 - Apr. 13 - 17
Lecture: Paper Airplanes &
Creative Play
Week
14 - Apr. 20 - 24
Lecture: Future Needs
of Children
and Parke Ch. 8 - Innovations in Fathering
Week 15 - Apr. 27 - May 1
Prepare your final examinations
Finals Week May 8th
Fifth
Examination-
Due Wednesday May 8th by 5:00 pm in the Dropbox I
Course Evaluations: Please take time to fill out the online
evaluation
for this course at
http://www3.uakron.edu/witt/evalform.htm