PS/ED 262

ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT

SPRING 1998

DR. NICHOLAS SANTILLI

CASE STUDY GUIDELINES

One of your textbooks is a collection of essays written by college students describing their perceptions of their adolescence. We will be discussing these essays during the course of this semester. By way of preparation for the discussion days, you will be required to write a brief paper (MAXIMUM 6 pages typed, double spaced) summarizing your thoughts relative to the essays. Consider the paper as an opportunity to focus your thoughts regarding the essays. For example, what may be some common threads through the essays? What points do you wish to raise during the discussion? Are the experiences presented by one of the essayists peculiar to today, or are the experiences timeless in nature, faced by adolescents throughout history?

There will be four case study discussion days, with a paper due each day. Each paper will be worth 25 points. We will cover four cases each discussion day. The schedule for the discussion days follows.

Discussion Day 1:   2/07      Cases 1-4

Discussion Day 2:   3/14      Cases 5-8

Discussion Day 3:   4/11      Cases 9-12

Discussion Day 4:   4/30      Cases 13-16

All cases will be found in the following text:

Garrod, A., Smulyan, L., Powers, S. I., & Kilkenny, R. (1995). Adolescent portraits: Identity, relationships, and challenges. (Second Edition). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Service Journal Entry Guidelines

Your journal must include the following information: (A) A detailed description of your service site. Information to include: Staffing, clients served, location, history, funding source, and other pertinent information; (B) Your job description; (C) An entry following each visit you make including the following information: A brief description of how you spent your time, a discussion of how the four basic themes of development (physical, intellectual, social, and emotional/personality) have been demonstrated in your work; and (D) What you learned that day. Your journals will be collected periodically, so keep them up to date.