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OF PERSONAL JOURNEY -- ERIKSON'S THEORY APPLIEDv
100 points possible
PURPOSE:
The intent of this project is to
apply Erik Erikson's theory of personality development to our observations
of our own behaviors, as well as the behaviors of children in general.
GOAL:
To internalize a theory of personal
development so that it becomes a set of glasses through which you will
look at the world in which you are working.
PROFESSIONAL
ABILITIES WHICH MAY BE DEMONSTRATED:
| Effective Communicator: Speak
in an organized manner to a given audience. |
| Problem Solver: Assess personal
problem-solving strategies. |
| Decision Maker: Explore and
identify own value system. |
| Scholarly Educator:
Begin to use professional language in oral and written communication.
Identify and use process and components for self-analysis. |
PROCEDURE:
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Step 1. Review Erikson's
"Eight Ages of Man". Utilize your readings, lectures,
and class discussions to clarify all the behavioral possibilities
at each stage.
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Step 2. Interview your parents
or other family members who were close to you during the early stages
of your growth. (YOUR PARENTS REMEMBER INCIDENTS DIFFERENTLY THAN
YOU DO, AND YOU WILL PROBABLY FIND THIS A "FUN" DISCOVERY
PROCESS.) Do they remember any significant or important stories
of how you learned to trust, to be autonomous, to initiate learning
situations or interactions with other people? What can they tell
you about what kind of a child you were?
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Step 3. Think about your
growth and learning from your own point of view. What key events
do you remember that demonstrate your own development through these
stages, as well as what you've observed in others? Think especially
about your early adolescence and the high school years. Since this
is the time to which you are closest in your experience, it will
be natural that the emphasis of your analysis will probably be on
the middle stages. Personal, concrete examples from your life typically
make the most interesting presentations.
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Step 4. Think about your
future. What do you hope will be the key events in your adult life?
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| Step 5. Once you have collected
some key "events" from each stage, what "metaphor"
could be used to tell your story? |
METAPHOR:
Metaphorical thinking is a technique
which places specific parts within the context of a meaningful whole;
it is the process of recognizing a connection between two seemingly unrelated
things; developing an analogy. For example: A car engine and the human
body are very different, yet in some ways the car's fuel pump functions
like a heart. Or the fuel filter of an internal combustion engine is like
the kidneys of a human being in that they both serve the function of filtering
wastes, and they accomplish this filtration by sorting molecules. The
kidneys might also be compared to a coffee filter, to a gravel screen
or an egg sorter, or to the system of parking stickers which admits certain
cars to a parking lot. The analogy is never exactly like the thing, concept,
or process which you are defining or describing, but the ways in which
they are similar or different increase the depth of understanding.
While metaphor does not create experience,
it does provide a mechanism for establishing a connection between new
concepts and previous experience. No new learning occurs in a vacuum.
We learn something new by discovering how it relates to what we already
know, and the clearer the connection, the easier and more thorough the
learning. Metaphors are a mechanism for forging connections in the brain/mind.
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Step 6. Select a metaphor that "feels"
right to you. Make sure that it fits with each stage, and helps
clarify how events in that stage contributed to who you are. "Map"
the progress of your own life using this metaphor. Remember to also
project into your future, using the adult stages-- YOU MUST INCLUDE
ALL 8 STAGES.
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Step 7. Make a presentation to the
class of your metaphor. Utilize your multiple intelligences to enhance
your presentation. Remember, you want to capture attention of your
classmates.
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Step 8. Your "Erikson Map"
is to be BRIEFLY presented to the class. A maximum of 5 (FIVE) minutes
will be allowed per person. It will be important to organize your
thoughts and words carefully, and to PRACTICE, in order that you
DO NOT RUN OVERTIME!
This metaphor presentation is a simulation of the teaching process!
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| Step 9. Your presentation will be videotaped,
and you must bring your own videotape so that you will have
a copy, your own video portfolio, which will be used in next semester
in Exceptional Child class. |
BE SURE YOU HAVE CONSIDERED THE
FOLLOWING AS YOU IMPLEMENT YOUR PLAN. Your instructor will assess
the following points:
| 1. You must demonstrate your theoretical
understanding of psychosocial theory. (10 points) |
| 2. Include applications to your own
life. (10 points) |
| 3. It is important to examine the overall
effectiveness of your metaphor. Does it fit all the stages? (5 pts) |
| 4. You are presenting an illustration
(visual, verbal, or kinesthetic) of your metaphor so that it is clear
to your audience and enhanced through the multiple intelligences.
(10 points) |
| 5. Your presentation style and organization
is clearly effective. (5 points) |
| 6. You have practiced so that you stay
within the time limit. (5 points within time limit; if overtime, loss
of 5 points and minus 2 points for every full minute over the time
limit.) |
| 7. Overall impression. (5 points) |
EVALUATION:
This project is worth up to 100
points toward your final grade in this course. You will receive evaluation
criteria which were developed by previous Ed Psych students and which
works well for peer feedback.
| 1. You will receive an average of up
to 25 points from the feedback from two peer evaluators. |
| 2. You will receive up to 10 points
for the QUALITY of the feedback you GIVE to two of your peers. |
| 3. You will receive up to 15 points
for an honest, thoughtful self-assessment of your videotaped presentation. |
| 4. You will receive up to 50 points
from your instructor for the QUALITY of your presentation. |
PRESENTATION
DATES:
You will draw for your presentation
day and time. See the course time line for presentation dates.
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