[ASU] Summer 1

[Antwi-Boasiako, Kingsley]

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Hi, 
Please take a moment to go through this program to be offered this Summer 1 by Dr. Godwyll. 
You can forward your questions to his e-mail below.
Thanks
Kingsley Antwi-Boasiako

Ohio University
Educational Studies Department
COURSE:
EDAD 752A: Administration in Bilingual Societies
Special Topic Class: Comparative Concepts of Child Development and Disability
Credits: 5
Class number 5519
Summer I, 2012
Professor: Francis Godwyll,                                          Office Hours: By Appointment
Time: 6.00-10PM M & W                                    314A McCracken Hall
Venue: McCracken Hall 106                   Phone: 740- 593- 4484
Email: godwyll at ohio.edu<mailto:godwyll at ohio.edu>
Course description
This course will focus on the evolution of childhood development practices and the treatment of individuals with disabilities from traditional societies through to modern times. The typical landmarks for change in the evolution of the disability movement will be examined in the context of social, religious, economic and political exigencies of the times. Factors such as child labor, child abuse, domestic servant abuse, sex exploitation, impact of HIV/AIDS, war and poverty and their impact on childhood development and disability will be discussed and pragmatic preventive modes explored. An overview of the different categories of disabilities will be examined. The current trends in child development and services for individuals with disabilities as well as the challenges for the future will be looked at.
N.B. There is enough flexibility for a student who will be physically out of Athens to still participate via viable electronic arrangements collaboratively established between the student and the instructor.

Course objectives
The course aims at providing students among others with the following:
• An understanding of the concept of childhood and disability from historical perspectives to present day.
• Understanding the chronological landmarks of providing for individuals with disability.
• A critical analysis will be made of the factors that impact childhood and disability such as education, health, child labor, rights of the child, war, nutrition, HIV/AIDS, sexual exploitation, poverty, child abuse among others.
• Understanding the definitions, characteristics and challenges of different categories of disabilities.
• Explore pragmatic and preventive modes that are applicable to the cultures under study.

Text:
Wisdom Yaw Mensah and Francis Ebenezer Godwyll. Female Ritual Servitude: The Trokosis in Ghana. Publisher: AuthorHouse. [ISBN: 9781438949499]. Approximate Price: $14.00. Required.





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Francis Godwyll, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. of Educational Studies
Ohio University
314 A McCracken Hall
Athens, OH, 45701
Tel.: 740-593-4484, Fax.: 740-593-0477
Email: godwyll at ohio.edu<mailto:godwyll at ohio.edu>