Summary - Understanding Aggression: Coping With Aggressive Behavior in the Classroom V26.4404. Online registration by Cvent

This course includes topics on violence, aggression in the classroom, youth gangs, aggression in sports and on television, how drugs and alcohol play a role in aggression and violence, and "hot spots" that tend to breed aggression and violence. It is designed to help school personnel become more aware of the causes of aggression and ways to evaluate it and intervene before it turns to violence in the schools. The course also discusses aggression in our communities through driving, dating, sports, television, and music, and how these issues are dealt with in modern society.

Expected Learning Outcomes

To review the history of aggression and how society came to be such an aggressive place
To identify the causes of aggressive behavior, both internal and external
To explain how aggression is expressed in various social settings such as schoolyards, classrooms, sports, homes, etc.
To identify perpetrators and victims of aggression and violence
To identify locations of high aggression and violence
To provide solutions for reducing aggression and violence in classroom and other school settings
To provide information on how educators can help students/children reduce feelings of aggression and violent tendencies

Course Syllabus This is a preview syllabus only. The official syllabus will be provided to you by VESi.

Methods of Instruction - Reading, examinations, essays: critical thinking questions, and journal article summations. All readings are within the online environment.
Course Grading Rubric

Grade Level: PK-12