1. Title VI Year I Min Lu, Instructor of Chinese Language Gail Mooney, Professor of Humanities Karen Oster, Chair of Performing Arts Michael Rodman, Chair of Psychology Middlesex Community College, Bedford and Lowell, MA

2. Program Overview

3. Humanities Core Course Year I Gail Mooney and Karen Oster Introduction://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeqB8J wpdE4

4. Through Another Window: Introduction to Chinese Culture A Freshman Experience This course will introduce the student to aspects of the Chinese world view through literature, film, philosophy and meditative/physical practice, culminating in student research presentations within these areas.

5. Learning Community Critical thinking and an interactive as well as independent approach to learning – 6 credits - twice a week - 3 hour blocks Guest speakers – Topics will include: politics, philosophy, art, economics, history Master Classes – Movement, cooking, calligraphy, Chinese language

6. Class Format Ritual – Meditation and movement based practice Philosophy – Discussion on quote of the day from The Analects, Dao de Jing, Buddha sutras Assigned reading/ journal responses -- Student led questions and discussion Presentation – Film, lecture, guest speaker, activity Ritual – Closing reflection

7. Class Topics: Part I Intimate Practice – Relationships Family and roles – Filial piety, cooking, rituals and ceremonies, ancestor worship Self-cultivation (Heart-mind) – Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism

8. Class Topics: Part II Social practice Language Education Hierarchy and legal system Community and social responsibility

9. Class Topics: Part III Persistence and Change: The 21 st Century Gender issues Technology Urbanization and the environment

10. Student Projects Research Projects: Ongoing research will result in a presentation where the student engages the class in a specific activity centered around a topic relating to Chinese culture

11. Tentative Bibliography: Texts Owen, Stephen An Anthology of Chinese Literature: Beginnings to 1911 Whaley, Arthur and le Roy Baldidge, Translations from the Chinese Rexroth, Kenneth, One Hundred Poems from the Chinese Young, David, Five Tang Poets Ames, Roger and David Hall trans. Dao de Jing Monkey

12. Tentative Bibliography: Poems Ezra Pound Gary Snyder Robert Creeley W.S. Merwin Theodore Roethke

13. Tentative Bibliography: Books Buck, Pearl S, The Good Earth Chang, Jung, Wild Swans Feiyu, Three Sisters Ha Jin, Beidao Hua You, Chronicle of a Blood Merchant Jie Zhang, Love Must Not Be Forgotten Laird, Betty Bao, Spring Moon Li Luyan (the diaspora) Lin Yutang, The Vermillion Gate Ma Jian, Red Dust Mann, Susan, The Talented Women of the Zhang Family and Li Ju-chen, Flowers in the Mirror: Tan Amy, The Joy Luck Club Red Pine, The Heart Sutra

14. Possible Films I Am Tom Shadyac Eat Drink Man Woman Ang Lee Shower Zhang Yang To Live Xiang Yiomu Chungking Express Kar Wai Wong Pushing Hands Ang Lee Still Life Zhang Ke Jia Hero Xiang Yimou The Blue Kite Tian Zhueingzhuang Raise the Red Lantern Xiang Yimou Yellow Earth Chen Kiage

15. Michael Rodman Confucian Values

16. Relationship Expectations Adolescent life – Filial Piety – Ren – Interdependence identity in the context of relationships – Harmony

17. Parent—adolescent relationships Parenting styles and self esteem Behavioral and emotional autonomy Identity development/Identity Statuses

18. Puberty and Body Images Preparation for puberty Timing of puberty Body image acceptance & dissatisfaction

19. Education Middle School and High School Relationships with teachers Educational Expectations

20. Social/Peer relations Friendships Popularity Dating

21. Delinquency Understanding of the causes of delinquency Responses -- juvenile laws and treatments

22. Adolescent Psychology Partial Topic Bibliography BOOKS edited by Cheng, Hong, Chan Kara. Advertising and Chinese society : impacts and issues / 1st ed. [Frederiksberg, Denmark] : Copenhagen Business School Press ; Portland, OR : Distribution, International Specialized Book Services, 2009 Choi, Alfred, and Wing, Lo. Fighting youth crime : a comparative study of two little dragons in Asia. 2nd ed., Singapore : Eastern Universities Press, 2004 Fong, Vanessa L., Only hope : coming of age under China's one-child policy. Stanford, Calif. Stanford University Press, 2004. Nie, Hongping Annie., The dilemma of the moral curriculum in a Chinese secondary school. Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2008. edited by Tse John W.L., Bagley, Christopher, Aldershot, Hants. Suicidal behaviour, bereavement, and death education in Chinese adolescents : Hong Kong studies / England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2002.

23. ARTICLES Chan,S. M., Bowes J., and Wyver J. “Chinese parenting in Hong Kong: links among goals, beliefs and styles, Early Child Development and Care”, Vol. 179, No. 7, October 2009, 849–862. Chen, Hong and Jackson, Todd. “Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of eating disorder endorsements among adolescents and young adults from China, European Eating Disorders Review”; Sep/Oct2008, Vol. 16 Issue 5, p375-385, 11p, 4 Chart.s Cheung, Chau-Kiu, Ngai, Ngan-Pun, Ngai, Steven. “Family Strain and Adolescent Delinquency in Two Chinese Cities, Guangzhou and Hong Kong, Journal of Child & Family Studie”s; Oct2007, Vol. 16 Issue 5, p626-641, 16p, 6 C. Jessor, Richard, Turbin, Mark S., Costa, Frances M., Dong, Qi, Zhang, Hongchuan, Wang, Changhai. “Adolescent Problem Behavior in China and the United States: A Cross-National Study of Psychosocial Protective Factors, Journal of Research on Adolescence.” (Blackwell Publishing Limited); Sep2003, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p329-360, 32p, 1 Diagram, 3 Charts, 1 Graph. T. H. Lam1, Stephanie W. Lee1, Samantha Fung1*, S. Y. Ho1, Peter W. H. Lee1 & Sunita M. Stewar2t, “Sociocultural Influences on Body Dissatisfaction and Dieting in Hong Kong Girls.” Published online 15 September 2008 in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/erv.90.0

24. Lin, Jing and Zhang, Y. “Educational Expansion and Shortages in Secondary Schools in China: the bottle neck syndrome.” Journal of Contemporary China; May2006, Vol. 15 Issue 47, p255-274, 20p, 8 Charts. “Outline on Secondary School Moral Education, Chinese Education & Society.” Mar/Apr2006, Vol. 39 Issue 2, p21-36, 16. Sheck, Daniel. “Perceived Parental Control Based on Indigenous Chinese Parental Contro.” “Concepts in Adolescents in Hong Kong.” The American Journal of Family Therapy, 35:123–137, 2007. Wenxin Zhang, Andrew J. Fuligni. “Authority, Autonomy, and Family Relationships Among Adolescents in Urban and Rural China.” JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE, 16(4), 527–537, 2006, Society for Research on Adolescence. Yan, Li, Costanzo, Philip R., Putallaz, Martha. “Maternal Socialization Goals, Parenting Styles, and Social-Emotional Adjustment Among Chinese and European American Young Adults: Testing a Mediation Model.” The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2010, 171(4), 330–362.

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