Child Development

Catalog description

This course examines the various theories and practices that predominate in the United States’ approach to children and child development. Building upon an integrated study of the bio-cultural, emotional, intellectual, social and psychological themes and growth patterns of children, the course emphasizes the politics and practices of studying, rearing, and educating children. The course explores numerous cross-cultural examples of the vast variation in approaches to child development around the world, as well as considering children’s rights in cross-cultural context. Emphasis is placed on their implications for child-rearing, social practices and socio-cultural aspects of child development. Offered: fall and spring.