Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Child Development

This course will focus on the role of culture in child development from infancy to young adulthood. Contemporary theories and empirical research will be reviewed to examine various topics and domains of development. Major topics include childrearing, parental beliefs and parenting styles, cognition, self, affect, moral development, views of intelligence, knowledge, and learning, and beliefs about school. Prior course work in psychology or human development in education is required, such as EDUC 0300 , EDUC 0800 , CLPS 0610 or CLPS 0620. Instructor permission required.