SJSUSan Jose State University
Child and Adolescent Development Department
CD 106 The Concept of Childhood
Fall 2004

Instructor: Erika Gaylor, Ph.D.
Phone: On-campus (408) 924-7477; Off-campus (650) 688-3622
Office: SH 333
Office hours: M,W 8-9 am / by appointment

Week
Topic
1
Introduction
2/3
Antiquity / Infanticide
4
Middle Ages 1 / Middle Ages 2
5
Renaissance
6
Protestant Reformation / Puritan Childhood
7
Age of Enlightenment
8
Midterm
9
Victorian
10
Child Labor / Child Study Movement
11
Baby boom
12
Contemporary / Ethnic

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Term Project Information: The Term Project is comprised of three parts and provides students with the opportunity to work with a group of classmates throughout the term examining the historical, psychological, and sociological relevance of a topic relating to childhood or childrearing.