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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

EDUCATION 487-4 ?

SPECIAL TOPICS:

THE HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD

Summer Intersession, 1989 ?

Instructor: Juliet Pollard

(May 8 - June 16) ?

Phone:

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683-3987 (home)

Monday/Wednesday

5:30 - 9:20 p.m.

Location: MPX 7610

PREREQUISITE:

Education 401/402 or equivalent

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Educational historians have been in the forefront of childhood history. In this

quest to understand more about how children learn, they have joined forces with other

disciplines and taken an interest in similar studies in other countries. As a result,

childhood history is interdisciplinary and international in scope. This course will survey

some of the themes and concepts which have emerged in childhood history in Europe,

United States and Canada. Each class will consist of a lecture and question period,

followed by a seminar. While the seminar readings are largely drawn from North

American writings, the lectures attempt a broader international perspective.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

TermPaper ................................................................................................ 35%

Seminar Presentation and Participation..............................................35%

FinalExam.................................................................................................30%

REQUIRED TEXTS:

Hiner, Ray N., Hawes, Joseph M., eds. Growing Up in America: Childhood in Historical

Perspective, Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 1985.

Parr, Joy, ed. Childhood and Family in Canadian History, Toronto, McClelland and

Stewart, 1982.