Biosocial Approaches to Childrearing

Part of the new series on Optional Modules you can take during your degree at UCL Anthropology, the third module, Biosocial Approaches to Childrearing, is introduced by Emily (module lead) and Laure (Anthropology with a Year Abroad BSc alumna).

How do people and communities around the world raise their children, and why? Is there a ‘best practice’ of childrearing? What are the consequences of such childrearing practices, for both caregivers and children?

The primary aim of the course is to develop a holistic understanding of childrearing practices and systems across cultures, and explore how this may influence and interact with child and adolescent development. Taking an interdisciplinary bio-social approach, this course builds on an evolutionary anthropological framework, examining both biological and socio-cultural pathways in childrearing and child/adolescent development. By the end of the course, students are expected to have developed a good understanding of the bio-social causes and consequences of childrearing practices.

This module is open to Undergraduate students at UCL Anthropology, more details on our website: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/module-catalogu...
Dr Emily Emmott's Profile: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology/pe...

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