An introduction to interdisciplinary approaches to understanding and analyzing childhood and youth, including history of childhood, and childrens literature research, this course considers the role of childhood in human life, its construction across different periods and regions, different disciplinary perspectives on childhood, and contemporary approaches to deepening the understanding of children and their own views. By examining key critical texts, it considers childhood through multiple disciplinary perspectives, as well as childrens own co-creation of the performance of childhood and childrens voice, agency, activism, and rights.

No Prerequisites

4

Units

Optional

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

None

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
WELD S P
Sara Pankenier Weld
4.6
14 reviews
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Winter 2026 . Weld S P
ILP 4209
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11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
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4.6
SLAV35 . Weld S P 2 Years Ago

The assignments are pretty easy for a literature class, would recommend. The only issue is there is lots of reading, but I would imagine it's less than most literature classes on campus.

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SLAV35 . Weld S P 2 Years Ago

Professor Weld has to be the best professor I've had so far during my time at UCSB. I've never had a professor give such clear feedback on my writing and because of that, I feel as though my writing has improved significantly. I have no idea how I ended up with an A because I got Bs on all the essays, but I guess participating really helped.

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SLAV117I . Weld S P 2 Years Ago

Mrs. Weld is an amazing teacher. I recommend her to everyone. She is so passionate which makes me want to come to class and discuss with her. She grades very easily, but there is a lot of reading in each class. You don't have to read because she goes over itNo tests or quizzes, but attendance paper is passed around. Like 5 total reading discussions

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SLAV117I . Weld S P 6 Years Ago

A super super nice and intelligent professor and an actually enjoyable class. A good amount of reading is assigned but she goes over it in lecture for understanding.

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SLAV35 . Weld S P 9 Years Ago

Very knowledgeable about the subject. The discussion in class was very open-ended and quite interesting. There are a lot of interesting readings. There was a fun/creative assignment. Very nice person and easy/doable class.

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SLAV117G . Weld S P 9 Years Ago

Easy class but lectures get so repetitive because you go over the same themes every single lecture based on which book you're on. Two easy papers (3 pages max) and a final test. Reading is about 90 pages per class meeting, so don't let it build up but the stories are good.

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