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Children’s understanding of sex and gender

29 November 2022, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm

Nursery children sat around a table with teacher

Join this event to hear Katie Alcock examine the development of children's understanding about the concepts of sex and gender.

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Holly Smith

Location

Room C3.09
UCL IOE
20 Bedford Way
London
WC1H 0AL

Date information

This event has been postponed to the 29 November.

Children of preschool and early primary age often have poor understanding of logic and this extends to concepts of sex and gender, and often leads to younger children displaying more stereotyped preferences and behaviour than older children.

In this seminar, Katie will discuss the literature on this aspect of development including how this applies to children with autism and what other influences may affect this.


This event will be particularly useful for those interested in child development and early years education.


UCL Women's Liberation Special Interest Group seminars series

UCL Women’s Liberation brings together academics and other staff from a range of disciplines whose research addresses pressing social and political issues concerning the status and meaning of women’s rights. We aim to generate public conversations and collaborations around these issues in the context of contemporary debates on the nature of sex and gender inequalities and the extent to which they are rooted in biology, social structures and individual identities.

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About the Speaker

Dr Katie Alcock

Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology at Lancaster University

She is particularly interested in what makes children different from each other, including language, culture, health, and developmental conditions.