Childhood and Youth in Society

EDUC20272 Childhood and Youth in Society 20 Semester 2 Undergraduate Level 2 Chae-Young Kim Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Middle part of Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 10.0 This unit will involve an interdisciplinary examination of the theories and practices concerning childhood and youth in order to help students to consider critically and in-depth relevant educational and cognate social issues in different social, cultural, economic and political contexts.Session content on the unit will be structured around key pre-session reading, an interactive lecture, and guided debate and discussion during the lecture and the ensuing seminar. This unit will involve an interdisciplinary examination of the theories and practices concerning childhood and youth in order to help students to consider critically and in-depth relevant educational and cognate social issues in different social, cultural, economic and political contexts.Session content on the unit will be structured around key pre-session reading, an interactive lecture, and guided debate and discussion during the lecture and the ensuing seminar.Session content on the unit will be structured around key pre-session reading, an interactive lecture, and guided debate and discussion during the lecture and the ensuing seminar.Session topics include:•  Childhood and youth in history and culture: Different and evolving ideas and practices•  Globalisation as the context: Local and global childhoods and youths•  Children’s rights: The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child•  Education and schooling: The nature and extent of education for a ‘good’ childhood/youth?•  Vulnerable childhood/youth? Working children, children in armed conflict and young migrants•  Childhood/youth and inequalities: poverty, socioeconomic status, gender and race/ethnicity•  Children’s and young people’s ‘participation’ as social and political agents The unit aims to:•  Develop an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of the theories and practices of childhood and youth in local, national and global contexts as a way to understand relevant educational and cognate social issues from a wider and deeper perspective•  Develop a critical understanding of childhood and youth as a site of inequalities associated with diverse factors including poverty, socioeconomic status, gender, and race/ethnicity. Identify the key concepts and theoretical perspectives found in investigating childhood and youthExplain how local, national and global factors can influence ideas about childhood and youth and relevant practices Critically analyse childhood and youth related practices to identify inequalities derived from such factors as poverty, socioeconomic status, gender and race/ethnicityPresent a reasoned argument on how the above factors individually and jointly can produce childhood and youth inequalitiesIdentify possible approaches to address childhood and youth inequalities in a specific context Identify key issues in current public debates concerning childhood and youth at the local, national and global levelsDebate what ‘good’ childhoods and youths mean at local, national and global levels Apply an independent and self-directed approach to a given topic to examine it critically and in-depthDevelop and present a reasoned argument both verbally and in written formWork constructively with other people Tutor facilitated sessions:Each session will involve an interactive lecture which will combine a whole class discussion, case-based learning and other approaches to teaching and learning.Seminars:The interactive lecture will be followed by a seminar where students will reinforce their understanding by discussing and debating a given question(s) in small groups and/or engaging in other group activities.Directed reading:To prepare for the tutor facilitated sessions, students will read the materials provided on Blackboard for each session in addition to those from the preliminary reading list suggested for the unit.Independent study:Students will carry out independent study to identify and read additional materials relating to each session, as appropriate, and the materials relating to their chosen topic for their final assignment.In association with their direct reading and independent study, students will keep a Learning Journal where they keep their summary of, and critical reflections on, the core reading material of each week and also their reflections on the week’s lecture and seminar.Tutor hours:Students can book a tutorial to discuss their draft assignment with the tutor.The above learning and teaching activities will be accompanied by online learning activities (via learning and teaching technologies) throughout the duration of the unit. 2 Written assignment (inc essay) 100% Y Archard, D. (2015). Children, Rights and Childhood, 3rd edition. London: Routledge.Burman, E. (2021). Developments: Child, image, nation, 2nd edition. London: Routledge.Cook, D. (Ed.) (2020) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies. Thousand Oaks, California & London: Sage Publications.Horton, J., Pimlott-Wilson, H. & Hall, S.M. (Eds.). (2021). Growing up and getting by: International perspectives on childhood and youth in hard times. Bristol: Policy Press.James, A. & Prout, A. (Eds.). (2015). Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood: Contemporary issues in the sociological study of childhood, 3rd edition London: Routledge.Wells, K. (2021). Childhood in a Global Perspective, 3rd edition. Cambridge: Polity Press. 0 0 0 <table class="Table" style="border-collapse:collapse; border:none" width="631"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid black; width:284px; padding:0cm 7px 0cm 7px; border-top:1px solid black; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:1px solid black" valign="top">ACTIVITY </td> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid black; width:347px; padding:0cm 7px 0cm 7px; border-top:1px solid black; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:none" valign="top"> <h2>HOURS ALLOCATED</h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid black; width:284px; padding:0cm 7px 0cm 7px; border-top:none; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:1px solid black" valign="top">Staff/student contact </td> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid black; width:347px; padding:0cm 7px 0cm 7px; border-top:none; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:none" valign="top">10 lectures x 1.5 hours = 15 hours</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid black; width:284px; padding:0cm 7px 0cm 7px; border-top:none; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:1px solid black" valign="top">Seminars </td> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid black; width:347px; padding:0cm 7px 0cm 7px; border-top:none; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:none" valign="top">10 seminars x 1.5 hours = 15 hours</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid black; width:284px; padding:0cm 7px 0cm 7px; border-top:none; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:1px solid black" valign="top">Private study </td> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid black; width:347px; padding:0cm 7px 0cm 7px; border-top:none; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:none" valign="top">70</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid black; width:284px; padding:0cm 7px 0cm 7px; border-top:none; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:1px solid black" valign="top">Directed reading </td> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid black; width:347px; padding:0cm 7px 0cm 7px; border-top:none; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:none" valign="top">25 hours’ preparation for seminars/tutorials</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid black; width:284px; padding:0cm 7px 0cm 7px; border-top:none; bord