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SOCI3015 – Growing up in the Modern Age: Global Childhoods
2020 – Session 1, Fully online/virtual
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Tobia Fattore
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| Credit points |
Credit points
10
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
130cp at 1000 level or above
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| Corequisites |
Corequisites
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| Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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| Unit description |
Unit description
This unit examines sociological approaches to childhood as a way of understanding how societies work. Global burdens of health, environmental sustainability and economic security all involve intergenerational transfers of risks and have consequences for current and future generations. The unit examines these issues by introducing students to contemporary social theories about childhood and children's rights; the role that intergenerational relations play in understanding societies; how globalisation affects the experience of childhood in different parts of the world; and the implications these have for social policy, service and professional practices for children and families. The unit is in three parts. The first part canvasses foundation knowledge including social theories of childhood; the historical development of childhood; and researching childhood. The second part applies this to the key topics of children's rights and child abuse; childhoods and globalisation; and childhood, social policy and the state. The third part will include rotating modules on childhood and contemporary social problems. On the basis of these three parts students will gain a clearer understanding of the importance of generation for contemporary societies. |
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- ULO1: demonstrate a critical understanding of social theories of childhood, and the role that intergenerational relations play in characterizing societies.
- ULO2: analyse the characteristics of childhood and children's rights and to apply this analysis to understanding a range of social policies, social problems and professional practices.
- ULO4: apply a range of research perspectives to the study of childhood.
- ULO5: apply theoretical considerations to a range of policy problems related to childhoods.
- ULO3: recognise the contribution of a range of sociological, political, health, economic, demographic and other perspectives to understanding childhood.
- ULO6: demonstrate an understanding of the key issues involved in undertaking analyses of policies and programs to develop services for children and families.
Assessment Tasks
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Delivery and Resources
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The course consists of 13 seminars. For students undertaking the unit online, recorded lectures will be uploaded on a weekly basis. These will cover weekly content, but also provide guidance for online activities, which emulate in-class activities. These tasks, which students are expected to engage with in the online forums, will vary from week to week. In addition, there will be weekly readings provided online, which relate to the weekly topics.
Unit Schedule
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Topic |
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Week One |
Introduction |
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Week Two |
The Social Child: Taking a Sociological Approach |
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Week Three |
Researching Children and Childhood |
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Week Four |
The Child through Time: Historical Approaches to Childhood |
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Week Five |
The Developing Child: Developmental Approaches to Childhood |
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Week Six |
Unequal Childhoods: Childhood and Inequality |
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Week Seven |
The Child as Rights Bearer: Children, Rights and Politics |
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Week Eight |
The Educated Child: Children and Schooling |
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Week Nine |
The Troubled Child: Children, Delinquency and Vulnerability |
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Week Ten |
The Playing Child: Culture, Play, Technology |
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Week Eleven |
The Global Child: Childhood around the World |
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Weeks Twelve and Thirteen |
Wrap-up and presentations |
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