Unit name | Children in a Global Context |
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Unit code | SPOL32008 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Twum-Danso Imoh |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
Nonechi |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School for Policy Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit will adopt sociological, anthropological and social policy approaches to explore conceptualisations of childhood, child development and children’s rights within global processes, policies and programmes and examine how these interact with the reality of children’s lives in diverse social, political, cultural and economic contexts.
Aims
At the end of the unit students will:
Teaching will be delivered through blended learning involving a combination of synchronous and asynchronous sessions, including weekly lectures provided via narrated powerpoint presentations, practical activities supported by study-group sessions and self-directed exercises. The narrated power point presentations will cover more conceptual and theoretical aspects of the module whilst more applied, substantive, in-depth and extended learning will take the form of self-paced, material delivered electronically, and undertaken individually or supported by pair and group work. Students will receive regular feedback from the module convenor as well as their peers. We will make use of online forum and collaboration tools to foster a collaborative, creative and community mindset. Feedback will be provided for formal assessments, preparation for which will be supported through online activities and in study group sessions with the module convenor
Part 1: 1500-word portfolio (50%)- this will assess learning outcomes 1, 3, 4.
Part 2: 1500 word essay (50%) - this will assess learning outcomes 1-3
Ansell, N. (2016 second edition), Children, Youth and Development, London: Routledge.
Twum-Danso Imoh, A., Bourdillon, M. and Meichsner, S. (eds.) (2018), Global Childhoods Beyond the North-South Divide, New York: Palgrave.
Penn, H. (2005) Unequal Childhoods: young children’s lives in poor countries. Oxon: Routledge. HQ792.2 PEN]
Wells. K. (2009) Childhood in a Global Perspective. Cambridge: Policy Press. [HQ767.9 WEL]