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Department of Education, Unit Catalogue 2011/12


ED30442: Contemporary issues in childhood and youth 1

Click here for further information Credits: 6
Click here for further information Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)
Click here for further information Period: Semester 1
Click here for further information Assessment: CW 100%
Click here for further information Supplementary Assessment: Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Click here for further information Requisites: This unit is only available to Childhood, Youth & Education Studies students
Click here for further information Description: Aims:
The intention of this unit is to:
* Extend students' knowledge of a range of contemporary issues concerned with children and young people, with a particular focus on examining the development of those issues in a social and political context.

Learning Outcomes:
In completing this unit students would be expected to:
* Demonstrate knowledge of a range of contemporary issues concerned with children and young people, their development and the factors that have influenced those issues;
* Demonstrate understanding of recent research associated with contemporary issues concerned with children and young people.

Skills:
* Engage in critical analysis of a wide range of texts and electronic information;
* Synthesise information from a number of sources in order to gain a coherent understanding of research, policy and practice;
* To communicate this information in assessment requirements;
* Ability to develop rigorous arguments through the use of concepts;
* Ability to apply theory to contemporary issues.

Content:
* Health and well being: For example, eating disorders, self image, fitness and exercise, lifestyle choices;
* Young people and the law: For example, age of consent, school leaving age, issues of blame and accountability;
* Culture and social roles: For example, teenage parenting, oppositional subcultures, young people as civic and political actors;
* Children and young people in poverty: For example, child abuse and child protection, vulnerable children (disabled, traveller, asylum seekers and refugees) and the exploitation of children and young people.
Click here for further informationProgramme availability:

ED30442 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Education
  • UHED-AFB04 : BA (hons) Childhood, Youth and Education Studies (Full-time) - Year 2
  • UHED-AFB04 : BA (hons) Childhood, Youth and Education Studies (Full-time) - Year 3
  • UHED-AKB04 : BA (hons) Childhood, Youth and Education Studies (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 2

NB. Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.