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ED30442: Contemporary issues in childhood and youth 1

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2014/5
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Education
Further information on credits Credits: 6
Further information on unit levels Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)
Further information on teaching periods Period: Semester 1
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • Group Oral Presentation with Written Report (CW 100%)
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment: Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites: This unit is only available to Childhood, Youth & Education Studies students.
Further information on descriptions 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.
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

ED30442 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Education
  • UHED-AFB04 : BA(Hons) Childhood, Youth and Education Studies (Year 2)
  • UHED-AKB04 : BA(Hons) Childhood, Youth and Education Studies with Professional Placement (Year 2)

Notes:
* This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2014/15 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2015/16 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2014/15.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.