CYP4072 - Childhood, Society and Social Policy

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

1 Know and evaluate the different perspectives on childhood which inform social policy relating to children, young people and families;
2 Demonstrate knowledge of key developments in law, policy and practice relating to children, young people and families;
3 Know and evaluate UK social policy within selected contexts;
4 Understand tensions and balances inherent in social policy formulation relating to children, young people and families.

Content:

In this module students will study:

1 Perspectives on childhood that underpin social policy: historical, sociological, philosophical and psychological;
2 The changing status of children within families and society, e.g. the emergence of children’s rights
3 The nature of the changing relationship between state, families and children;
4 Social policy in contexts, eg. education, health, social services, law.
5 The responses of government and society to child poverty.

Learning and Teaching Information:

This module will be taught using a mixture of lectures, seminars workshops, and tutorials – some of which will be student-led. Students could be expected to prepare for the sessions by reading set texts and completion of tasks set in class or via the VLE and will be expected to take part in a wide range of learning activities.
Students may be required to prepare and present a brief presentation as the basis for discussion in seminar or workshops.

Lectures, seminars and tutorials
Contact hours: 40

Assessment:

001 Poster presentation and written rationale of 1000 words (1 x 2000 word equiv) mid module 50%
002 Essay 1 x 2000 words (end of module) 50%


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