CYP4053 - Childhood, Society and Social Policy in Education

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

This module will introduce students to fundamental concepts used in the field of Sociology and childhood within the field of Education Studies. Basic analytical tools from sociology, education studies and childhood studies will be developed in order to study the national and international contexts of children and education systems.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Formal scheduled teaching and learning including interactive Lectures online/face to face,Tutorials and e-support
Hours: 50
Intended Group Size: 40

Guided independent study
Hours: 250

Further details relating to assessment
Formative Assessments at all Levels involve students tackling parts of an assessment task or related task and benefiting from peer and tutor review or participants. In this way, the early assessment provides students with the opportunity to identify areas of strength and weakness and develop their understanding of how to complete successfully the summative assessment. E.G. In seminars/workshops, student groups provide structured input/ feedback on each other’s work, set in the context of tutor and peer input. Students can then use this feedback and the critiques to inform their submission of final assessment.

The Integrated Assessment will involve watching and analysing a documentary on Educational inequalities of achievement, referencing some of the sociological perspectives covered in this module.

Individual presentations will be 10 minutes and accompanied with notes to support the slides to demonstrate knowledge and understanding. The essay will include references to different sociological perspectives and how these underpin education.

Further information will be in the Module Handbook.

Assessment:

001 Integrated assessment; 1,500 word equivalent; end of semester 2 25%
002 Presentation; 1,500 word equivalent; 10 minutes plus slides notes; end of semester 1 25%
003 Essay; 3,000 word equivalent; end of semester 2 50%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Stefano Ba'
Level - 4
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 4YL

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