FYP4062 - Implementing Children’s Rights

Objectives:

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

1. Understand children’s-rights based perspectives and legal obligations;
2. Apply rights based perspectives to students’ own professional practice ;
3. Critically engage with key issues related to the application of children’s rights, including children’s “voice”
4. Assess how rights are applied in practice in professional settings.

Content:

The course consists of :
• Theories of children’s rights
• Exploration of key legislation and documents: UNCRC and child education/welfare legislation
• Exploration of application of rights approaches to practice
• Assessment of how well professional settings support children’s rights

Learning and Teaching Information:

FD degree modules are taught in 6 hour blocks. Each block will consist of a mixture of methods including: lecture; group work; class round table discussion, and debate. The precise mix of these and length will vary depending on the topic being discussed and negotiation with students (it is a rights course!). This pedagogical freedom is essential to meeting the needs of students and ensuring appropriate teaching occurs but also to acting out in practice key themes of the course. Students will be expected to apply theoretical discussion, to their working contexts.

. Lecture, seminar, tutorials and workshops
Contact hours: 26
Intended Group size: 25 or small groups or individual

Work-based tasks
Contact hours: 24

. Additional Assessment Information
The student portfolio will consists of distinct sections which demonstrate student’s knowledge of basic rights perspectives, key legislative requirements and an assessment of how their own practice promotes children’s rights.

Assessment: