CYP4192 - Childhood, Social Policy and Education

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Describe key developments in social policy and practice relating to children, young people and education;
Locate education policy and practice within wider social policy;
Understand safeguarding within the context of education and wider social policy;
Appreciate the roles and responsibilities of education professionals when responding to concerns, including multi-agency working.

Content:

In this module students will study:
Perspectives on childhood that underpin social policy: historical, sociological, philosophical, psychological and ethical;
The changing status of children within families, education and society, e.g. the emergence of children’s rights and parents’ responsibilities; The nature of the changing relationship between state, families and education;
Current legislation, policy and practice regarding safeguarding.

Learning and Teaching Information:

The module will be taught using a mixture of lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials. 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 seminars, workshops or tutorials.
This module will include the Leeds Trinity Safeguarding training course, for which a certificate of attendance will be awarded, and will address the expertise outlined in the Common Core of Skills & Knowledge.

Lectures, seminars and workshops
Hours: 33
Intended Group size: Cohort

On-line support and small group tutorials
Hours: 1 (min)
Intended Group size: 6-10

Guided independent study
Hours: 166

Assessment:

001 Poster presentation and written rationale of 1,000 wrds, 2,000-wrd equiv Sem 2 – wk 12 50%
002 Essay 2,000 words Semester 2 week 12 50%


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