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BARN3300 - Children, Youth and Development

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Vurderingsordning

Vurderingsordning: School exam
Karakter: Bokstavkarakterer

Vurdering Vekting Varighet Delkarakter Hjelpemidler
School exam 100/100 4 timer

Faglig innhold

Starting from the idea that childhood and youth are relational constructs, this course examines the experiences, accounts, aspirations, life strategies, and navigations of children and youth in global South contexts. Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives that overcome the essentialization of "children" and "youth" in Childhood Studies literature; the course explores how development processes connect the experiences of global south children and youth with multiple generations while simultaneously situating them at the heart of the debates around social transfromations. The course provides broader and critical perspectives on the interplay between childhood, culture, and development, providing students with the opportunity to develop systematic knowledge of how various national and international development goals and policies impact young people's lives as well as how young people respond to them.

Specific topics covered may include:

  • intersections in childhood studies and development studies
  • the social meanings and values of childhood
  • interventions for ‘vulnerable’ children and youth
  • young people as economic actors
  • children's rights in international development
  • gender, education and learning
  • children, migration and social change
  • political economy childhood and youth poverty
  • impacts of HIV/AIDS on children and families
  • children in emergency circumstances
  • young people’s social and cultural environments
  • youth agency and political activism

Læringsutbytte

Knowledge

The student has:

  • In-depth knowledge of how children and youth in diverse familial, social, economic, cultural institutional and political contexts of the Global South fare in their lives.
  • Advanced interdisciplinary understanding of the complex interrelationship between development processes and young people's everyday lives.
  • Knowledge and critical evaluation of diverse social policies, programs, and interventions geared towards enhancing the well-being of children and youth in the Global South.

Skills

The student has:

  • The skill of critically evaluating ongoing research and scholarship in the field of children and socio-economic and cultural change.

General competence

The student has:

  • A general understanding of the life experiences and expectations of children and youth in the Global South.

Læringsformer og aktiviteter

Total lecture and seminar hours: approximately 30 hours.

Students are required to write a term paper on a topic related to the content of the course. The term paper needs to be approved before students are qualified for the final written examination. Students must present their own term paper and will be assigned to comment on another student's term paper.

Compulsory assignments

  • Attending lectures is compulsory (minimum 80%)
  • Approved term paper

Obligatoriske aktiviteter

  • Attending lectures is compulsory (minimum 80%)
  • Approved term paper

Mer om vurdering

Students who have completed compulsory activities do not have to do these again before re-sitting the exam.

Forkunnskapskrav

Admittance to the course requires a bachelor's degree in social science or equivalent.

Students in the master’s programme in Childhood studies will be prioritised.

Kursmateriell

Information will be given at the beginning of the semester.

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Versjon: 1
Studiepoeng:  7.5 SP
Studienivå: Høyere grads nivå

Undervisning

Termin nr.: 1
Undervises:  HØST 2024

Undervisningsspråk: Engelsk

Sted: Trondheim

Fagområde(r)
  • Barndomsstudier
  • Samfunnsvitenskapelige fag
Kontaktinformasjon
Emneansvarlig/koordinator:

Ansvarlig enhet
Institutt for pedagogikk og livslang læring

Timeplan

Listevisning
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Eksamensinfo

Vurderingsordning: School exam

Termin Statuskode Vurdering Vekting Hjelpemidler Dato Tid Eksamens- system Rom *
Høst ORD School exam 100/100 17.12.2024 15:00 INSPERA
Rom Bygning Antall kandidater
SL311 lyseblå sone Sluppenvegen 14 8
Vår ORD School exam 100/100 INSPERA
Rom Bygning Antall kandidater
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