Faculty of Education and Social Work
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EDUC 767 - Childhood Studies
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Course description
30 points
Explores childhood from a range of perspectives through interdisciplinary approaches of pedagogy, sociology, philosophy, psychology and other disciplines. Interrogates the notion of 'the child' in terms of place/space, and child subjectivities. Theories and constructs studied are related to practices across a range of social sciences and humanities.
Course director
Marek Tesar
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Course overview
This course is well suited to teachers and professionals who work with or are interested in learning more about children and young people from birth to 18 years of age. It is also relevant to those interested in investigating contexts of practice, policy and disciplinary knowledge as it explores notions and constructs of children and childhoods through a range of interdisciplinary perspectives.
You will gain understandings of children and childhood by exploring traditional and historical ideas and frameworks as well as contemporary issues, including new global forces that are shaping society, politics and education and influencing and informing children and childhoods. You will also develop theoretical understandings by exploring past and current research by leading academics, including Dr Marek Tesar and Dr Sandy Farquhar. -
Learning outcomes
At the completion of the course, it is intended that students will be able to:- Understand the interdisciplinary underpinnings of childhood studies.
- Interrogate the subject of child and childhood from diverse disciplinary perspectives.
- Analyse the non-biological deterministic notion of child and childhood and critique contemporary manifestations of politics, law, and policy of childhoods.
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Delivery modes
Online
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Currently scheduled classes
2018 Online (Semester 1): Online delivery
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This course can be taken as a taught course in the following programmes:
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