Module Specifications..
Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024
Please note that this information is subject to change.
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Description This module is based on identifying, questioning and contesting some of the taken for granted ideas, perspectives and values that dominate the discourse within early childhood (birth – 6 years) and the broader society. The module seeks to problematise some existing and emerging issues that are relevant to the lives of young children from social, pedagogical and political perspectives. A broad range of issues, relevant and of interest to the student group will be considered and interrogated from multiple perspectives. The module is built on the premise that without examination, dominant discourses potentially silence voices, narrow thinking, shape-specific understandings and become the uncontested accepted norms or truths. This module will enable students to explore and critically examine core issues around purpose, practise and context in early childhood education and care. From a variety of disciplines anchored in social studies, the module will approach reality as socially constructed, and discuss the implications for the (re)production and transformation of social reality. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Developed a critical stance in recognising and examining ‘childhood’, ‘education’ and ‘care’ as culturally, socially, politically and economically constructed. 2. Developed a critical appreciation of how social institutions contribute to the (re)production of social (in)justices through their embedded power mechanisms. 3. Integrated perspectives from a variety of social studies disciplines around early childhood education and care. 4. Engage in critical dialogue with relevant stakeholders in relation to current discourses. 5. Discuss the implications for the (re)production and transformation of social reality. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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