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Module Specifications
Archived Version 2020 - 2021
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Description This module will draw upon research linked to Youth Studies, Sociology, Children’s Rights and Anthropology. The core aim is to provide students with a broad, research-based understanding of children and adolescents within Irish society. The course will focus on key theoretical approaches to understanding the social and cultural construction of childhood and adolescents and will consider a range of substantive issues and areas within contemporary research which are specifically underpinned by a Children’s Rights perspective; including the health needs of children and adolescents within society, the importance of play, recreation and education in the lives of young people growing up in Ireland. Varying approaches to the study of children and adolescents will be reviewed and we will explore how culture, the media, and other social forces have influenced societal understanding of children, childhood and adolescents | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Understand the differing theoretical perspectives which examine how children, childhood and adolescents are socially and culturally constructed 2. Be familiar with competing perspectives on children’s rights, focusing on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and how it is applied in an Irish context 3. Appreciate the importance of play, recreation and education in the lives of children and adolescents nationally and globally 4. Examine the prominent health issues facing children and adolescents growing up in Ireland today e.g Risk taking behaviors in adolescents, childhood obesity, mental health issues, bullying | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Indicative Content and
Learning Activities Social and cultural construction of childhood and adolescentsLegal and popular discourse on Children's Rights in IrelandHealth care - Risk taking behaviours, bullying, childhood obesityThe role and function of play, recreation and educationRole of the Ombudsman for ChildrenThe importance of the peer group in childhood and adolescentsThe role and function of modern Irish family structures for childrenCurrent discourse on childhood and adolescents within Irish society | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Indicative Reading List
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Other Resources 22998, Report, UNCRC, 1989, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Geneva, UNCRC, http://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/crc.aspx, 22999, Report, Minister for Health and Children, 2009, Growing Up in Ireland. National Longitudinal Study of Children The Lives of 9 Year olds Child Cohort, Dublin, The Stationery Office, http://www.growingup.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/1st_Report/Barcode_Growing_Up_in_Ireland_-_The_Lives_of_9-Year-Olds_Main_Report.pdf, 23000, Report, Minister for Health and Children, 2012, How families matter for social and emotional outcomes of 9 year old children, Dublin, The Stationery Office, http://www.growingup.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/Second_Child_Cohort_Reports/Growing_Up_in_Ireland_-_How_Families_Matter_for_Social_and_Emotional_Outcomes_of_9-Year-Old_Children.pdf, 23001, Report, Office of the Minister for Children, 2008, A Study on the Quality of Life Tool KIDSCREEN for children and adolescents in Ireland Results of the KIDSCREEN National Survey 2005, Dublin, The Stationery Office, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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