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No kidding. The introduction to (new) childhood studies

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Course ID:	24-PIE-F-ICS
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	No kidding. The introduction to (new) childhood studies
Name in Polish:	No kidding. The introduction to (new) childhood studies
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Sociology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Fakultety na Wydziale Socjologii (in Polish) Moodle - przedmioty Szkoły Nauk Społecznych (in Polish) Przedmioty na Wydziale Socjologii
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	3.00 OR 2.00 OR 4.00 (depends on study program) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Module type:	elective
Module learning aims:	To acquaint students with a complex and ever-evolving field of studies of childhood. To present dimensions of contemporary childhood that can become interesting subjects of social research. To inspire sociological imagination regarding children’s place in a larger society.
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences:	Some sociological background would be helpful but is not required.
Information on where to find course materials:	Microsoft Teams
Student workload (ECTS credits):	5
Full description:	Week 1: HISTORY: A brief history of changing social and cultural constructions of childhood. Week 2: HISTORY: Starting points – how childhood became the subject of social sciences and humanities. Week 3: THEORY: From “old” to“new” sociology of childhood – traditional theories, dominant models, and the new paradigm. Week 4: THEORY: Socialisation and its discontents Week 5: THEORY: Agency and its discontents Week 6: CASE STUDIES: The disappearance and re-appearance of childhood, or how to navigate through the crises of childhood Week 7: CASE STUDIES: The space of childhood (children’s geographies, global, urban, rural childhoods, cyberspace of childhood, childhood in private and public spaces) Week 8: CASE STUDIES: The "childhoods" of childhood (queer childhoods) Week 9: CASE STUDIES: The “childhoods” of childhood (disabled children’s childhood studies) Week 10: CASE STUDIES: The politics of childhood (control and the discourse of care, children’s rights, Convention on the Rights of the Child) Week 11: CASE STUDIES: Citizen child (theories and practices of children’s citizenship) Week 12: CASE STUDIES: The child as an active social agency (theories and practices of children's participation) Week 13: HOW TO: Methodology of childhood research. Ethics in research with children. Areas of research in childhood studies. Week 14: CONCLUSIONS
Bibliography:	1. M. Wyness, Childhood and Society (2nd edition), Palgrave Macmillan 2012 2. W. A. Corsaro, The Sociology of Childhood (4th edition), Sage 2015 3. A. Greig, J. Taylor, T. MacKay, Doing Research with Children. A practical guide (3rd edition), Sage 2008 4. A. Invernizzi, J. Williams, Children and Citizenship, Sage 2008 5. A. Turmel, A Historical Sociology of Childhood, Cambridge 2008 6. A. Prout, A. James (eds.), Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood. Contemporary Issues in the Sociological Study of Childhood, Falmer Press, 2005
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Essay Knowledge test

Classes in period "Academic year 2020/2021, summer semester" (past)

Time span:	2021-03-01 - 2021-09-30	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU W TH FR WYK
Type of class:	lecture, 30 hours more information
Coordinators:	Maja Brzozowska-Brywczyńska
Group instructors:	Maja Brzozowska-Brywczyńska
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Graded credit lecture - Graded credit

Classes in period "Academic year 2022/2023, summer semester" (past)

Time span:	2023-02-27 - 2023-09-30	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU W TH WYK FR
Type of class:	lecture, 30 hours more information
Coordinators:	Maja Brzozowska-Brywczyńska
Group instructors:	Maja Brzozowska-Brywczyńska
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Graded credit lecture - Graded credit

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