No kidding. The introduction to (new) childhood studies
General data
Course ID: | 24-PIE-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) Moodle - przedmioty Szkoły Nauk Społecznych (in Polish) Przedmioty AMU-PIE na Wydziale Socjologii (in Polish) Przedmioty na Wydziale Socjologii AMU-PIE offer, summer semester |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
5.00
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4.00
(differs over time)
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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 |
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Type of class: |
lecture, 30 hours
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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 |
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MO TU W TH WYK
FR |
Type of class: |
lecture, 30 hours
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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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