ED12003: Exploring children's lives: families and deviance
[Page last updated: 23 October 2023]
| Academic Year: | 2023/24 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Education |
| Credits: | 15 [equivalent to 30 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 300 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
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- Academic Year
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| Assessment Summary: | CWES 35%, CWVI 65% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Critically reflect on and raise awareness about a deviant population of children or young people. (CWES 35%)
- Critically reflect on and raise awareness about a deviant population of children or young people. (CWVI 15%)
- Media representation of family needs (CWVI 50%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
- Using sociological and psychological theory to critically explore the meaning and significance of families and deviance.
- Recognising different theoretical approaches in the study of families and deviance.
- Developing an awareness of global perspectives in relation to the study of families.
- Discussing the ways in which society responds to deviance.
- Identifying different definitions and interpretations of families and deviance.
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| Synopsis: | Develop a comparative understanding of the lives of children and adolescents in relation to the roles of family, social class, culture, subculture and the media.
You will consider forms and processes of child development, socialisation, and resistance, as well as language acquisition and meaning making. Youll critically reflect on the representation of childhood, youth lifestyles and contemporary societal concerns, including those which might be labelled as deviant.
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| Content: | Part 1:
The first part will focus on deviance in relation to children's and young people's lives. The unit content will be split into three broad categories:
1. Introduction: what is deviance, how do we define it, and what approaches can be used to study it?
2. Theories of deviance: we will explore a range of theoretical perspectives of deviance, both sociological and psychological. The focus of these sessions is to discuss the theories themselves, not apply them.
3. Applying theories of deviance: we will apply the theories of deviance previously explored to a series of topics and cases linked to children's and young people's lives.
Part 2:
The second part will focus on developing students' understanding of the family. It will include the following core elements:
- Critically examining the meaning of 'family' and associated debates about what 'family' is.
- The value of 'cross cultural' and global perspectives in relation to family.
- Exploring how a range of social and psychological theories help us to explain what families do and why they are important.
- Understanding the significance and value of roles and relationships in families, which may include parental roles, sibling relationships, and the role of older generations.
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| Course availability: |
ED12003 is Compulsory on the following courses:
Department of Education
- UHED-AFB20 : BA(Hons) Education with Psychology (Year 1)
- UHED-AKB20 : BA(Hons) Education with Psychology with professional placement (Year 1)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2023/24 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2024/25 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2023/24.
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