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The course will equip students with the theoretical tools and analytical skills necessary to analyse the socially-and-culturally-constructed terms of the Childhood, Children and Child in interdisciplinary perspectives. With knowledge on implications of these constructions for children and youth in their daily experiences of childhood across various contexts, students will be equipped with the elemental analytical skills to critically assess, discuss, analyse and recommend child-and-youth-centred methods, practices and policies in the CZ and EU context. Poslední úprava: Javornicky Brumovská Tereza, Mgr., M.A., Ph.D. (03.09.2024)
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Aim: To provide a comprehensive and critical understanding of the key theories, concepts, and debates in the field of childhood studies. Objectives To explore foundational and contemporary theories in childhood studies. To critically examine the social, cultural, and political construction of childhood. To investigate the impact of class, gender and other social categories on childhood experiences. To analyse the impact of the various contexts on the experiences of Childhood of current children and their daily life. To analyse the impact of social policies and approaches on children and youth on their experiences in interactions with institutions. To engage with the emergent and current posthuman and new materialist perspectives on childhood.
Poslední úprava: Javornicky Brumovská Tereza, Mgr., M.A., Ph.D. (03.09.2024)
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Assessment Mid-term Exam exam (40%): Short answer and essay questions covering lectures 1-6. Final Essay exam (50%): Essay questions covering all 12 lectures and compulsory literature.3000 words, excluding references Active class Participation (10%): Active participation in class discussions Poslední úprava: Javornicky Brumovská Tereza, Mgr., M.A., Ph.D. (03.09.2024)
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Lecture 1: Introduction to Childhood Studies Content: Overview of the development of childhood studies as an interdisciplinary field. Key concepts on childhood such as structure/agency, generation, child-centred approach, place, UN Convention of the rights of the child and child development will be addressed across disciplines. This part will explore the social construction of childhood in societies, explored from the sociological perspective of the New Sociology of Childhood and concepts preceding this theory. It will also outline the anthropological perspective of the Childhood – that is, the construction of childhood in different cultures References:
Lecture 2: Theoretical Foundations: Pre-sociological child. Anthropological perspective on children and childhood from the early 20th Century Content: The theory focuses on the social construction of childhood and the content of different discourses in which the children and the child is constructed. This part will explore children and children in social context in pre-sociological perspective. It will particularly look at the Childhood in different cultural contexts. Historical perspectives on childhood. Theories of social and emotional development in social context (Vygotsky, Bronfenbrenner) and sociological Theory of socialization. References
Lecture 3: Children and Youth in Social Context. Developmental perspective
Lecture 4: Social Construction of Childhood Content: The lecture will be dedicated to the New Sociology of Childhood and its social construction of the Child in the social context, analyzing the key concepts and arguments of the theory. We will analyze the impact of social construction of the Childhood in the policies and practices. For instance, the application of the Risk and Resilience discourse based on the theory of Risk society by U. Beck will be discussed in the context of health, education and social services institutions for children and youth. The strength-based approach with Positive Youth Development model applied at the 2000s in social policy and services supplemented the deficit approach to children and youth popular in late 1980s and in 1990s. The current debates suggest new approaches emphasizing the youth-centered approach of the New Sociology of Childhood and its key concepts. References
Coleman, J. & Hagell, A. (2007): Adolescence, risk & resilience: against the odds. Wiley publishing. Series in Understanding adolescence. Lecture 5: New Sociology of Childhood: Founding theory and concepts
Lecture 6: Bourdieu: Theory of social and cultural reproduction Lecture 7: Feminist approaches I.: Childhood and Class.
Lecture 8: Feminist approaches II. Intersections of Class, Gender and Race in Childhood Content: The influence of socioeconomic status and the role of race and ethnicity in shaping childhood. The effects of poverty on children's development and well-being. Racial socialization and identity development. Disparities in childhood experiences based on race. Policies and interventions addressing child poverty. The impact of gender on childhood experiences. Intersectionality: how race, class, and gender intersect in children's lives. Gender norms and their influence on children's development. This lecture will focus on the current feminist approaches and critical theory in the field of Childhood studies and exploration of Childhood and its daily experiences in social context. These two lectures will be dedicated to the latest debates in the field, discussing the current theoretical issues of the New Sociology of Childhood and its latest developments. It will also outline the current gaps and issues in the current literature. We will also mention the methodological implications of these debates in research methods with children and young people, and implications of these debates for current children and young people across the E.U. contexts. References
Katz, C. (2004). Growing Up Global: Economic Restructuring and Children’s Everyday Lives. James, A., & James, A. (2004). Constructing Childhood: Theory, Policy, and Social Practice. Van Ausdale, D., & Feagin, J. R. (2001). The First R: How Children Learn Race and Racism. Lareau, A. (2003). Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life. Ridge, T. (2002). Childhood Poverty and Social Exclusion: From a Child's Perspective. Qvortrup, J. (2001). Childhood Matters: Social Theory, Practice, and Politics. Lecture 9: Rights-based perspective on the Child, Children and Childhood in Policy and Practice Content: Analysis of child protection policies. Comparative perspectives on childhood policies. The role of international organizations such as UNICEF. The rights- based perspective is based on the UN Child’s Convention on the Rights of the Child. The lecture will explore the rights-based perspective on children in society, in daily interaction with institutions and services, with focus on Article 12 on the Right to participate in society. The lecture will explore the application of article 12 on participation as a conceptual framework (Lundy, 2006) applied to daily life and experiences of participation in children and youth in current societies. The special focus will concern also vulnerable children and young people and implication of rights-based approach for these groups in their daily experiences of childhoods in current societies. References
Lecture 10: Participation II: Exploring participatory approaches and implications of participation fo youth policy and practice Burman, E. (2008). Developments: Child, Image, Nation. Lecture 11: Posthuman and New Materialist Perspectives in Childhood studies Content: Introduction to posthumanism and new materialism. The role of non-human actors in childhood. Case studies in posthuman and new materialist childhood research. The period of Anthropocene and concept of posthumanism in current experiences of Childhood will be outlined in this lecture. We will discuss the experiences of childhood of the current Gen Z – the generation on displays, digital generation etc. with focus on the E.U. and CZ context, conceptualized as the Posthuman theory of Childhood Studies. References
Lecture 12: Future Directions of the Childhood Studies Content: The last lecture will summarize the main themes derived in the debates and discussion in lectures throughout the module. We will reflect on the most important points in these themes while discussing and concluding the discussion gaps spotted in the current debates and the innovative methodologies and interdisciplinary themes of the potential future directions in the field of Childhood studies. References Spyrou, S., Rosen, R., & Cook, D. T. (2019). Reimagining Childhood Studies. Christensen, P., & James, A. (2017). Research with Children: Perspectives and Practices. Jenks, C. (2005). Childhood.
Poslední úprava: Javornicky Brumovská Tereza, Mgr., M.A., Ph.D. (10.12.2024)
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