Rights, Protection and Justice (898L5)
Global Childhoods; Rights, Protection and Justice
Module 898L5
Module details for 2022/23.
30 credits
FHEQ Level 7 (Masters)
Module Outline
This module will explore legal and rights frameworks relating to children and young people, with a particular emphasis on international conventions and perspectives. The first part of the module will involve an exploration of three areas of law: children's rights; child protection/welfare and youth justice/offending.
Explorations of these topics will include an examination of ideas of globalisation and post-colonial critiques where relevant. In the second part of the module case studies will be used to critically explore these issues in relation to practice with children and young people, drawing upon examples from the developed and developing world. An indicative list of practice topics for exploration includes:
children/ young people and work;
children and poverty;
children and homelessness;
children and criminal justice;
children and refugee status;
children and the family.
The module will make connections between policy and practice approaches to children and youth in majority and minority worlds as well as through linking themes such as migration, adoption and child trafficking. We will however pay particular attention to the specificities of work within a development context including an exploration of the practice issues asssociated with work in refugee camps and with street children.
Module learning outcomes
Demonstrate critical engagement with key legal, policy and rights frameworks relating to children and young people.
Demonstrate a critical understanding of children and young people's rights and experiences within a transnational context.
Demonstrate a critical awareness of the ways in which legal, policy, and rights frameworks are situated within international, cultural, historical, political and socio-economic contexts.
Demonstrate knowledge of the ways in which unilateral, bilateral and grassroots influences shape child and youth focused intervention.
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Essay (5000 words) | Semester 2 Assessment Week 2 Mon 16:00 | 100.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Semester | Seminar | 3 hours | 11111111111 |
How to read the week pattern
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Dr Rachel Burr
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Mr David Morris
Assess convenor
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