Childhood and Youth StudiesBA Hons

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Design a viable group research project
• Evaluate different research methods and paradigms
• Reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of different research methods and approaches to research
• Assess a range of qualitative research methods for use in research with children and young people in the social sciences

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Describe key elements of how children and adolescents develop from a theoretical perspective
• Explain how different stages of the growth and development processes are influenced by each other
• Recognise how external and internal influences (nature, nurture) impact and contribute to the development of self concept in an individual
• Discuss examples of social, emotional and cognitive development in children

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Describe how the development of the British education system has been influenced by social, economic, political and international factors.
• Distinguish between different types, purposes and practices of educational establishments in the past and in modern times.
• Reflect on the value systems and ideologies that have influenced the development of British and international education over time.
• Identify key theoretical influences on British and international educational processes.
• Draw comparisons on the impact of education and educational change on different people over time.

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Identify and examine a range of factors which can impact on human rights and responsibilities.
• Describe human, moral, legal and political rights, freedoms and equalities.
• Explain potential inequalities in national and international social policy and make recommendations for change.
• Situate self and educators within practice to evaluate and inform appropriate and ethical pedagogic approaches.

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Appreciate what different disciplines offer for understanding childhoods
• Discuss issues pertaining to inclusivity
• Engage in reflection about the topics under discussion
• Identify key concepts in relation to the study of childhood
• Engage in reflection on continuing personal, professional, and academic, development

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Critically assess the use and validity of different theoretical perspectives in understanding and interpreting specific perspectives on children and young people.
• Examine outcomes of processes of globalisation for children and young people by analysing specific cases.
• Apply knowledge and understanding of theories of globalisation to relevant cases in the UK and abroad to appraise outcomes for children and young people.
• Construct and present reasoned analyses of aspects of modern life and processes of globalisation.

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Demonstrate skills required for providing age/stage related learning experiences for individuals/groups.
• Examine theoretical concepts around professional practice and application in the workplace.
• Employ concepts of reflection to articulate personal and professional development goals.
• Critically evaluate your learning and experience and relate this to your future goals.

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Assess quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and be able to understand which of these to deploy in a research study.
• Reflect on the main issues around debates of the strengths and limitations of research with children and young people.
• Analyse research with children and young people.
• Identify and develop a topic appropriate for in-depth study and consider issues related to ethical and data protection issues.

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Analyse notions of youth identity and the influence technology has on identity construction.
• Evaluate the contribution young people make to society.
• Critically discuss the role of youth work in supporting young people’s transitions in contemporary society.

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Analyse the power of language and illustration in children's stories and picture books.
• Identify and examine the social and moral issues raised in different types of texts.
• Compare and contrast the literature published for children and young people.
• Interpret selected literature through a variety of media.
• Creatively apply a variety of theoretical frames to analyse children's literature.

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Use a social psychology perspective to explore the nuances of children's social development.
• Take responsibility for your own learning with minimum direction, in independent and group learning.
• Apply a detailed knowledge of formative social influences in children's lives.
• Critically analyse the forces and dilemmas which influence how children relate to the world around them.

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Discuss the key features of various learning theories/models.
• Examine how external influences impact and contribute to the development of learning in individuals.
• Consider how the theories of learning could be applied in an educational context.
• Demonstrate insight into your own approaches to learning.

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Engage with contemporary debates regarding colonialism, decolonisation and its legacies in Europe and Africa.
• Critically analyse primary and secondary sources.
• Present a reasoned argument in written form, using appropriate terminology.

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What you'll do

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Communicate clearly and effectively about social problems and their consequences.
• Evaluate strategies for addressing forms of inequality and/or sustainability and obstacles to their implementation.
• Demonstrate the ability to be an effective team player able to support others.

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What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Discuss the ways in which theories of gender and race intersect with other social identities such as class, age, and religion.
• Critically assess the use of different theoretical perspectives in understanding and interpreting specific discourses related to children and young people in education.
• Compare and contrast different positions in relation to children and young people’s lives and identities.
• Identify and analyse gender and race inequalities that exist in today’s educational institutions.

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Recognise the varying disciplinary perspectives on the concept of security within a criminological framework.

• Critically discuss the drivers of societal risk and insecurity.

• Recognise the nature and impact of economic and political developments.

• Explain and assess the many forms of threat to the security of states, corporations and individuals.

• Identify and assess responses to security threats at the global, national, local, corporate and individual levels.

• Locate, interpret, question and summarise information from a number of different sources.

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What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Assess key theories in intercultural communication research.
• Collect data/information and analyse it from an intercultural perspective.
• Research a certain aspect of culture and communication.

What you'll learn

When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

• Develop an understanding of the big issues and contemporary debates in education and teaching.

• Apply the fundamental concepts of teaching and learning theory to the planning and evaluation of a lesson plan.

• Understand the importance of safeguarding children.

• Reflect on current developments in teaching and learning.

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Discuss and reflect upon a range of perspectives related to play for children aged from birth to 12 years of age.
• Compare and contrast types and forms of children's play.
• Explore meanings of play in social and educational contexts.
• Evaluate experiences that enrich the play and learning of children.

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Critically discuss key marketing concepts.

• Retrieve and analyse appropriate real world marketing information.

• Apply theories of marketing to real world contexts.

• Distinguish between different forms of communication within the marketing context.

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What you'll learn

The learning objectives of this module are to be confirmed.

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of key sources, concepts, ideas, substantive analyses, and contemporary relevance.

• Demonstrate ability to compare and contrast analytical approaches to the study and explanation of themes and issues explored on the module.

• Communicate understanding and knowledge of complex ideas, concepts and themes and issues explored on the module clearly, effectively, and creatively.

• Work effectively, both independently and as a member of a group, to research, prepare and deliver a report.

• Produce an organised, well-structured and concise answer to an essay question demonstrating critical engagement with relevant texts and analyses.

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What you'll learn

When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

• Critically and reflectively engage with literature exploring nationalism from various disciplines
• Analyse current political and economic debates surrounding immigration
• Evaluate how global inequalities relate to nationalist social and political structures and ideologies
• Demonstrate an understanding of how the issues discussed are relevant at micro and macro levels globally
• Understand and critically question how nationalism and national identities are often taken for granted in Western societies, and how this relates to contemporary global power relations

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Examine current issues relative to traditional (i.e. print and/or broadcast) media
• Empirically analyse media texts in terms of ideological representation
• Identify and justify the selection of appropriate media texts and appropriate analytical frameworks in the formulation of a short empirical research project

What you'll learn

When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

• Know and recognize the varying disciplinary perspectives on the concept of the principles of economic crime investigation within criminological, legal, and economic frameworks
• Become familiar with the main types of organisations involved in investigating economic crime including SFO, NCA and FCA etc.
• Identify the different modes of investigative techniques employed in investigating economic crime
• Analyse information on the investigation techniques employed in real economic crime cases
• Gather, retrieve, and analyse information from a variety of sources

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What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Reflect on their learning and experience to date and use this as a basis to plan and organise suitable work experience(s) that will enable the development of their professional profile.
• Propose a programme of learning that enables the development and demonstration of specified professional skills.
• Critically evaluate their learning and experience and relate this to their future career goals.
• Communicate the outcomes of their experience through the effective use of reflective practice.

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Discuss conceptual and thematic aspects of the literature.
• Reflect on the ways that subjectivity is formulated at specific periods and is related to place and/or gender.
• Recognise the materiality and historicity of philosophical and theoretical concepts.
• Comprehend the significance of perception for the subject and in narrative voice.
• Define and critically assess key terms and concepts for theoretically-informed literary analysis.
• Demonstrate critically-informed close reading skills and contextualised literary analysis.

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Analyse the concept of social change and the role of young people in bringing about change in the UK and elsewhere.
• Identify strategies used by activists in the UK and international movements, and analyse the reasons for their success or failure.
• Consider the practical and ethical concerns for practitioners of social teaching methods when working with young people who want to bring about social change.
• Develop a researched change plan in response to a contemporary social issue or organisational deficiency using a systems approach.

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Formulate a plan to synthesise academic sources and relevant evidence.

• Critically review the key theoretical and empirical debates about the sociology of education.

• Interrogate ideas about the sociology of education from a range of relevant sources.

• Assess the relationship between education and other facets of contemporary society.

• Evaluate the current state of knowledge of education from a sociological perspective.

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Analyse the mechanisms employed in the pursuit of truth, justice and reparation for human rights abuses in selected countries.

• Analyse the effectiveness of transitional justice mechanisms in selected countries.

• Analyse how political, social, cultural, and legal factors facilitate or hinder transitional justice in selected countries.

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What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Critically engage with key theories and concepts in the field of personal life.
• Evaluate methodological approaches to researching personal life.
• Explore in detail an identified area of interest.
• Demonstrate learning through oral and written communication.
• Critically reflect on the learning undertaken.

What you'll learn

When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

• Analyse the different types of wildlife crime and summarise environmental factors
• Recognise and examine the importance of environmental justice and sustainability
• Locate, access and engage with information pertinent to environmental justice and wildlife crime
• Interpret and assess new and existing knowledge
• Demonstrate intellectual curiosity and identify further opportunities within the subject area

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What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Critically reflect on the competencies required within a placement environment.
• Identify and evaluate the learning experience and the relevance of this learning to future careers and professional development, identifying areas for improvement or further training.
• Self-evaluate their success in meeting the objectives identified in the learning agreement.

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What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Manage and complete tasks in a study relevant to their course, with an appropriate level of skill, initiative, independence and performance.

• Critically reflect on the formal learning experience and student ambassadorial role for the University, and consider the relevance of this learning to future study and/or employability and personal development.

• Critically assess how activities relate to disciplinary knowledge and practice covered on the student's undergraduate course within the global context.

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What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Design a viable dissertation.
• Make use of a range of current research or equivalent advanced scholarship in the relevant field.
• Deploy established and relevant techniques of analysis and enquiry within an ethical framework to a specific and focussed area relevant to children and young people.
• Critically evaluate assumptions, arguments and data (which may be incomplete) in order to form a judgement, frame further questions and identify potential solutions.
• Manage and reflect upon own learning and communicate in writing to a specified audience relevant to either the academic or workplace community.

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What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Critically consider the lived experience of families in need.
• Analyse relevant theory in relation to family experience.
• Critically apply knowledge of the context of policy and practice so as to extend understanding of the issues families face, and the social context they experience.
• Demonstrate confidence in considering complex problems within society.

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Critically evaluate the significance of aspirations for young people in the context of social theory.
• Apply theory to risk factors and current trends in the interpersonal relationships of children and young people to understand links with developmental needs and experiences.
• Conceptualise the influences that inform the aspirations and interpersonal relationships of young people.

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Develop a critical and well informed approach to how best to lead, manage and deliver equitable services for children and families in their work place.
• Develop knowledge and understanding of the wider philosophical and theoretical principles that underpin leading and managing practice in their field.
• Evaluate the notion of professionalism when working with children and their families and use critical reflection to explore professional identity.
• Develop knowledge and understanding of how to apply leadership and management theory to real world situations to provide equitable and outstanding services for children and families.

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What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Analyse the complexities of challenging behaviour in children and young people.
• Critically assess possible causes of challenging behaviour.
• Critically review strategies and processes used for managing behaviour across the 0-19 age range.

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Critically discuss knowledge of relevant theories, philosophies and concepts about outdoor education
• Develop a critical awareness of the role of risk in decision making and learning
• Critically apply theories of adventure learning
• Critically reflect on the child’s and the practitioner’s experience of outdoor education

What you'll learn

When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

• Develop a critical understanding of the big issues and contemporary debates in education and teaching.
• Analyse and apply the fundamental concepts of teaching and learning theory to the planning and evaluation of a lesson plan.
• Understand the importance of safeguarding children.
• Critically reflect on current developments in teaching and learning.

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Examine different concepts and models in relation to mental health issues in children.
• Reflect on the different sources and risk factors (pathological, social) that play a role in the diagnosis of mental health issues, and critically analyse how they interact.
• Critically analyse abnormal and disturbing behaviour as context-embedded and normatively defined problems.

What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Reflect on their learning and experience to date and use this as a basis to plan and organise suitable work experience(s) that will enable the development of their professional profile.
• Propose a programme of learning that enables the development and demonstration of specified professional skills.
• Critically evaluate their learning and experience and relate this to their future career goals.
• Communicate the outcomes of their experience, through the effective use of reflective practice.

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What you'll learn

The learning outcomes of this module are:

• Critically review the rationale and theory for current care system policies and practice on children and families.
• Evaluate the theories related to issues of trauma and resilience developed by children in vulnerable circumstances.
• Critically explore data related to looking after children and how it informs policy and practice.