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| SYLLABUS |
| Children, Socialization and Social Interaction,
10 ECTS Credits |
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COURSE CATEGORY Master´s Programme in Child Studies
MAIN FIELD OF STUDY Child studies - BRA
SUBJECT AREA
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COURSE CODE |
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| AIM OF THE COURSE |
On completion of the course, students should be able to
- display understanding of the interactional organisation of commonplace social practices in which children take an integral part. This includes students’ recognition of commonplace notions of childhood and children in society, as well as their grounding in local interactional exchanges.
- demonstrate a critical awareness of traditional notions of socialization,
- identify participant-oriented approaches to the study of children and childhood as well as to critically examine mainstream studies of children, grounded on developmentalist notions of childhood,
- recognise and be able to discuss the most central issues in empirical inquiries into children’s discourse in a variety of settings, including family, school and the peer group. |
| CONTENTS |
The course comprises two parts. The first part addresses some critical issues in traditional academic approaches within child studies. In particular, a developmentalist bias is identified in mainstream research and a participant-oriented perspective is presented as an alternative understanding of children’s social worlds. The importance of rigorous empirical examination of children’s interaction in a variety of mundane as well as institutional contexts is stressed throughout the course. Furthermore, the first part of the course identifies the central contexts in studies of children’s interaction, including school, peer play and mundane interaction within domestic spheres. The research perspectives presented here include work within ethnomethodology, conversation analysis as well as discursive psychology. These partly related approaches to social interaction are presented for their value in approaching a children’s perspective on childhood and children-in-society.
Students’ understanding of interaction-based research is further deepened in the second part of the course, where different areas of inquiry (e.g., studies of learning, morality, bilingualism) are offered as sets of optional modules. Students may choose one module for specialisation.
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| TEACHING |
All teaching takes place within an electronic teaching platform. Methods of instruction include written lectures, which partly introduce the central themes in the literature, as well as teacher moderated peer discussions. Furthermore, students submit written assignments and/or literature reviews. The Internet based format of the course requires a high degree of self-activity from students. Students will be expected to take an active part in their learning experience and to be able to work independently as well as in pairs or groups with other students.
Language of instruction: English. |
| EXAMINATION |
Each course module is concluded with a compulsory written assignment. All course assignments must be completed and approved before students can receive credits for the course. Course examination takes form of a longer essay, documenting students’ achievements during the entire course, including their specialisation on a topic relevant for the course aims.
Students failing an exam covering either the entire course or part of the course two times are entitled to have a new examiner appointed for the reexamination.
Students who have passed an examination may not retake it in order to improve their grades. |
| ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS |
A bachelor’s degree (kandidatexamen) of at least 180 ECTS credits, including a 15 ECTS credit degree paper or equivalent, and
1. In-depth studies of at least one year in a field relevant to the programme, including a degree thesis or final paper (equivalent). Relevant fields for in-depth studies are anthropology, education, history, communication studies, language studies, psychology, sociology and political science.
2. Documented knowledge of English equivalent to "Engelska B"; i.e. English as native language or an internationally recognized test, e.g. TOEFL (minimum scores: Paperbased 550 + TWE-score 4.0, computorbased 213 and internetbased 79), IELTS, academic (minimum score: Overall band 6.0 and no band under 5.0), or equivalent. |
| GRADING |
| The course is graded according to the ECTS grading scale A-F |
| CERTIFICATE |
| Course certificate is issued by the Faculty Board on request. The Department provides a special form which should be submitted to the Student Affairs Division. |
| COURSE LITERATURE |
| The course literature is decided upon by the department
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| OTHER INFORMATION |
Planning and implementation of a course must take its starting point in the wording of the syllabus. The course evaluation included in each course must therefore take up the question how well the course agrees with the syllabus.
The course is carried out in such a way that both men´s and women´s experience and knowledge is made visible and developed. |
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Children, Socialization and Social Interaction
Children, socialization and social interaction |
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Department responsible
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TEMA - The Tema Institute |
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| Registrar No: 1322/06-41 |
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Course Code: 736A19 |
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Exam codes: see Local Computer System |
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| Subject/Subject Area : Child studies - BRA |
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Education level |
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Field of Education |
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Advanced level |
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BRA |
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SA |
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The syllabus was approved by the Board of Faculty of Arts and Science 2008-09-10
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