This module will provide an introduction to the key theoretical frameworks and concepts in understanding children and childhood and the application of different approaches in policy-making.
The module will also examine contemporary issues related to children, such as children and migration, child labour, child abduction and trafficking in terms of understandings of children and childhood.
The lectures will be organized in four blocks:
1) Theorising childhood: the first block of the module will provide an overview of the key theoretical frameworks and concepts used to study children and childhood.
2) Contemporary debates: this block of the module will focus on contemporary issues and current debates on childhood studies. Topics will include: child labour, child abduction and trafficking, children and migration, etc.
3) Policy and practices: this block will examine the impact and consequences of some of the policy and practices concerning children i.e. children and work; child abuse;
4) Researching children: this block will introduce some of the cutting edge research on children and research ethics.