EDF2059 · Childhoods in a changing world

Overview

This unit introduces you to theoretical perspectives that could contribute towards a reconfiguration of childhoods and offer imaginary possibilities for you to rethink what it means for children to be earth dwellers who are always intra-acting with everything in their worlds. You will engage with research to explore a range of issues in relation to contemporary global and local childhoods. This includes foci on gender, environmental and more-than-human perspectives to broaden understandings of challenges and possibilities facing children as citizens in a rapidly changing world. You will be encouraged to think creatively, ethically and critically about your responsibilities and sensitivities as teachers who make informed judgements and decisions that affect children’s childhoods, and children’s agency as global citizens.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. understand, discuss and apply key theoretical concepts underpinning contemporary childhood
2. identify and investigate a range of issues currently impacting on childhoods and discuss the role of education in working with children to address these issues
3. identify pedagogical approaches that enable teachers to design learning for children and create possibilities for practices that uphold children’s rights as global citizens

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: • 24 hours of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities; and • the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.