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BARN3300 - Children and Development in the Global South

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Vurderingsordning

Vurderingsordning: School exam
Karakter: Bokstavkarakterer

Vurdering Vekting Varighet Delkarakter Hjelpemidler
School exam 100/100 4 timer

Faglig innhold

The course provides opportunities for students to develop systematic knowledge of how young people are impacted by and respond to various development processes. It engages with how national and international development goals (Millennium Development Goals/Sustainable Development Goals) and policies (such as structural adjustment programs, and international trade) translate into and influence the well-being of children and young people in the Global South. The course also presents critical perspectives on the interplay between childhood, culture and sustainable development. Specific topics covered may include

  • an overview of development theories and childhood theories
  • young people and socio-cultural change
  • the meanings and values of children
  • interventions for children in difficult circumstances (e.g. street children, refugee children)
  • child labour/children's work
  • children's rights in international development
  • gender and education
  • children, migration and social change
  • childhood poverty
  • impacts of HIV/AIDS on children
  • politics of orphanhood
  • children and emergency circumstances
  • youth, participation and political activism

Læringsutbytte

Knowledge

The student has:

  • In-depth knowledge of how children in diverse familial, social, economic, cultural and political contexts of the Global South fare in their lives.
  • Advanced interdisciplinary understanding of the complex interrelationship between development processes and young people's everyday lives.
  • Knowledge of diverse programs and interventions to enhance the well-being of children and young people in the Global South.

Skills

The student has:

  • The skill of critically evaluating ongoing research and scholarship in the field of children and socio-economic and cultural change.

General competence

The student has:

  • A general understanding of the experiences and expectations of childhood in the Global South.

Læringsformer og aktiviteter

Total lecture and seminar hours: approximately 30 hours.

Students are required to write a term paper on a topic related to the content of the course. The term paper needs to be approved before students are qualified for the final written examination. Students must present their own term paper and will be assigned to comment on another student's term paper.

Obligatoriske aktiviteter

  • Attending lectures is compulsory (minimum 80%)
  • Approved term paper

Mer om vurdering

Students who have completed compulsory activities do not have to do these again before re-sitting the exam.

Forkunnskapskrav

Admittance to the course requires a bachelor's degree in social science or equivalent.

Students in the master’s programme in Childhood studies will be prioritised.

Kursmateriell

Information will be given at the beginning of the semester.

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Versjon: 1
Studiepoeng:  7.5 SP
Studienivå: Høyere grads nivå

Undervisning

Termin nr.: 1
Undervises:  HØST 2023

Undervisningsspråk: Engelsk

Sted: Trondheim

Fagområde(r)
  • Barndomsstudier
  • Samfunnsvitenskapelige fag
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Emneansvarlig/koordinator:

Ansvarlig enhet
Institutt for pedagogikk og livslang læring

Eksamensinfo

Vurderingsordning: School exam

Termin Statuskode Vurdering Vekting Hjelpemidler Dato Tid Eksamens- system Rom *
Høst ORD School exam 100/100 04.12.2023 15:00 INSPERA
Rom Bygning Antall kandidater
SL111 lyseblå sone Sluppenvegen 14 16
SL317 Sluppenvegen 14 1
Vår ORD School exam 100/100 23.05.2024 09:00 INSPERA
Rom Bygning Antall kandidater
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