MIED4310 ¨C Childhood and Youth studies: Key Thematic Areas

Course content

This course will introduce you to the selected key thematic areas pertinent to childhood and youth. Specifically, we discuss theories and empirical research on how digitalization, the blurring of boundaries between formal and informal learning, migration, and new and emerging manifestations of social inequalities affect children and young people and their education. Comparing European or Global socio-cultural contexts to the Nordic countries offers an opportunity for an informed and critical study of how childhood and youth are constructed within ¡®The Nordic model¡¯.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

?This course aims to help you develop the ability to:

• understand key theoretical perspectives on contemporary social change and critically apply them in examining issues related to childhood and youth
• demonstrate an understanding of how social change, such as digitalization, the blurring of boundaries between formal and informal learning migration, and new and emerging manifestations of social inequalities affect children and young people and their education
• demonstrate historical and contextual understandings of important issues relevant to children and young people, education, and global social change
• understand international and national policies and practices related to children and youth in the context of social change?

Skills:?

At the end of the course you shall be able to

• analyze and critically assess research on children and young people in diverse contexts, inside and outside of schools, and in the context of digitalization
• demonstrate conceptual understanding of the relationships among children and youth, education and social change?

Competencies:

?At the end of the course you shall be able to

• critically examine issues in and approaches to childhood and youth studies in contemporary societies
• identify a pertinent research issue in international studies of childhood and youth, particularly in relation to main perspectives and processes of social change
• apply relevant theories and methods in researching a specific topic
• present to professionals and non-professionals an issue in a focused manner in written and oral form, applying appropriate academic rules and procedures?

Admission to the course

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for?in Studentweb.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about?admission requirements and procedures.

This course is primarily for students enrolled in the Masters in Education¡¯s specialisation ¡®Education and Social Change: Childhood and Youth studies.?

Other master students at UiO, as well as eligible exchange students at master's?level, who are interested in taking this course can be admitted if there are available places.

Only students who have been admitted to this course may attend the lectures, seminars and examinations. ?

Ranking:?

All students enrolled in the specialisation have equal access to the course.?

Other applicants may be considered based on capacity. If there are available places, exchange students will be prioritized before master students on other programmes. ?

Overlapping courses

• 20 credits overlap with MIED2310 ¨C Childhood and Youth studies: Key Thematic Areas.

Teaching

The course combines lectures and seminars relating to the described topics. Active participation in group- and class-based discussions is expected.

There is a mandatory 80% attendance requirement for this course. If you do not fulfil the mandatory attendance requirement, you must complete an additional assignment prior to passing the course. The requirement for the additional assignment is at the discretion of the lecturer.

All the coursework is taking place at the University of Oslo Blindern campus.

Access to teaching:

A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.

Examination

You are required to write a term paper of 4300-5500?words as a home assignment.

You must have completed the attendance requirements for this course prior to taking the final examination.?

Two examiners will evaluate the exam. ?

The examination will count as the entire portion of the course grade.?

Language of examination

The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F?is a fail. Read more about?the grading system.

Resit an examination

Re-sit examination

• If you fail the exam you are allowed to re-sit the exam during the same semester.

• If you are ill?during the exam period?or have valid absence from the assignment you are allowed to re-sit the exam within the same semester.

• If you wish to retake the exam in order to improve the grade, you may do so during the next offering of the course. You have the opportunity to retake the exam without retaking the compulsory components unless there are changes to the requirements in the course in the semester that you register for retake.

More about examinations at UiO

• Use of sources and citations
• Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
• Withdrawal from an exam
• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Explanation of grades and appeals
• Resitting an exam
• Cheating/attempted cheating

You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.