Children, Childhood and Children's Rights: Law, Policy and Practice (SP0070)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : SPS-P-SPCLP

This course will use the concepts of 'childhood', 'rights' and 'children's rights' to consider critically law, policy and practice that affect children, within such areas as education, family-workplace, juvenile justice and other social work services, and health.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of Social and Political Studies), (School of Social and Political Studies, Schedule J)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Wednesday	16:10	18:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course and independent study, students should:
- Have knowledge of a range of conceptual frameworks of 'childhood' and 'children's rights', across academic disciplines
- Know and be able to discuss critically the key principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Be able to evaluate the congruence between selected legislation, policy and practice and conceptualisations of 'childhood', 'child development' and children's rights
- Have developed knowledge and analytical perspectives on particular areas of legislation, policy and practice that affect children
- Have participated in group discussions and been involved in active group learning.
- Gained experience in accessing and critically analysing policy documents and reports, including web resources
- Gained experience in the critical analysis of statistics and research reports/ papers