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Undergraduate Course: Children's Rights: Policy and Practice (EDUA10204)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education and Sport CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis is an exciting time to be reflecting on the meaning, relevance and impact of children¿s human rights in Scotland. We have seen the recent incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots law. In the coming years there will be lots of opportunity to think about how this will impact on our perceptions of children and childhood, the relationship between children and adults, and the experience of children when they engage with us in our professional capacity. This course will examine critically a range of UK (and particularly Scottish) legislation, policies and services affecting children, through the concepts of childhood, rights and children's rights and the articles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The course covers a range of policy areas within the class sessions and a critical overview of how well different jurisdiction meets the requirements of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Course description Academic Description:
This course examines critically a range of UK (and particularly Scottish) legislation, policies and services affecting children, through the concepts of childhood, rights and children's rights and the articles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The UK Government ratified the UN Convention) in 1991, and is now legally bound to translate the articles of the Convention into all appropriate legal, administrative and other measures (Article 4). Children's rights are now one of the strongest influences on children's services in the UK, and have required substantive changes in legislation, policy and practice.

Outline Content:
Part 1: Introduces and critically analyses the concepts of 'childhood', 'rights' and 'children's rights', and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, to be continued throughout the course.

Part 2: Explores, evaluates and critiques a range of Scottish, UK and global legislation, policy and practice, by the CRC and through the concepts of 'childhood' and 'children's rights'.

Part 3: Evaluates whether the UK Government has met its obligations under the CRC, and to reflect critically on the concepts of 'childhood', 'children's rights' and the CRC.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  0
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 22, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 174 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Students submit an essay of 3500 words, worth 100% of the mark.
Feedback Students have the opportunity to receive feedback on their essay plans through the course assessment workshop. For summative assessments, written feedback to students is based on a course-specific marking rubric
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate critical understanding of the conceptual frameworks of childhood, rights and children's rights
  2. Evaluate the congruence between the UK (and particularly Scottish) legislation, policy and practice and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
  3. Demonstrate skills in accessing, using and critically analysing key policy resources (e.g. legislation, Government reports and guidance, research and statistics)
  4. Provide critical insight and solutions to current policy and practice dilemmas for implementing children's rights
Reading List
https://eu01.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/leganto/readinglist/lists/43376471420002466
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Every student and graduate is unique. They each have their own experiences, learning, and way of approaching life. The quality, depth, and breadth of their experiences while at the University of Edinburgh develop characteristic attributes that set them apart.

University of Edinburgh graduates have:
- curiosity for learning that makes a positive difference
- courage to expand and fulfill their potential
- passion to engage locally and globally

University of Edinburgh graduates are:
- creative problem solvers and researchers
- critical and reflective thinkers
- effective and influential contributors
- skilled communicators

The seven aspects complement each other. Various combinations of the attributes will be used in different contexts throughout our students' and graduates' lives, within and beyond their career, academia, and citizenship.
Keywordschildren's rights,concepts of childhood,UNCRC
Contacts
Course organiserDr Colin Morrison
Tel:
Email: colin.morrison@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Gabriella Szel
Tel: (0131 6)51 4906
Email: Gabriella.Szel@ed.ac.uk
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