Msc International Childhood Studies 2010/11

Our Msc International Childhood Studies offers an innovative approach to the study of childhood. It explores the impact of global structures and processes on concepts of childhood and children’s experiences across the world. Students will develop a critical understanding of childhood as a set of social and cultural practices that are shaped by political and economic forces.

The MSc International Childhood Studies aims to provide students with a critical historical and international perspective on the construction of childhood; enable students to understand childhood as a site of social inequalities that are racialised, classed and gendered and provide students with the skills to produce high-quality independent research.

This programme will be of particular interest to anyone working with or intending to work with children in service provision or policy development, particularly in culturally diverse settings, or who has an interest in cultures of childhood.

Structure
The Msc is taught by a range of methods including: lectures, seminars, presentations and visual and text-based workshops.

Assessment is by coursework, except for Social Studies of Childhood which is assessed by a 3 hour examination paper.

Teaching pattern
There are two core modules, Social Studies of Childhood: key concepts and issues; and Political Economy of Childhood. PG Diploma and MSc students also take two option modules. Option Modules currently offered include Visual Cultures of Childhood and Children, Rights and Childhood. Relevant option modules may also be taken from the School of Psychosocial Studies with the agreement of the Programme Director. MSc students also complete a dissertation on a relevant topic. Classes in Research Methods for Dissertation are taught with the Msc Development Studies which gives students an opportunity for academic exchange with students working in the development sector.

The Msc is taught over two years, part time. The PG Cert/PG Dip may be taken part time over one or two years.

To apply on line from
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/study/pg/childhoodstudies/TMSINTCH.html


Programme Director
Dr Karen Wells’ researches the impact of globalisation on childhood and the material and visual cultures of childhood with a particular interest in ‘race’. She is the author of Childhood in a Global Perspective (Polity Press 2009). She is a member of the Working Group on Childhood and Migration at Rutgers University and the International Child and Youth Research Network.