EDUC 713 : Global Childhoods

Education and Social Work

2025 Semester Two (1255) (30 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Critically investigates existing and emerging problems in the field of global childhoods. Using theoretical perspectives at the forefront of critical childhood studies and early childhood education, this course develops highly specialised knowledge addressing questions such as: How are concepts, such as sustainability, technology, media, and pandemic, affecting concepts of childhoods? How do global childhoods impact on curriculum, pedagogy and education?

Course Overview

This course is well-suited for professionals, teachers and others who work with or are interested in learning more about children and young people. It is also relevant to those interested in investigating contexts of practice, policy, and disciplinary knowledge as it explores notions and constructs of children and their global childhoods from various interdisciplinary perspectives.

Throughout this course, you will be introduced to national and international research that will challenge and extend your understanding of global childhoods. Drawing on various disciplines, including history, anthropology, philosophy, and sociology, you will examine the notion of childhood from local and global perspectives.

The experiences and ideas you bring, together with what you learn, will challenge you to develop your understanding of contemporary theories of childhood and expose you to a range of theories to reflect on your own experiences and practice.

You will learn and investigate how concepts such as sustainability, technology, media, globalisation and consumerism affect childhood experiences and childhoods. Furthermore, you will gain an understanding of children and global childhoods by exploring traditional, historical, and contemporary issues, including new global forces that influence and shape society, politics, education, children and childhoods. You will also develop theoretical understandings through exploring past and current research by leading academics.

Course Requirements

No pre-requisites or restrictions

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: People and Place
Capability 2: Sustainability
Capability 3: Knowledge and Practice
Capability 4: Critical Thinking
Capability 5: Solution Seeking
Capability 6: Communication
Capability 7: Collaboration
Capability 8: Ethics and Professionalism
Graduate Profile: Master of Arts

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Understand and critically evaluate the interdisciplinary underpinnings of childhood studies (Capability 3, 4 and 5)
  2. Interrogate the subject of child and childhood from diverse disciplinary perspectives (Capability 3, 4 and 5)
  3. Identify and analyse the non-biological deterministic notion of child and childhood (Capability 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)
  4. Articulate and critique contemporary manifestations of politics and policies in shaping childhoods (Capability 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Essay 30% Individual Coursework
Project 35% Individual Coursework
Report 35% Individual Coursework
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3 4
Essay
Project
Report

To be eligible for a pass in this course, students must complete all assignments and achieve an overall course mark of at least 50%

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 30-point course, and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 30-point course that they are enrolled in.

For this course, you can expect 36 hours of lectures/engagement with online resources, 164 hours of reading and thinking about the content and 100 hours of work on assignments.

Delivery Mode

Campus Experience or Online

This course is offered in two delivery modes:

Campus Experience Mode

Attendance is expected at scheduled activities.

Lectures may be available as recordings.

The course may include live online events including group discussions.

The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.

Online Mode

Attendance is expected at scheduled online activities.

The course may include live online events and these will be recorded.􀀎

Modules will be released progressively over the weeks of the course. Where possible, study material will be available at course commencement.

This course runs to the University semester timetable and all the associated completion dates and deadlines will apply.

Learning Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

No previous evaluation report is available. 

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework, tests and examinations as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against electronic source material using computerised detection mechanisms. Upon reasonable request, students may be required to provide an electronic version of their work for computerised review.

Class Representatives

Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Learning Continuity

In the event of an unexpected disruption we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the University Website for information about how to proceed.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

Published on 15/11/2024 12:45 p.m.