Module Information
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 10 x 2 Hour Lectures |
| Workshop | 2 x 3 Hour Workshops |
| Seminar | 10 x 1 Hour Seminars |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Assignment 1 Written assignment of 2500 words | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | Assignment 2 Written assignment of 2500 words | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Assignment All failed elements of the assessments must be retaken if the students average mark falls below the required pass mark of 40 % New assignment titles will be issued Written assignment of 2500 words | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Assignment All failed elements of the assessments must be retaken if the students average mark falls below the required pass mark of 40 % New assignment titles will be issued Written assignment of 3000 words | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Demonstrate an effective knowledge and understanding of the social, political and historical background to current definitions of children's rights.
Critically review and discuss the concepts, arguments and principles surrounding children's rights
Critically examine legislation relating to children's rights.
Demonstrate a critical engagement with relevant source material.
Brief description
This module aims to enable students to understand children's rights in theory and in practice. The module examines the theory underlying different perspectives on children's rights and focuses on practical measures to promote children's rights, and seeks to evaluate their impact on children's lives.
Content
Lecture and seminar 1: Meanings of children's rights
Lecture and seminar 2: Recent developments in policy and practice : UN Conventions on the Rights of the Child
Lecture and seminar 3: Children's rights agenda and promotion of children's rights
Lecture and seminar 4: Mechanisms for representing children's rights within government
Lecture and seminar 5: Children's Act
Lecture and seminar 6: Roles and responsibilities of adults
Lecture and seminar 7: Rights and responsibilities in education
Lecture and seminar 8: Disabled children's rights
Lecture and seminar 9: Children's services
Lecture and seminar 10: The Court process
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | Occasional descriptive statistics in lectures and sources. |
| Communication | Communication techniques are a vital element throughout lectures and seminars. Spoken communication throughout seminar activities. Written communication throughout written assessments. |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Feedback from the written assignment and personal reflection during seminar tasks encourage improved performance. |
| Information Technology | Written assignments should be word-processed and one of the seminar tasks requires the development of a PowerPoint presentation. |
| Personal Development and Career planning | Not developed in this module. |
| Problem solving | An essential element in the process of critical assessment. |
| Research skills | Research is required for the main assessments and some of the seminar tasks. |
| Subject Specific Skills | |
| Team work | Seminar activities provide many opportunities for team work, including group presentations and debates. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6