BA Childhood Studies(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Year 3

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year students should have provided evidence of being able to:

1. understand and demonstrate coherent and detailed subject knowledge and professional competencies some of which will be informed by recent research/scholarship in the discipline;

2. deploy accurately standard techniques of analysis and enquiry within the discipline;

3. demonstrate a conceptual understanding which enables the development and sustaining of an argument;

4. describe and comment on particular aspects of recent research and/or scholarship;

5. appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations of knowledge in the discipline;

6. make appropriate use of scholarly reviews and primary sources;

7. apply their knowledge and understanding in order to initiate and carry out an extended piece of work or project;

8. conform to professional boundaries and norms where applicable;

Skills Learning Outcomes
Creativity: The ability to develop innovative and purposeful ideas and approaches and to respond flexibly to a range of contexts.

Collaboration: The ability to work effectively and build positive relationships with others contributing to shared aims.

Academic skills: The ability to successfully work at the university level. This includes the ability to reflect on your learning, to deliver effective presentations, to search for and use relevant information, to use oral and written language appropriately, to reference sources correctly and follow the ethical and academic integrity guidelines.

Digital skills: The ability to use digital tools and resources to produce and adapt content for different purposes and be able to communicate constructively and professionally in online environments.

Communication: The ability to be clear, concise, focused and respectful, communicating constructively and professionally in both online and offline environments.

Critical thinking: The ability to evaluate, analyse and synthesise information and use evidence and theories to help you form your own arguments and ideas.

Analysing complex systems: The ability to understand the interrelationships between political, economic, cultural and ideological contexts, locally, nationally and globally, in the lives of children and their families and communities. This also includes the ability to reflect upon multidisciplinary perspectives, including psychological, sociological, philosophical and educational perspectives and consider how these underpin different understandings and approaches to childhood.

Valuing children’s voices: The ability to recognise children’s agency, seek out children and young people’s perspectives, and act as an advocate for them. This also includes recognising and reflecting upon the ethics of studying the lives of children and young people, and challenging inequalities in society.

Self-management: The ability to manage your behaviours, thoughts, and emotions in a conscious and productive way, knowing what to do and how to act in different situations and understanding your personal responsibility in different aspects of your life.

Competence Standards
1. Demonstrate knowledge in the field of Childhood Studies that is informed by recent research

2. Demonstrate knowledge of key research methods in the field of Childhood Studies

3. Demonstrate critical thinking in relation to key debates in the discipline of Childhood Studies

4. Complete an extended self-directed piece of work

5. Show awareness of professional boundaries and norms

Assessment

A variety of assessment approaches are used so that the diverse skills and experiences of students are recognised and acknowledged. Assessments provide students with the opportunity to focus on areas of interest enabling them to develop expertise relevant to future practice in their chosen careers.

Achievement will be assessed in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

- demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects of the discipline;

- work that draws on a wide variety of material;

- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;

- evidence of an ability to conduct independent, in depth enquiry within the discipline;

- work that is typically both evaluative and creative;