SSJ20010 Childhood Inequality in a Global Context

Academic Year 2018/2019

The aim of this module is to enable students to develop a critical, multidisciplinary, child-centred perspective on inequalities in the global context. Inequalities between children and adults as well as divisions which cut across childhood such as socio-economic difference, gender and race/ethnicity will be examined in the broader context of the disparities in resources and opportunities between children in poorer majority-world countries compared with those in richer minority-world countries. There will be a particular emphasis on the interaction between the global and the local in terms of the political, economic and cultural conditions which shape childhoods around the world. The module will examine such issues as child-adult relations; children’s rights; child poverty; school/work; child trafficking; children affected by conflict; children and environmental justice. Overall the module will provide students with a clear set of conceptual and analytical tools for critically analysing and challenging global inequalities between children.

We encourage you to search for other School of Social Justice modules. Graduates who have completed at least 15 credits of undergraduate electives offered by the School of Social Justice will have this noted on their UCD transcripts as the completion of Structured Electives in Social Justice.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Present a critical, research-informed assessment of the effects of inequalities on children's lives
2. Explain, in a theoretically-informed, research-informed manner, the various factors contributing to inequalities between children within and across majority and minority world countries.
3. Demonstrate a sound, theoretically-informed understanding as to why differences between children arising from gender, social class, disability, ethnicity/race, regional location and other relevant differences contribute to inequality.
4. Devise a clear research-informed framework for helping to eliminate global inequalities between children.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Specified Learning Activities

24
Autonomous Student Learning

54
Total

102
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

There are no academic pre-requisites, however, students should have an interest in the field.



Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Equivalents:
Childhood Inequality (EQUL20010), Childhood Inequality (EQUL27010)

 
Description % of Final Grade Timing
Essay: End of Term Paper

65

 Coursework (End of Trimester)
Assignment: Poster Assignment

25

 Week 7
Attendance: Attendance and participation

10

 Throughout the Trimester

Compensation

This module is not passable by compensation

Resit Opportunities

In-semester assessment

Remediation

If you fail this module, you may avail of a resit opportunity. This will be offered during the following semester and will take the form of the submission of written work. Details of the assessment will normally be provided on Blackboard. The deadline for submission will normally be no earlier than week 8 of the semester and no later than week 10. If you are in any doubt about the details, please contact the School office