SOCIOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD

SOC322

Course Code: SOC322
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Get information about childhood starting from infancy to the adolescence and about the nature of child development and socialization.
Learn to employ a new perspective of Sociology of Childhood, which assumes that children are passive participants starts from the assumption that children are active participants who both shape and are shaped by their social world.
Analyze childhood as a phenomenon through classic and modern theories.
Interpret the childhood period sociologically.
Evaluate the studies of childhood sociology in Turkey.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

The historical development of childhood and its adventure in different cultures will be given. In addition, this concept will be discussed sociologically based on research from conceptual and theoretical perspectives.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	What is childhood?
2^nd Week	The Strucute of Childhood
3^rd Week	Social Theories and Childhood
4^th Week	Research Methods and Ethics in Childhood Studies
5^th Week	A History of Childhood
6^th Week	Social Change, Family and Children
7^th Week	Child Culture
8^th Week	Mid-term Exam
9^th Week	Social Problemd and Social Policy
10^th Week	Child Rights
11^th Week	Poverty, Inequality and Children at Risk
12^th Week	The Situation of Children in Turkey
13^th Week	Childhood Sociology Studies in Turkey
14^th Week	Future of Childhood

Recommended or Required Reading

*Corsaro, A. W. (2011) The Sociology of Childhood. Third Edition.
*Mayal, B. (2013). A History of The Sociology of Childhood. London: Institute of Education Press.
*Onur, B. (2007) Çocuk Tarih ve Toplum. Ankara: İmge Kitabevi.
* Onur, B. (2009) Türk Modernleşmesinde Çocuk. Ankara: İmge Kitabevi.
* Wells, K. (2009) Childhood: In a Global Perspective. UK: Polity Press.
* Wyness, M. (2006). Childhood and Society. Second Edition.
UK: Palgrave and Macmillan.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Questions/Answers
Discussion

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz	0	0	0
Individual or group work	14	3	42
Preparation for Final exam	1	30	30
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	20	20
Laboratory (including preparation)	0	0	0
Final exam	1	3	3
Homework	2	6	12
Total Work Load			151
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.03
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5
K1
K2					X
K3	X	X	X	X
K4					X
K5					X
K6	X	X	X	X	X
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11
K12