Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module students will be able to:
1. Critically reflect on the sociological foundations of childhood and schooling through macro and micro perspectives
2. Deepen understanding of how children and youth experience their education and of the intersectional influences of gender,
ethnicity, social class, dis/ability and sexualities on those experiences
3. Critically consider the impact of education on the realisation of children's rights and the re/production of in/equalities
4. Critically consider the impact of rights, equalities and voice to pedagogies for social justice and teacher beliefs about ‘good’
teaching
Indicative Module Content:
1. Thinking about children, their learning and schooling: sociological perspectives 1
2. Thinking about children, their learning and schooling: sociological perspectives 2
3. Equality and Schooling: an Introduction
4. Social Class inequality in education: research in theory
5. Social Class inequality in education: research in action
6. Doing’ boy and ‘doing’ girl – gender and sexualities in school 1
7. Doing’ boy and ‘doing’ girl – gender and sexualities in school 2
8. Race, ethnicity and migration in children’s lives in school 1
9. Race, ethnicity and migration in children’s lives in school 2
10. ‘Being smart’ in school: sorting and selection through assessment and grouping practices
11. What is good teaching? – Pedagogies for Social Justice
12. Wrapping it up: What have we learned about social justice and equality in children's experience of school