Университет Оксфорд Брукс, MA, Education - Childhood and Youth Studies

You will take nine modules.

The compulsory modules are:

• Research Methods (20 credits)
• Dissertation module (60 credits).

You will also choose:

• three modules from the MA Education – Childhood and Youth Studies
• two modules from any of modules on the ‘open route’ of the MA Education.

The course will explore issues including:

• What kind of experiences and settings provide the best environment for children and young people?
• International comparisons, for example, when should formal schooling begin and does the UK do too much too young?
• Learning to be citizens - what is the appropriate role for children and young people in participation and governance of schools/society?
• Resolving the conflict between giving children and young people independence and keeping them safe.
• Parenting and whether the state should teach us how to be good parents.
• How practitioners in children's services can work effectively to achieve the best possible outcomes for the children, young people and families they work with.

Our MA Education – Childhood and Youth Studies is an interdisciplinary Masters. It covers the span of childhood from birth to 18.

The course is suitable for those who work with children and young people, from a range of professional backgrounds. We have designed the course as an excellent grounding to develop your skills or further your career, either as a practitioner or researcher.

You will examine:

• the role of services for children and young people
• the challenges this provides for practitioners and policy makers
• the ways in which these services position children and their families.

You will also explore alternative conceptions of childhood and youth. And consider children and young people's lives and experiences through the social, economic, technological and global contexts in which they are situated.

We have good working relationships with:

• local mainstream and special schools
• children's centres
• other services for children enabling.

So you will have opportunities for visits and placements.