BA (Hons) Working with Children 5-11

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Ormskirk

  • Duration

    3 Years

This degree will develop key knowledge and understanding in the study of children and childhood in the ‘middle years’ (ages 5-11) and place you at the forefront of developments and current thinking in this area. You will be supported in developing essential intellectual and practical skills, enabling you to become an effective children’s practitioner across a range of roles, equipped with the professional attitudes and qualities that will make you stand out to potential employers. Built on a strong underpinning of research, the programme places an emphasis on understanding the complexities and challenges of the contexts within which children live, develop and learn. International perspectives on children, childhood and education are considered with practical, real-life case studies. There are also opportunities to experience a range of work-based settings.

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Ormskirk (Lancashire)
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St Helens Road, L39 4QP

Start date

On request

About this course

You may join this programme with a high degree of confidence that you want to work with children aged 5-11 and their families and communities, but with some uncertainty as to the precise role or sector that’s right for you. This degree is designed to help you identify a potential role, for example working within a children’s charity, as a teaching assistant, in a hospital, museum or art gallery. The skills, knowledge and experience that you will develop are designed to place you in the strongest possible position to secure employment in such roles.

112 UCAS Tariff points on the new UCAS Tariff, for which no specific subjects are required, plus GCSE English Language and GCSE Mathematics at Grade C or Grade 4 or above (or equivalent).

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Subjects

  • Full Time
  • International
  • Education
  • Children
  • Practitioner
  • Childhood
  • Children’s health
  • Mathematicians
  • Flourishment
  • Social Policy

Course programme

Level 4 (Year 1 of Full-Time Programme)

WCH1001 Children 5-11: Children’s Identity (20 credits)

WCH1002 Contemporary Issues in Working with Children 5-11 (20 credits)

WCH1003 The Effective Children's Practitioner 1 (20 credits)

WCH1004 Children's Health and Wellness (20 credits)

WCH1005 Children's Social Contexts (20 credits)

WCH1006 Children as Learners (20 credits)

Level 5 (Year 2 of Full-Time Programme)

WCH2001 Children 5-11: Challenges in Childhood (20 credits)

WCH2002 Contemporary Issues in Working with Children 5-11: Researching Childhood (20 credits)

WCH2003 The Effective Children's Practitioner 2 (20 credits)

If you are studying the Education Workforce pathway, you will complete the following additional modules in Year 2:

WCH2007 Children as Mathematicians (20 credits)

WCH2008 Children as Communicators (20 credits)

WCH2009 Approaches to Learning (20 credits)

If you are studying the Wider Children’s Workforce pathway, you will complete the following additional modules in Year 2:

WCH2004 Children's Wellbeing and Flourishment (20 credits)

WCH2005 Children and Families: Equality and Injustice (20 credits)

WCH2006 Children and Communities: International Perspectives (20 credits)

Level 6 (Year 3 of Full-Time Programme)

WCH3001 Children 5-11: Inclusion - Opportunities and Dilemmas (20 credits)

WCH3002 Contemporary Issues in Working with Children 5-11: Dissertation (40 credits)

WCH3003 The Effective Children's Practitioner 3 (20 credits)

If you are studying the Education Workforce pathway, you will complete the following additional modules in Year 3:

WCH3006 Education and Curriculum (20 credits)

WCH3007 Contemporary Approaches to Learning within Alternative Educational Settings (20 credits)

If you are studying the Wider Children’s Workforce pathway, you will complete the following additional modules in Year 3:

WCH3004 Children and Families: Social Policy (20 credits)

WCH3005 Children's Lived Experiences (20 credits)

Additional information

International students enrolling on the programme in academic year 2017/18 are £11,575 per annum.

How will I be assessed?

 You will be assessed through a combination of written assignments, presentations, portfolios, practice-based tasks and a research project. There are no formal written examinations as part of the current assessment methods on this programme.
Who will be teaching me?

Well qualified and highly experienced tutors will be teaching on this programme, supplemented by input from external experts. You will be supported in your development by guided reflection, discussion and self-appraisal. Tutors will take an active role in modelling and scaffolding creative learning.

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