Children, Youth and International Development MA

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    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Uxbridge

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The Children, Youth and International Development MA will equip you with the conceptual understanding and breadth of empirical knowledge to critically evaluate policy and practice in the area of children, youth and development.

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Uxbridge (Middlesex)
Brunel University, UB8 3PH

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About this course

IELTS: 6.5 (min 6 in all areas)
Pearson: 58 (51 in all subscores)
BrunELT: 65% (min 60% in all areas)

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Subjects

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  • International
  • Sociology

Course programme

Course Content

The programme combines three core taught modules (accounting for 90 credits) with 30 credits worth of options.

Compulsory
  • Critical Perspectives on International Development

Indicative topics of study: Introduction to international development; anthropology and the colonial encounter; anthropology as critical political economy: questioning policy, practices and perceptions of international development; development and the nation-state; development and indigenous knowledge; education and development; poverty alleviation and development; gender and development; anthropological perspectives on the environment; hidden livelihoods: economic analysis and the informal economy; ‘compromising only to be compromised’: applied ethnography and participatory research; international development and human rights.

  • Understanding Childhood and Youth

Indicative topics of study: Concepts of childhood and youth and their diversity across time and space; academic/theoretical approaches toward childhood and youth; intergenerational relations: families and social reproduction; the ‘ideal’ child and play; child labour/work; children’s rights; vulnerability and resilience; youth transitions; youth culture and globalisation; young people’s participation; young people, violence and class; youth migration and urbanisation.

  • Researching Children, Childhood and Youth

Indicative topics of study: the nature and philosophical foundations of social research; politics and ethics of social research, including considerations for cross-cultural research; special considerations for researching with children (including ethical issues); designing a research strategy for academic and policy research; designing monitoring and evaluation of projects; researching with/ in organisations; data collection (secondary data sources, fieldwork, collecting quantitative data, collecting qualitative data, visual methods, PAR etc); data analysis (quantitative and qualitative, discourse analysis, policy analysis, programme evaluation); communicating research – writing up and other dissemination strategies.

  • Dissertation

The choice of the topic for the research project is suggested by the individual student, but is subject to the formal agreement of the module leader. In general the topic is likely to be developed from substantive material covered elsewhere in the programme, and related to individual interest, experience and opportunities. The dissertation is usually developed from the research proposal produced in the research methods module, in discussion with a member of staff – the project supervisor.

Optional

(Please note, not all options are available every year and some have capped intakes.)

  • Sociology of Youth and Youth Work

Main topics of study: the study of the social world; society and social processes; the sociology of youth; deviance, control, crime and young people; sociology, youth work and the youth service; young people in non-western cultures.

  • Contemporary Issues in Youth and Community Work

Main topics of study: education and lifelong learning: roles for youth work; dimensions of social cohesion: class, race, gender and disability in youth and community work; the significance of community and community work; listening to young people’s voices; youth work, citizenship and society.

  • Social Policy

Main topics of study: youth work, youth service and contemporary social policy; the welfare state, youth work and youth service in the 21st century; young people's position in neoliberal societies; youth service in the welfare state; consensus and conflict in welfare policy; local and national services and NGOS.

  • Anthropology of Education and Learning

Main topics of study: education and learning: culture and cognition; learning and embodiment; education, learning and apprenticeship; learning, language and knowledge; learning, identity and social difference; learning and social memory

  • Anthropological Perspectives on War and Humanitarianism

Main topics of study: contemporary warfare and complex emergencies; humanitarian responses to contemporary warfare; origins of humanitarianism: from the founding of the Red Cross to Médecins Sans Frontières; war and ethnic violence; war, famine and scarcity; refugees and mass forced displacement; international criminal justice and humanitarian assistance; re-building war-torn societies. Ethnographic case studies from East Africa, West Africa, South America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East will be used to engage with these topics.

  • Psychological Development

Main topics of study: models and theories of development of children and young people; a critique of developmental norms, and of universalism; criticisms of the psychological gaze; a critique of developmentalism as applied to nations or individuals.

  • Applied Learning for Children, Youth and International Development (placement option)

Students opting for this module will undertake a short placement (a day a week for ten weeks) with an organisation that works in the field of children, youth and international development. Through the placement, a series of workshops and coursework assignments they will examine the relevance and responsibility of their academic studies to community, voluntary action and paid work, as well as having the opportunity to develop transferable, personal and subject specific skills to enhance their employability on completing their postgraduate degree.

Read more about the structure of postgraduate degrees at Brunel and what you will learn on the course.

Typical Dissertations

  •  Awareness, empowerment, change: unveilling child sexual abuse through participatory action research in Munsieville, South Africa
  •  'But they are wicked … we do not need them in this country': young offenders' understanding of their relationship with the police in Sierra Leone
  •  Children and adolescents from street situations in a drug rehabilitation residential setting - experiences and aspirations
  •  Children and young people's participation throughout the development project's life-cycle: a practitioners' perspective
  •  Conceptualisations of childhood embraced by INGO Vietnamese staff in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  •  Developing an understanding of the experience of children with international short-term volunteer tourists - a case study in an orphanage project in Ghana
  •  Emotional support program for children with HIV in Vietnam - Camp 'Colors of Love': a case study of global-local negotiation and internalisation
  •  Encouraging students to stay in primary school in Kenya: perspectives from students, parents and teachers
  •  Entrepreneurship: the best future for Ethiopia's youth?
  •  Evaluating the impact of participatory action research with young refugees and asylum seekers
  •  Exploring the individualised relationships between donors and recipients that are created through child sponsorship programmes
  •  Exploring the reasons behind girls' attractions into Kayayoo (portering) in urban Ghana: a case study from Madina and Makola in Accra
  •  Finding your voice in a culture of silence: a study of youth engagement with an INGO activism project in The Gambia
  • Gap year projects abroad: young people's motivations, experiences and challenges
  • How do cultural conceptions of care transform within a UK context? Experiences of young carers from minority ethnic backgrounds in the UK
  • 'It's all about children with their necks out like dinosaurs': exploring British Black Africans' views and attitudes towards images of African children
  •  'Our film is very good … and the London film is good too': children's experiences of creating their own films to explore and exchange their everyday life experience
  •  The impact of large-scale land acquisitions on children and young people's rights: the case of Dominion Farm Ltd in Kenya - children and young people, NGOs and government officials' perspectives
  •  The impact of school linking projects upon young people's perceptions of the Global South - a case study
  •  The negotiation of children's knowledge of the distant 'other': the role of the link between Oriel West London Academy in the UK and Victory School in Uganda in shaping children's understanding of life in Africa
  •  The Trinidad Youth Council perspective on policymaking and implementation
  •  Unaccompanied minors and the transition to adulthood: a qualitative study of their experiences in the care system of the UK and Spain
  •  Young people experiences of business trading apprenticeships in Anambra State, Nigeria
  •  Young people with disabilities' perceptions of self-efficacy and sport: a case study of Action Network for Disabled Youth (ANDY) in Nairobi, Kenya


Additional information

Teaching and Assessment Teaching A range of teaching and learning techniques are employed on the programme, most of which stress the active involvement of students in discussion and debate. The MA also emphasises reflective, independent learning, both by individuals and groups, and students are well supported to achieve this - through tutorials, workshops and seminar discussions. Staff place a strong emphasis on tutorial support and all students are assigned to a tutorial group. Regular tutorials focus on the development of study skills (critical reading and writing), careers support, exam and assignment preparation, feedback on assessments and help in developing research proposals. Assessment A variety of forms of assessment are employed on the course, which are intended to be formative as we as summative. These include essays, reports, student-led seminars, research proposals and presentations.

Children, Youth and International Development MA

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