TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree Without Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Associate Professor Çiçek Coşkun
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Get information about childhood starting from infancy to the adolescence and about the nature of child development and socialization. 2) 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. 3) Could analyze childhood as a phenomenon through classicand modern theories. 4) Could critically examine the latest debates and studiesin the field of childhood sociology, thus could contribute shaping current and/or future child policy.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	-
COURSE DEFINITION	This course explores childhood, from infancy to adolescence, and the nature of children's development and socialization. While the subject of the course covers the institutions and social factors that shape the child, it focuses on the new Childhood Sociology perspective, which assumes children as active participants who are both shaped by and shape the social world, rather than as passive participants. This course will also contribute to the determination of current or future child policies by focusing on the future of childhood.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Social Theories on Childhood 2nd Week The Strucute of Childhood 3rd Week Research Methods and Ethics in Childhood Studies 4th Week Historical Perspective to Childhood 5th Week Social Change, Family and Children 6th Week Child Culture 7th Week Children, Play and Peer Groups 8th Week Mid-term Exam 9th Week Children, Social Problmes and, Social Policy 10th Week Children Rights, Poverty, Inequalityand Children under Risk 11th Week Future of Childhood 12th Week Specific Research Theme:City and Children 13th Week Specific Research Theme: Child and Cinema 14th Week Specific Research Theme: Working Children
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	*Corsaro, A. W. (2011) The Sociology of Childhood. Third Edition. *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,Discussion,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 20 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz 0 0 0 Individual or group work 14 12 168 Preparation for Final exam 1 26 26 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 20 20 Laboratory (including preparation) 0 0 0 Final exam 1 2 2 Homework 2 20 40 Total Workload 300 Total Workload / 30 10 ECTS Credits of the Course 10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No