Objectives and competences
tudents:
• get to know basic terms, that were developed in modern sociology and anthropology,
• gain review over the basic sociological and anthropological views and theories
• gain basic understanding of division in the field of sociology
• gain basic understanding of thematizations of social phenomena of childhood
• develop the ability of disciplinar and inter- and transdisciplinar thinking
Content (Syllabus outline)
1. Physical, cultural and social universals of child and childhood
- child as a physical, social and cultural entity
- history of research of children and childhood
2. Cultural and social conception of child and childhood in cross cultural perspective
- cross cultural conceptions of the child and childhood
- life phases,
- models of transition and initiations
3. Socialization of the child
- basic concepts of socialization in different cultural and social contexts
4. Family as a child’s primar social and cultural setting
- forms and functions of the family in child9s life
- roles primar social groups in cross cultural perspective
5. Children outside traditional frames of socialization
- deviations in childhood in cross cultural perspective
- feral children
- development of deviant behavior of the child
- trajectories and outcomes of deviancy of childhood
6. Trends in modern societies
- overview of contemporary research of children and childhood
Learning and teaching methods
• frontal,
• groupwork,
• individual and group doscussion,
• individual work on text,
• individual research,
• multimedia presentations,
• case study.
The information and communications technology is used for educational purposes in the teaching and learning process.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and Understanding:
• understanding of the basic sociological and anthropological thematisation of child and childhood in cross cultural perspective
• knowledge about particularities within sociological and anthropological discussion of social phenomena of childhood,
• differentiation between particular sociological and anthropological discussions of the social phenomena
• mastering the basic conceptions of general sociological and anthropological analysis of the childhood
• mastering the basic conceptions of selected sociological analysis
• connecting different sociological and anthropological analysis
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Transferable/Key Skills and other attributes:
• understanding of sociological and anthropological phenomena of child and childhood,
• ability to analyse social problems
• understanding of particular sociological and anthropological phenomena
• recognition of disciplinar limitations of sociological and anthropological approach
• ability to recognize inter- and transdisciplinar linkage
Readings
1. LANCY, DAVID ( 2015) The Anthropology of Childhood: Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings, druga izdaja. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2. NATERER, ANDREJ (2012) Cestni otroci v globalni perspektivi: študijsko gradivo pri predmetu Antropologija cestnih otrok. Maribor: Filozofska fakulteta, 2012
3. CANDLAND, DOUGLAS KIETH (1993) Feral Children and Clever Animals: relfections on human nature. New York: Oxford University press.
4. APTEKAR, LEWIS in STOECKLIN, DANIEL (2014) Street Children and Homeless Youth: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. Springer.
5. DANZIGER, KURT (1970) Readings in Child Socialization. Oxford: Pergamon Press.
