Historical Perspectives on Children and Childhood, 7.5 credits

Historiska perspektiv på barn och barndom, 7.5 hp

736A26

Main field of study

Child Studies

Course level

Second cycle

Course type

Programme course

Examiner

Johanna Sköld

Course coordinator

Johanna Sköld

Director of studies or equivalent

Judith Lind
ECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
Course offered for Semester Weeks Language Campus ECV
F7MCH Child Studies, Master´s Programme, Distance 1 (Autumn 2024) 202439-202443 English Distance C

Main field of study

Child Studies

Course level

Second cycle

Advancement level

A1N

Course offered for

  • Master's Programme in Child Studies

Entry requirements

  • Bachelor's degree equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen within the humanities, social sciences or the behavioral sciences with a major relevant to the programme. 
    Examples of fields:
    - anthropology
    - education
    - history
    - communication studies
    - media studies
    - language studies
    - psychology
    - social work
    - sociology
    - political science
    or equivalent
  • English corresponding to the level of English in Swedish upper secondary education (Engelska 6)
    Exemption from Swedish

Intended learning outcomes

After completion of the course, the student on advanced level should be able to:
 

  •  distinguish and discuss historical processes of continuity and change in regard to conditions for children and notions of children
  • identify which factors have influenced notions of children and childhood in the past and children’s conditions in historical contexts
  • Demonstrate ability to orally summarize, present and discuss research in dialogue with others
  • Demonstrate ability to identify and formulate child studies informed questions that can be answered through analysis of historical data
  • account for various intellectual traditions in the study of the history of children and childhood
  • Demonstrate proficiency to apply the method of source criticism in the historical analysis of children and childhood
     

Course content

The course demonstrates how historical studies disclose how childhood is defined by time and space; how change and continuity in children’s conditions and attitudes towards children and childhood are related to historical research on, for example, family, work, education and the welfare system. Such examples are used to discuss how the state, civil society and the market, as well as demographic changes, have influenced notions of children and childhood as well as conditions for children in regional, national and global settings. Factors such as gender, ethnicity, class and age categorization, etc. are discussed in relation to how they have affected conditions for children and their implications on the meaning and change of childhood. The course also sheds light on various research and methodological traditions in the field of the history of childhood.

Teaching and working methods

The teaching in this course is carried out online and consists of lectures, seminars, workshops and group work. In addition, the student will engage in independent studies.
 

Language of instruction and examination: English.

Examination

Examinations in the course consist of:

  • individual written assignment, grading scale: UG
  • recorded oral presentation in a pair of students, grading scale: UG
  • individual written assignment, grading scale: EC

A passing grade (E) in the course requires grade E in the individual written assignment as well as a passing grade in all other examinations in the course. Higher grades are based on the individual written assignment.

More detailed information is available in the study guide.

If special circumstances prevail, and if it is possible with consideration of the nature of the compulsory component, the examiner may decide to replace the compulsory component with another equivalent component.

If the LiU coordinator for students with disabilities has granted a student the right to an adapted examination for a written examination in an examination hall, the student has the right to it.

If the coordinator has recommended for the student an adapted examination or alternative form of examination, the examiner may grant this if the examiner assesses that it is possible, based on consideration of the course objectives.

An examiner may also decide that an adapted examination or alternative form of examination if the examiner assessed that special circumstances prevail, and the examiner assesses that it is possible while maintaining the objectives of the course.

Students failing an exam covering either the entire course or part of the course twice are entitled to have a new examiner appointed for the reexamination.

Students who have passed an examination may not retake it in order to improve their grades.

Grades

ECTS, EC

Other information

Planning and implementation of a course must take its starting point in the wording of the syllabus. The course evaluation included in each course must therefore take up the question how well the course agrees with the syllabus. 

The course is conducted in such a way that there are equal opportunities with regard to sex, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability, sexual orientation and age.

If special circumstances prevail, the vice-chancellor may in a special decision specify the preconditions for temporary deviations from this course syllabus, and delegate the right to take such decisions.

Department

Institutionen för Tema
Code Name Scope Grading scale
EXA3 Written assignment 4.5 credits EC
EXA2 Student-held oral and digital presentation 1.5 credits U, G
EXA1 Written assignment 1.5 credits U, G

Books

Arnold, John, (2000) History : a very short introduction Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780191776342, 9780191540189, 9780585486208, 9780192853523, 9781280374944, 0191776343, 0191540188, 0585486204, 019285352X, 1280374942

page 58-79

Golding, F. & Wilzon, J.Z. , (2019) Lost and Found: Counter-Narrative of Dis/Located Children Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 305-329.

In Moruzi, K., Musgrove, N. & Pascoe Leahy, C. (eds), Children's voices from the past: new historical and interdisciplinary perspectives [online resource]. page 305-329

Heywood, C, (2018) A History of Childhood, 2nd Edition [online resource] Cambridge: Polity. p 18-61
Marten, James Alan, (2018) The history of childhood : a very short introduction New Work: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780190681418, 0190681411

Musgrove, N., Pascoe Leahy, C. & Moruzi, K. , (2019) Hearing Children’s Voices: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1-25.

In Moruzi, K., Musgrove, N. & Pascoe Leahy, C. (eds), Children's voices from the past: new historical and interdisciplinary perspectives [online resource]. page 1-25

Rahikainen M & Fellman S. , (2012) On Historical Writing and Evidence Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 5-44.

In Rahikainen, M., & Fellman S., Historical Knowledge: In Quest of Theory, Method and Evidence [online resource], p 5-44

Sue Chen, S-W. & Moruzi, K, (2019) Children’s Voices in the Boy’s Own Paper and the Girl’s Own Paper, 1880-1900 Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 29-52.

In Moruzi, K., Musgrove, N. & Pascoe Leahy, C. (eds), Children's voices from the past: new historical and interdisciplinary perspectives [online resource]. p 29-52

Articles

Dodd, L, Fellow-Feeling in Childhood Memories of Second World War France: Sympathy, Empathy and the Emotions of History. Close Encounters in War Journal 2021 4, 123–147.
Duke Bryant, K.M. , Dutiful Daughters, and Brides: Family Strategies of Formerly Enslaved Girls in Senegal, 1895–1911 Women, Gender, and Families of Color 2019 Volume 7(1), 37-55.
Olsen, Stephanie, A Critical Conversation on Agency. Journal of the History of Childhood & Youth Spring2024, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p169-187. doi:10.1353/hcy.2024.a926862.
PANDE, ISHITA, SORTING BOYS AND MEN: UNLAWFUL INTERCOURSE, BOY-PROTECTION, AND THE CHILD MARRIAGE RESTRAINT ACT IN COLONIAL INDIA. Journal of the History of Childhood & Youth Spring2013, Vol. 6 Issue 2, p332-358. 27p.
Sjöberg, J., & Sköld, J. (2022). Selling Anonymity: The Market for Secrecy Around Illegitimate Births. Journal of Family History, 47(3), 261-277., Selling Anonymity: The Market for Secrecy Around Illegitimate Births. Journal of Family History 2022 47(3), 261-277.
Sköld J, Foberg E & Hedström J. , , Conflicting or complementing narratives? Interviewees’ stories compared to their documentary records in the Swedish Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse and Neglect in Institutions and Foster Homes. Archives and Manuscripts, 40(1): p. 15-28. 2012

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