Contemporary Youth Issues

Uitgebreide vaknaam	Contemporary Youth Issues
Leerdoelen	After completing this module, students are expected to be able to: • Outline contemporary youth issues for youth with different backgrounds and opportunities • Discuss the impact of the issues covered in the course for wellbeing of contemporary youth • Evaluate policies and programs in place to tackle contemporary youth issues • Formulate policy recommendations for a self-selected topic within the range of contemporary youth themes discussed in the course • Communicate scientific evidence and insight in a format that is accessible to experts from the practical field
Omschrijving	This module acquaints students with a selection of contemporary topics in global youth research and policy making. In doing so, we focus on key challenges faced by young people today, ranging from issues surround health to sexuality, migration and minority status, to unemployment. In a series of lectures partly given by experts in specific fields, we tackle a range of questions including “What is the issue in narrow definition?”, “Why do we need to talk about this issue?”, “Scientifically, how should this issue be tackled?”, and “What are current approaches to tackling this issue?”. Students are expected to be active co-producers of knowledge by researching, presenting, discussing, and making well-founded suggestions for improvements to policies affecting contemporary youth issues.
Uren per week	variabel
Onderwijsvorm	hoorcollege, werkcollege
Toetsvorm	deelname, opdrachten, presentatie
Vaksoort	master
Coördinator	L. Baams, PhD.
Docent(en)	L. Baams, PhD. ,dr. T. Kretschmer
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Opmerkingen
Opgenomen in	Opleiding Jaar Periode Type Ma Pedagogische wetenschappen  (Ma Pedagogische wetenschappen (Youth, Society and Policy)) 1 semester I a Febr18, Sept18