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Instructors: Dr. Ingo Stamm
Event type:
Seminar
Displayed in timetable as:
00b1a
Hours per week:
2
Language of instruction:
German
Min. | Max. participants:
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Comments/contents:
Seminar:
Children’s rights and social work from an international perspective
Lecturer: Dr. Ingo Stamm
University of Jyväskylä,
Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius, Finland
Learning content:
The seminar is concerned with the importance of children’s rights for social work practice in Germany and from an international perspective
The seminar covers:
- a short history, the main content and current developments of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCR);
- insights into discourses on rights and childhood, tensions between rights and responsibilities, empowerment and participation versus vulnerability and protection as well as historical and cultural constructions of childhood;
- knowledge on the German Child and Youth Welfare system and its connection to the UNCR. The perspective is widened to the European and international level by showing e.g. the Finnish system as a contrasting case;
- an excursion to international social work in the field of children’s rights; introduction of the International Social Service, German branch, which includes issues such as cross-national child protection, family conflicts and child abduction;
- knowledge on child poverty in Germany; challenges for a children’s rights based social work.
Students will need to engage in academic literature on the chosen topics, make links to relevant national and international policies and legislation as well as to social work practice.
Learning outcomes / objectives:
At the end of the seminar the students:
- gained knowledge on the historical development and practical implications of the UNCR, the role of the UN Committee and other important bodies;
- are aware about the most important discussions on children’s rights in Germany and in an international perspective, including current debates on the German Child and Youth Welfare system. This includes issues such as inclusion, child poverty and international child protection;
- are prepared regarding practical implications of the UNCR and the challenges for a human rights based social work practice;
- know about the key principles for international social work in regards to children’s rights.
Teaching and learning formats:
Joint online sessions, recorded lectures, online-based group work, individual reading and writing tasks, joint feedback sessions
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