Project:The Sociology of Youth

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• present research findings in a clear and coherent fashion through oral presentation, making use of appropriate visual aids;
• relate your findings to relevant theoretical, conceptual and empirical material considered in the co-requisite module SOCI3008: Sociology of Youth
• produce a concise written summary of research findings in the form of supporting documentation for an oral presentation;
• work effectively in a group
• clearly identify and define a research question;
• reflect critically on your experience of conducting a group project, and on the lessons of the experience for your future learning and group work experiences.

Given the project-based nature of this unit, it is not possible to specify curriculum content in detail. Potential topic areas for the unit might incude: an exploration of a specific area of youth policy; an exploration of some aspect of social inequality as it specifically affects a particular sub-group of the youth population; an exploration of some aspect of young people’s domestic and/or housing transitions; a focus on some aspect of young people’s civic and/or political engagement; a focus on some aspect of young people’s leisure activities. Previous topics have included: young people and civic engagement; drug use; youth homelessness; strategies for reaching socially excluded young people; teenage pregnancy; binge drinking; sexual health awareness; and the fear of ‘hoodies’.

Teaching and learning methods

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Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

France, A (2007). Understanding Youth in Late Modernity. Open University Press.

Nayak, A and Kehily, M (2008). Gender, Youth and Culture: Young Masculinities and Femininities. Palgrave.

Furlong, A and Cartmel, F (2007). Young People and Social Change: New Perspectives. Open University Press.

Assessment strategy

Assessment will be by means of two elements: i) a group presentation of approximately half-an-hour (twenty minutes presentation, ten minutes discussion) in which the members of the group will present their research and their findings; ii) a group-produced 5-10 page handout to accompany the group presentation, in which the group summarise their study, their findings, and the linkage of this material to relevant theoretical, conceptual and empirical issues considered in the co-requisite unit; students may also suggest ways in which the research they have undertaken might be carried forward in greater detail.

Marks will be awarded on a collective basis (with the proviso that any registered student who fails to participate in the group activity will be awarded a mark of zero).

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External