Course

International Perspectives & Child and Youth Care Practices

Faculty
Applied Community Studies
Department
Child and Youth Care
Course code
CYCC 3900
Credits
3.00
Semester length
15 weeks
Max class size
35
Method(s) of instruction
Lecture
Course designation
Certificate in Global Competency
Industry designation
None
Typically offered
To be determined

Overview

Course description
This course explores child and youth care practices from a global perspective and examines how ideas about childhood, adolescence, and family are conceptualized across international landscapes. Students will examine how cultural, social, political, and economic contexts shape approaches to care, advocacy, and interventions for children, youth, and families worldwide. Students will analyze international models of care and consider issues related to social justice, inequality, human rights, and global health, particularly as they intersect with migration and settlement. The course also investigates how globalizing forces shape the lives and perspectives of young people, their families, and local communities.
Course content

The following global ideas guide the design and delivery of this course:

1. A global education enhances one’s capacity, as a Child and Youth Care practitioner, to understand and respond to the diversity in worldviews that exists within the Canadian context.

2. Child and Youth Care practitioners anticipate and assess the effects of globalization on the wellbeing of children, youth and families at local and international levels.

3. Knowledge of global events, practices and trends informs Child and Youth Care interventions, assessments, planning and advocacy efforts.

4. Exploring diverse worldviews and engaging in reflective practices, to identify personal biases and assumptions, foster the development of culturally responsive and ethical approaches to Child and Youth Care.

5. Emerging practices in international collaboration within Child and Youth Care, developed independently and through partnerships, offer diverse and innovative approaches to address the challenges posed by globalization.

Learning activities
  • Lectures
  • Discussions
  • Group work
  • Experiential classroom activities
Means of assessment

Instructors may use a student's record of attendance and/or level of active participation in a course as part of the student's graded performance.  Where this occurs, expectations and grade calculations regarding class attendance must be clearly defined in the instructor's Course Outline.

Typical means of evaluation will include a combination of:  

  • written assignments
  • exams and/or quizes 
  • presentations
  • group work 

This is a letter-graded course.

Learning outcomes

1. Identify and compare child and youth care practices across different countries and cultures

2. Analyze the influence of global issues such as poverty, conflict and migration on the wellbeing and development of children and youth, locally and internationally.

3. Evaluate policies and programs aimed at supporting children, youth, and families globally

4. Evaluate the structures and policies governing refugees and immigrants, and consider the application of child and youth care practices when working with young newcomers and their families.

5. Analyze the roles and interconnections among provincial, national and international organizations as well as Child and Youth Care-specific agencies in shaping policies and practices for young people and their families.

6. Identify the role of Child and Youth Care practitioners in advocating for policies, programs and practices that support the wellbeing of children, youth and families across the world.

7. Analyze how cultural, social and global factors influence diverse aspects of child and youth wellbeing including topics such as healthcare, mental health, education, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability issues etc.

Textbook materials

Textbooks and materials are to be purchased by students. A list of required textbooks and materials is provided to students at the begining of the semester.

Requisites

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

Course Transfers to Other Institutions

Below are current transfer agreements from Douglas College to other institutions for the current course guidelines only. For a full list of transfer details and archived courses, please see the BC Transfer Guide.

Institution Transfer details for CYCC 3900
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.

Course Offerings

There are no course offerings this semester.