Lecture: 4 hours/week
- Lectures
- Discussions
- Group work
- Experiential classroom activities
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.
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.
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.
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.
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