CHYS 3P99 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Norway, Toronto, The Purpose Driven Life
12 Oct 2018
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CHYS 3P99
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
CHYS 3P99: Contemporary Issues in Childhood and Youth
January 12th, 2018
What is participation?
• Young people have a right to say yes or no – decision making
• Young children have a right to have a voice *online* being heard and influencing decisions
o Allow children to speak online
• Young people can be involved – in activities
• Activism – being able to speak out
• Contributing materially
• Shaping culture, contributing to social relations
What is a child?
• A person in the world with agency
• Someone who’s under the age of 18
• Developing mentally and physically
Compared to:
• Teenager – children who are in their teen
• Youth – refer to older kids
• Young – children under the age of 12
• Role of advocacy for participation – e.g. “adventure playground”
o Safety playground aren’t good for children as it doesn’t allow them to take risks
• Agency: Capacity to make changes in the world
o ex. University environment
• Voice: allowing children to have a voice and express how they feel
o Ex. Vlogging
• Citizenship: something you acquire when you become an adult
o Ex. Voting
• Control: Having children to do the “dirty work”
o Ex. Teacher giving children certain rules
• Intersectionality: how children are located to pattern of identity and power
o Ex. Sexuality, age
Participation in Families
• Do children have a right to say no to extracurricular activities?
• Do children have to learn how to play piano?
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• Do children have to do what their parents tell them to do after school?
• Young people have a greater opportunity to participate online
• Young people in foster care – having the opportunity to have a say about their foster care
o Children who are in hospital and mental institutions
• Children can have a say on the streets and in their community
Mini Case Study: Dress Code
• Participation
• Advocacy
• Agency
o Where do these voices come from?
o Why are there a group of protest?
• Voice
o How the mainstream represents children and voice
▪ Who’s speaking and who isn’t speaking
• Childhood
o How might we use our concept of children and youth
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Document Summary
Chys 3p99: contemporary issues in childhood and youth. What is a child: a person in the world with agency, someone who"s under the age of 18, developing mentally and physically. University environment: voice: allowing children to have a voice and express how they feel, ex. Vlogging: citizenship: something you acquire when you become an adult, ex. Voting: control: having children to do the dirty work , ex. Intersectionality: how children are located to pattern of identity and power: ex. Week 2: participation within and beyond the crc. First quiz: main points in the article, mythology, some of the detail, what they did, read the articles, multiple choice. Why this shift: rise of neo-liberal political orientation, shift from manufacturing to service industries, partly because the movement of a lot of factories away, increase in automation. 2: better paying, rise in cheap consumer goods, shift from state and community to individual, erosion of expected roles.
