MSc Anthropology of Childhood, Youth and Education

United Kingdom

Brunel University London

Course Overview

Anthropology of Childhood, Youth and Education MSc was the first degree of its kind to be established and is still unique in its deep anthropological exploration on what it is to be a child or to be young. As part of the course, you will look at historic perceptions of childhood in the West to the development of European rights of protection, compared to experiences of childhood in other parts of the world, like the street children of Brazil. In a module on learning and education, you will compare physical development stages, including how learning is acquired and universal patterns of play, to the range of ways children are prepared or educated to fit cultural expectations. The courses key organizing principle is that understanding children requires the study of how their relations with others €“ peers, older and younger children, parents, teachers, and other adults €“ inform their practices, identities, and world views.