文学学士（荣誉）学位

童年研究是一个充满活力和令人兴奋的领域，近年来已扩展到包括来自心理学，社会学和精神分析的知识。该课程为从事婴幼儿工作的职业（无论是教育，保健还是儿童服务）奠定了基础。您对儿童的发展，童年的生态学（儿童在不同社会中的地位）有深刻的了解，并考虑我们的童年概念如何塑造和调节儿童的生活。您还将通过在每年的学习中进行实习来了解与儿童的直接合作，在那里您可以开始在理论与实践之间建立联系。评估主要是通过课程作业。
The BA in Childhood Studies at Essex is an interdisciplinary degree where we explore the social and emotional worlds of children from birth to 25. It is a wonderful introduction for students wishing to deepen their knowledge about children's lives and forge a career in children's education, health and well-being.Are you fascinated by children's behaviour What drives their development, what informs their behaviour and shapes their identity Do you want to help children with emotional, social, behavioural and education difficulties Why do some children falter through life's ups and downs, whilst others seem to thrive in adversity and are more resilient Do you want to make a difference to children's lives If so, this course is for you.Children today face a wide range of new and challenging experiences, including unprecedented access to media, wider cultural diversity, online bullying and larger school numbers. Their early experiences of childhood affect them for the rest of their lives. You can make a positive contribution to these formative years.Childhood studies is a vibrant and exciting field which has expanded in recent years to include knowledge from psychology, sociology and psychoanalysis. This course lays the foundations for a career working with infants and children, whether in education, health care or children's services. It can also lead to further study in a range of courses from social work or teaching to speech and language therapy.You gain a solid understanding of child development, the ecology of childhood (the place of children in different societies) and consider the way our concepts of childhood shape and condition children's lives. You will also learn about the direct work with children through undertaking a placement in each year of study where you can begin to make links between theory and practice; in year one this placement can be with children of any age, in year two this is focussed on infant observation. Assessment is mainly by course work.Topics include:Psychosocial approachesChild developmentAttachment theoryADHD, developmental trauma and AutismCriminological approachesPlay and infant observationThe social history of childhoodChildren in literatureTherapeutic work in groupsWellbeing and resiliencePsychodynamics of teaching, learningTherapeutic work groupsOur Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies is internationally recognised as one of the leading departments for work on the role of the unconscious mind in mental health, as well as in culture and society more generally.