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Young People, Social Inclusion & Change

Background

This programme is designed to extend knowledge of the development of young people and their experiences of social change that can be useful to a wide variety of individuals and agencies, for example in health and housing fields, parents, teachers, schools, education managers, policy makers and young people themselves.

What will you get from this programme?

The programme aims to provide you with:

  • An understanding of the ways in which young people’s lives are changing in modern societies.
  • Knowledge of research, policy and practice relating to young people’s experiences in a range of contexts such as leisure, education, training, the labour market and households.
  • An awareness of issues affecting vulnerable groups such as those with mental health issues, teenage parents and homeless young people.
  • An understanding of the ways in which young people develop emotionally and physically and the ways in which these processes are affected by processes of social change.
  • The opportunity to study different areas of young people’s lives, including crime and the criminal justice system, sexuality, disability, drugs and alcohol and the family.

Introductory Reading

If you have a chance to do some reading before beginning your programme, any one or more of the following books will be useful as background:

  • Furlong, A and Cartmel, F. (2007) Young people and social change, 2nd edn, Open University Press
  • Furlong, A. (2009) Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood, Routledge
  • Lindon, J. (2007) Understanding Children and Young People: Development from 5-18 Years Hodder Arnold