Useful reading

To help you best prepare, your Programme Director has identified some pre-reading materials which will give you a head start on your programme.

Year 2

Tisdall, K., Davis, J., Fry, D., Konstantoni, K., Kustatscher, M., Maternowska, C., & Weiner, L. (2023). Critical Childhood Studies: Global Perspectives. (1 ed.) Bloomsbury Academic. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/critical-childhood-studies-9781350163218/

Year 3

Lareau, A., 2018. Unequal childhoods: Class, race, and family life. In 'Inequality in the 21st Century' (pp. 444-451). Routledge.

Goodall, J., 2021. Parental engagement and deficit discourses: Absolving the system and solving parents. Educational Review, 73(1), pp.98-110.

Lindgren, T. (2019). The figuration of the posthuman child. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 41(6), 914–925. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2019.1576589

Year 4

Invernizzi, A. & Williams, J. (2011) ‘The Value and Values of Children’s Rights’, in The Human Rights of Children. 1st edition [Online]. United Kingdom: Routledge. pp. 21–36.

Livingstone, S. et al. (2017) ‘Children’s Rights in the Digital Age’, in The Routledge Companion to Media and Human Rights. 1st edition [Online]. ABINGDON: Routledge. pp. 104–113.

Reynaert, D. et al. (2012) Between ‘believers’ and ‘opponents’: Critical discussions on children’s rights. The International journal of children’s rights. [Online] 20 (1), 155–168.

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