Insights into the Lifeworlds of Children and Youth.
LE A111 Kids, Teens and Popular Culture
Learning Goals of the LE
• Know the theoretical concepts of culture, lifeworld, identity, habitus
• Communicate with one child/ youth and try and understand the lifeworld
from his/her perspective
• Understand how the child/ youth interprets and reconstructs his/her
social reality outside of school
• Conduct a small ethnographic field study: get an insight into the lifeworld
of a child/ youth through a topic (TV, cartoons or teenzines, cyberspace
[internet, smartphone, gaming…])
• Learn about one qualitative research method (ethnography)
• Acquire knowledge about how to work scientifically
• Document field study according to scientific standards
LE_A111: Goals, written assignments and work load/ Swann
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LE: Insights into the Lifeworlds of Children and Youth
Kids, Teens and Popular Culture:
Exploring identity building practices
in the everyday world of
children and youth's interactions with
TV, Cartoons, ‘Teen-zines’ and Cyberspace
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Written assignments for LE and Presentation
Project
draft
incl.
interview
guide
(due 20 Oct)
Final
group
report
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(due
26 Nov)
Indiv. Report
(due 13 Nov)
Transcribed
interview
+ reflection
Group
analysis
Group
analysis
Conclusion
Appendices
indiv. reports
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Work load for Learning Field LE:
4 ECTS-Points = 120 work hours (h)
In class:
11 in class seminars (4 hours)
44 h
36%
76 h
64%
Out of class:
Reading texts and conceptualizing and conducting
an ethnographic field study (results presented in
class)
Total
120 h 100%
Showcasing
Bring an example of popular culture into the classroom.
and talk about it for 1-2 minutes.
Sign up, please!
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