Youth culture and identity

6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1023348BNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences

Department

Educatiewetenschappen

Educational team

Geert Vandermeersche (course titular)
Line Dalile

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
8 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals

Course Content

There is a special relation between on the one hand popular culture (movies, music, digital culture, …) and on the other hand the identity of young people. Historically, popular culture has been a great influence on our idea of the “adolescent”. It still is. In concrete terms, media have a big impact on how young people shape their own identities. This often leads to adult concerns and panics about media. But young people also shape society through experimentation and the discovery of new (cultural) practices. These new cultural practices enable them to express themselves, make new communities, and so also participate (politically). These interactions will take center stage in this course. In lectures we will discuss some important themes that shed light on the relation between identity and youth culture.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Powerpointslides, texts, articles, Canvas

Additional info

More information on the content of the course and study materials will be given during the first class.

Learning Outcomes

ALGEMENE COMPETENTIES

Program specific goals

1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15, 18

Course specific goals

The student ....

can define and explain in their own words central concepts, theories and insights from youth studies, cultural studies and various media theories, and relate them to the theme of "identity" among young people;
can independently search for information around concrete cases of subcultures, youth cultures, and reactions to that youth culture (e.g., moral panic) and apply this in an analysis of the interaction between culture and identity;
can historically situate various forms of responses to the rise of youth culture and explain their processes and attributes;
can analyze and evaluate concrete cases of the interaction between culture and youth using the theories learned with the outcome of formulating a recommendation on actions to be taken;
can interpret the interaction between young people and culture on the basis of the role of different contexts (home, digital environments) and institutions (the school)
can analyse and evaluate youth engagement on the basis of the frameworks provided on youth activism, participatory cultures and citizenship education.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 60% of the final mark.
PRAC Practical Assignment determines 40% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Written exam with a relative weight of 60 which comprises 60% of the final mark.

Note: Multiple choice and essay questions about the course

Within the PRAC Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Individual assignment with a relative weight of 40 which comprises 40% of the final mark.

Note: Two assignments about aspects of the course

Additional info regarding evaluation

Students have to get 10/20 on each part of the evaluation to receiving a passing grade for the course. If you get a failing grade for one of the two parts, you will receive a 9/20 or total grade (if that is lower than 9) for your end results. The part for which you received a passing grade in the first sitting, can be transfered to the second sitting and you will not have to be retaken or resubmitted; the same holds for passing grades for individual assignents.. The student who does want to retake an assigment or examen, has to send an e-mail to the teacher. The partial results of the seperate assignments and exams cannot be transferred to the next academic year.

If you are "absent" for one of the two parts (exam and assignments), you will get the grade "absent" for the total grade. If you do not submit one of the assignments, you will get "absent" on the part "assignments.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context