Youth culture and identity

6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1023348BNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

2nd 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

Liesa Van Liedekerke
Geert Vandermeersche (course titular)

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, teksten en artikels bij een aantal lessen, Canvas

Additional info

Digital course material (required): powerpoint slides, student notes, texts and articles that accompany a number of classes, via the electronic learning platform Canvas.

Learning Outcomes

ALGEMENE COMPETENTIES

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: Individual task about 1 aspect of the course

Additional info regarding evaluation

The evaluation consists out of the following assignment categories:

Exam Written determines 60% of the final grade

WPO Practice Assignment determines 40% of the final grade

Within the category Exam Written the student must complete the following assignments:
Written exam with a weight of 60 and so 60% of the final grade:
Explanation: multiple choice and essay questions about the course

Within the category WPO Practice Assignment the student must complete the following assignments:
Individual assignments with a weight of 40 and so 40% of the final grade.
Explanation: Two assignments about 1 aspect of the course

Absence on at least one of the obligatory exam parts (assignments and written exam) leads to absence for the complete grade. You must pass for every exam part to pass this course. If you fail for one or more of the parts, you will receive 9/20 or the average score if lower.

The partial grades of the categories for which you succeeded in the first exam period, can be transferred to the second exam period and will thus not have to be resubmitted or retaken.

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