This document contains notes of all the seminars given in The Voice of Youth. Because this course is entirely in English, the notes are also written in English. I took this course as an elective during my bachelor 3 in Educational Sciences.
Seminar 1
Assignment 2 has to be in English, Assignment 1 is easier in English too.
Student-led presentations: 1 hour.
Assignment 1
Paper is related tot he themes discussed in the course
It’s an academic paper, informed by scientific literature
In which you take a particular position as an author with repsect to the main theme
You show understanding, are actively involved with it and take your own position towards it
At least 5 sources
Address at least 2 different perspectives
Example themes
The voice of youth and child labour: Is child labour against the children’s rights?
The voice in youth in school: To what extent can children participate in decision making in
schools?
The voice of youth in family issues: What voice should children have in family life?
Other topics could be: youth activism, youth in urban areas, youth in research, the voice of
refugee youth, etc.
Composition of your paper
Title
Introduciton of theme (200 words)
Social relevance (150 words)
Perspectives (2) and literature (500 words)
Conclusive statements: your own substantiated opinion (150 words)
Reference list
Reflection (100 words)
Choose 2 of the key concepts
Put your theme for assignment 1 on the list in teams before next week.
Assignment 2
Scientific paper and advise for Speaking Minds
Explore secondary school students’ ideas on having their voice heard on climate issues
Their ideas on how their voices can best be heard
Gain insight in what climate issues they are mostly interested in to be involved with
You can choose different kind of target groups, think of the location of the schools.
1 respondent per student, 20-30 minutes. 3600 words is maximum.
Guideline
Introduction (1000 words)
o Relevance, theory, key concepts, (sub) research questions, reading guide
Method (600 words)
o Data collection, justifiication and description respondents, data analyses
Results (800 words)
1
, TVOY_Werkcolleges
o Indicate findings (labels, categories), short examples, qualitative and wuantitative
terms
Conclusion and discussion (800 words)
o Answer research question, most important findings
Design a poster/flyer for Speaking Minds.
There will be knowledge clips.
Presentations
Barber
Participation
o Tokinism is the biggest problem
Consultation – participation
Citizinship
Well-being
It is very topdown, the minister decides in what way youth should be participating. But there is youth
that is trying to participate in their own way, but it isn’t viewed as normal by society. So it needs to
be more bottom-up, and together with youth needs to be decided what is needed.
Seminar 2
Assignment 1
What is your final theme?
o The voice of children in family life
What will be your problem definition/question?
o
What is the social relevance of this theme?
What perspectives are possible?
o Divorcing parents
o Strict/authorial parents
What literature could you connect to these perspectives?
o Literature of week 3
o Maybe:
https://www-tandfonline-com.proxy.library.uu.nl/doi/pdf/10.1080/02673843.2015.1
018283
It can be helpful if you first search for the different opinions in news and then find relevant literature.
Seminar 3
Brand et al. – The Voice of the Child in Parental Divorce
7 main themes
o What’s a divorcement?
o Stories of loss
o Stories of gain
o Stories of change
o Stories of stability
o Healing stories
o Complicating stories
Suggestions/implications
2
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