童年研究是一个充满活力和令人兴奋的领域，近年来已扩展到包括来自心理学，社会学和精神分析的知识。该课程为从事婴幼儿工作的职业（无论是教育，保健还是儿童服务）奠定了基础。您对儿童的发展，童年的生态学（儿童在不同社会中的地位）有深刻的了解，并考虑我们的童年概念如何塑造和调节儿童的生活。您还将通过在每年的学习中进行实习来了解与儿童的直接合作，在那里您可以开始在理论与实践之间建立联系。评估主要是通过课程作业。
Childhood studies is a vibrant and exciting field which has expanded in recent years to include knowledge from psychology, sociology and psychoanalysis. This course lays the foundations for a career working with infants and children, whether in education, health care or children's services. You gain a solid understanding of child development, the ecology of childhood (the place of children in different societies) and consider the way our concepts of childhood shape and condition children's lives. You will also learn about the direct work with children through undertaking a placement in each year of study where you can begin to make links between theory and practice. Assessment is mainly by course work.<br><br>Whether you want to work with infants in the nursery, children with emotional and behavioural difficulties in children's homes, support those with learning difficulties, or go on into teaching, our course prepares you to make a difference to children's lives. Put theory into practice by carrying out reflective practice through infant observation, and a work placement. These give you invaluable experience within your chosen sector.<br><br>We help you to explore and understand the kind of role youre preparing for so you graduate with a valuable balance of theoretical understanding and useful practical experience rare qualities giving you the edge needed to successfully gain employment upon graduation. There are a range of jobs directly related to this degree including early years teachers, family support workers, learning support workers, primary and secondary teacher, special needs teachers and social workers.