Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

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Learning Methods

Lecture

Online

Module Offerings

5211EDSTUD-JAN-MTP

Aims

To develop students’ awareness and knowledge of the dynamic and changing relationship of identity and disability over the life course. Many contentious, topical, ethical considerations will be debated and critically discussed.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Discuss and analyse socio-political, biological, psychological and cultural factors that shape disabled people’s identity across the life course
2.
Analyse and evaluate key ethical issues raised in relation to disability and impairment

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:
Risk and resilience
Birth and Prenatal Issues
Disability and Childhood
Disability and Adolescence
Disability and Adulthood
Ageing
Death and Dying
Disability and Sexuality
Disability, Citizenship and Identity
Human Rights
Independent Living
Access and Participation 
Psycho-emotional Disablism
Life Stories
Module Overview:
This module aims to develop your awareness and knowledge of the dynamic and changing relationship of identity and disability over the life course. Many contentious, topical, and ethical considerations will be debated and critically discussed.
Additional Information:
This module will raise awareness of issues within the field and enable students to debate, explore and critique both identity and disability over the life course.

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