Sociology of Childhood Approach Annotated Bibliography
For this Annotated Bibliography, and the upcoming assignment entitled ‘Structured Essay Outline’, you’ll be completing some the building blocks that go into crafting a great expository essay. Note that you will not actually be asked to submit a
complete essay in this course.
First, please choose one of the following essay questions to work on:
1) How does the sociology of childhood approach differ from a traditional developmental psychology perspective in
understanding children and childhood?
2) How do service users experience social work practice grounded in a social model of disability rather than a medical
model of disability?
Sociology of Childhood Approach Annotated Bibliography
Please complete the following tasks:
Familiarize yourself the academic literature on your topic. Identify and read a range of academic sources, as you would if
you were going to write a full essay in response to this research question.
Begin composing your response to the essay question – the central thesis of your (hypothetical essay). Come up with a draft
thesis statement and a series of draft arguments that support your thesis.
Consider what types of evidence you will use to support your argument (such as research findings, statistics or logical or
theoretical support for your argument)
Now develop your annotated bibliography with this broader process in mind, taking the following steps:
Provide a list of 6 academic sources: FOUR of these should be the sources provided below and TWO that you locate yourself
For each source, provide the full bibliographic information using APA 6th (i.e. provide the citation as it would appear in a
reference list).
Under each citation, provide an indented annotation that consists of the following 3 headings and information:
Sociology of Childhood Approach Annotated Bibliography
1) Summary: 2-3 sentences describing the main findings presented and arguments made in this sources;
2) Methodology: 1 sentence describing the methodology used;
3) Value: 2-3 sentences describing how this source will fit into your (hypothetical) essay. How will it support or challenge
your thesis or supporting arguments?
4)Submit your annotated bibliography on this Blackboard portal by midnight on Wednesday, February
5)To confirm: on Feb 18th, you are not to hand in an essay, essay outline, your draft thesis statement or arguments – only
the annotated bibliography.
Provided Sources
Four of the six required sources are provided, as follows:
How does a sociology of childhood approach differ from a traditional developmental psychology perspective in understanding
children and childhood and how might it impact social work practice?
Brady, Lowe and Lauritzen’s 2015 article on the sociology of childhood approach and its relevance to children’s health
Prout’s 2011 article on the development and critiques of the sociology of childhood
Liegghio, Nelson and Evan’s 2010 article on research with kids with mental health issues
Williams and Rogers’ 2014 article on the sociology of childhood and social work research (attached)
How do service users experience social work practice grounded in a social model of disability rather than a medical model of
disability?
Sociology of Childhood Approach Annotated Bibliography
Goering’s 2015 article on models of disability
Oliver’s 2013 reflection on 30 years of the social model
Owen’s 2014 exploration of the critiques of the social model
Werner and Holler’s 2019 article on social work students’ approach to the guardianship of people with disabilities (ATTACHED)
Types of sources:
Both of the additional two sources you locate yourself should be academic
sources from the last 10 years, preferably including some primary sources
(research findings). This generally means articles from academic
journals or scholarly books. The following types of sources are either
not appropriate for this assignment or are not academic sources: websites,
magazines or journals that are not academic, general or ‘survey’ textbooks
, etc.
