Professional practice requires you to be clear about the ideas that are guiding your thinking and influencing your practice’ (OKO 2008 p.17). in the light of the above statement‚ analyse a piece of work that you have undertaken on placement‚ critically discuss and evaluate a particular aspect of the theoretical base‚ the rationale for applying this knowledge base to your practice‚ and to what extent your practice has benefited from this. Professional practice requires you to be clear about the
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diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations and world renown author “literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty‚ and a building block of development‚ an essential complement to investments in roads‚ dams‚ clinics and factories. Literacy is a platform for democratization‚ and a vehicle for the promotion of cultural and national identity. Especially for girls and women‚ it is an agent of family
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Theories Relating to Play and Playwork Play is an important part of child development. Play provides children with natural opportunities to engage in concrete and meaningful activities that enhance physical‚ language‚ social and cognitive development. During play children increase their knowledge and understanding of self‚ others and physical word around them. While play children develop language skills. Children experiment with language during play and use words to express their thought and
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achieve expert performance‚ one must engage in deliberate practice with the explicit goal of constant improvement. This theory further dismisses to a large extent the role of genetics‚ in which Ericsson reasons that there has been no great correlations between the attainment of superior performance and inherited traits. The purpose of this paper is to show agreement with Ericsson’s theory‚ but only to the extent that deliberate practice is just one of many factors which must be included in order
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BRONFENBRENNER’S ECOLOGICAL THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory of Development Jermor Simmons Capella University   Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 Abstract 3 Method 4 Results 4 References 5   Abstract The development and growth of an individual is within the constraints of the social environment (Jordan 183). Bronfenbrenner’s theory that development is influenced by experiences arising from broader social and cultural systems as well
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discriminate against who it targets. Bernstein and Levy state that Asthma is defined as a major chronic respiratory condition which alter the respiratory function of the body. (Bernstein & Levy 2014‚ p. 03-04) Within the book Clinical Asthma Theory and Practice asthma is defined as a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by episodes of where the patient may experience shortness of breath and wheezing. This difficulty in breathing is caused by the swelling and constriction of airways
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For generations physiologists had been thinking that birth order has a huge influence in our lives; It is amazing to look at the differences between children in families according to their family position. We always have known that being the oldest child‚ the middle child‚ the youngest child‚ or the only child it’s not the same. These aspects affect children’s personality and development; nevertheless most of the time the importance of this component is underestimate. As stated by the article
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crucial stage of development due to changes in an adolescent’s physical appearance‚ cognitive ability and social behavior. This paper will be discussing the environmental influences that promote the three domains of development with the assistance of two theorists‚ Piaget and Erikson. Discussed further is the participation of a team sport focusing on the positive developmental aspects it has on an individual. The involvement of significant peers and family members enhances development in all three domains
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quickly or else the gap between what employees know and what they ought to know will soon widen. In order to remain successful and profitable‚ the organisation’s managers need to adapt to changes at organisational level and therefore‚ training and development must be synchronised with the organisation’s mission‚ strategy‚ goals and culture such as improving productivity‚ building morale and better competitive status. Models of training- in order to determine training needs meaningfully‚ it is essential
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Cognitive development is the development of thought processes‚ including remembering‚ problem solving‚ and decision-making‚ from childhood through adolescence to adulthood. Historically‚ the cognitive development of children has been studied in a variety of ways. The oldest is through intelligence tests. An example of this is the Stanford Binet Intelligence Quotient test. IQ scoring is based on the concept of "mental age‚" according to which the scores of a child of average intelligence match
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