The Situation of Filipino Children and Young People Almost half of the population in the Philippines are children. With a fast population growth a year‚ the government has a difficult task in providing children with enough resources to ensure their rights. For many adults and children‚ a 15-year-old who bears a child willingly or unwillingly ceases to be a girl-child but a young mother. An 11-year-old who takes on the task of tilling the fields ceases to be a boy but a labouring farmhand. A 16-year-old
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Principles and Values of working with young children Principles 1. The welfare of the child is paramount. Within my role I have to support children and help them achieve their goals‚ from tying their shoe laces to providing skills to help young people to live in the community. I have to make sure all staff promotes a warm‚ caring‚ supportive‚ positive and tolerant atmosphere. This is to help work on raising the child’s self-esteem‚ self-confidence and self-worth. I have to be very creative in
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The Concerns of Obesity in Children and Young People Introduction Fat adults are fat because they eat too much fatty food and do not get enough exercise. Fat children are healthy and cute. Fat teenagers are not. Fat people are funny. Fat people can lose weight if they really wanted to. These are just a few common perceptions the public have of people who are over their ideal body weight. What most people do not know is that being overweight or obese carry with it a myriad of health
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versus nurture. Developmental psychologists have continued to research the underlining influences of an individual’s development‚ whether it’s suggesting development predominantly arises from a biological process or an environmental process. While studying developmental psychology a clear understanding of developmental theorist is required‚ however it can be beneficial to apply two developmental theories to aspects of a real adult life. The aim of this essay is to apply two developmental theories to
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Since computers were first introduced to young children almost 20 years ago‚ there has been a certain amount of fear and controversy voiced over technology’s “harm” to this young population. In the 1980’s many critics thought computers would isolate children and affect their social skills in negative ways. Today the criticism is even more profound and‚ through the Internet‚ publications about computer use are reaching a wide audience. This article will review and compare two such publications‚ Fool’s
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factor of this phenomenon is that many young couples choose not to have children these days. They have this decision because of financial problem‚ their working‚ freedom and lack of experience. Having children will bring them many troublesome problems. Thus‚ the trend of having no children becomes worse. For this agreement‚ I would prefer not to have children. There are some following points to support me. To begin with‚ young people choose not to have children owning to financial problems. The living
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Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of principles and practice in young children ’s language‚ literacy or mathematical development. What skills are involved in the development of early writing and how can these be supported and developed? The definition espoused by the Department of Education and Skills (DES) in the National Strategy to Improve Literacy and Numeracy Among Children and Young People 2011-2020 (DES‚2011)‚ notes that: literacy includes the capacity to read‚ understand and critically
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Introduction to the field – what is Developmental Psychology and why is studying development important? (ii) What are the main controversies in the field? (iii) What are the main theoretical approaches? Give concrete examples. Developmental psychology is the study of change in a person throughout their life‚ from birth to death (White‚ Hayes & Livesey‚ 2013). It often focuses on childhood development‚ as this is a time where a lot of rapid change happens‚ though developmental psychology also covers development
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push a young child to achieve‚ do you ever notice how it affects them or what you are actually doing them? Pushing young children to achieve encourages them to achieve a specific goal or task‚ but at the same time you are really hurting the child. Not everyone is used to being pushed hard to do something‚ so sometimes it can have a negative effect on people‚ especially younger children. Pushing young children to achieve hurts them and it can affect them in many ways. Pushing your children to achieve
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leader‚ you are bombarded with so many student needs‚ parents concerns‚ teacher concerns‚ paper works that it seems futile to think of improving the teaching of every teacher. What‚ indeed‚ can the writer as only one person‚ do? Thinking about curriculum is an old thinking about education; it is difficult to imagine any inquiry into the nature of education without deliberate attention to the question of what should be taught. The question of what to teach and how to teach it involves a selection
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