Book Review: “Is Voting for Young People?” (2E) by Martin Wattenberg Watternberg‚ Martin. Is Voting for Young People? With a Postscript on Citizen Engagement‚ 2nd edition. Harlow: Longman‚ 2007. In this concise work of political science‚ Professor Wattenberg of UC Irvine sketches the outline of a potentially serious problem facing modern democracies: the ever-declining political awareness and participation among youth. Wattenberg analyzes election surveys and public opinion polls in order to ascertain
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Education and Support for Multilingual Children “Practitioners need the empathy‚ understanding and skills to help children achieve a positive sense of themselves and of others. Our role: to protect and value all children in the setting‚ foster empathy and provide accurate information about difference to enable children to think critically about and challenge bias.” Migration in the world means that children grow up in multilingual communities and families. Bilingualism is common for a
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provide environments & services that support children & young people’s health & safety. 1.1 Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy & safe indoor & outdoor environments & services. There are a number of important principles to think about when you are planning for healthy and safe environments or activities with children. Most of these are common sense but you need to remember that everyone is an individual and may have different needs. There are several points to take
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UNIT 1 PRINCIPLES OF DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHILDREN‚ YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS 1.1.1 EXPLAIN WHY EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT IN DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHILDREN‚ YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS Communicating effectively with children‚ young people and adults is very important to enable strong and positive relationships between these groups. Communicating positively with adults‚ this includes teachers and parents‚ is an important part in helping build a strong and trusting
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TDA31-1.1 Explain why effective communication is important in developing positive relationships with children‚ young people and adults. We have to communicate with other adults in a clear‚ precise and understanding way to show them that we are listening to them and that we respect them and their opinions‚ if we communicate in this way few misunderstandings will occur and a positive relationship can be built. From my own experiences of working alongside other adults over the years it has shown
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Resilience of Children and Young People 1.1 explain the factors that influence the wellbeing of children and young people There are many factors that influence the wellbeing of children and young people. Some of these are evident in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. A child should have the ability to have secure and nurturing attachments that offer emotional warmth and security from a care giver. This will offer security and safety to the young person. As well as secure attachments‚ the young person will
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The SEN (Special Educational Needs) Code of Practice 2001 is derived from the Disability and Discrimination Act‚ and is built on the principle that‚ as far as is foreseeable‚ pupils with SEN should be educated in mainstream facilities. Schools and local authorities are therefore required to take a ‘graduated’ approach to SEN‚ with attention being on prevention rather than adversity and this Code of Practice provides practical advice in doing this. Key points include: ▪ All Maintained schools
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According to Warnock (1978)‚ special educational needs can be ‘fluctuating… and contextually defined”. Explain what is meant by this statement and evaluate the extent to which the SEN Code of Practice (2001) reflects this understanding of special educational needs. “Special Educational Needs (SEN) is a legally defined term that refers to the school based learning needs of pupils that arise from a wide range of difficulties – including cognitive‚ physical‚ sensory‚ communication or behavioural
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working Improving quality and consistency Laying a secure foundation for future learning 4 4 5 5 5 Section 2 – Learning and Development Requirements Overview of the areas of learning and development 7 The early learning goals and educational programmes Personal‚ Social and Emotional Development Communication‚ Language and Literacy Problem Solving‚ Reasoning and Numeracy Knowledge and Understanding of the World Physical Development Creative Development 7 8 8 9 10 11 11
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the following tasks: learning special concepts‚ e.g.‚ up‚ down‚ near‚ far; developing the nervous system and muscle coordination; learning mobility and manipulation of the environment through control of hands‚ legs‚ head‚ fingers‚ etc.; distinguishing pleasure from pain; adjusting to short periods of separation from primary caregiver. Indicators Related to Developmental Lag • Passivity; withdrawal; lack of initiative‚ e.g.‚ lack of response to stimulating people‚ toys‚ pets; crying frequently
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