s recent policy and practice failing the needs of BESD childrenIs Recent Policy And Practice Failing The Needs Of Behavioural, Emotional And Social Difficulties (BESD) Students, Therefore Putting Them At Risk Of Social Exclusion? The Special Educational needs agenda in the United Kingdom has made great leaps in the past century. Children experiencing difficulties are no longer seen as imbeciles who are uneducable to individuals who have the same rights to an education as all children, although they may need additional time and resources to be able to achieve this. These children are no longer locked away in special schools or institutions, but are educated alongside their peers wherever possible. However there does seem to be some forgotten children.
To what extent do the ‘grand theories’ discussed in Book 1, Chapter 2 take account of the role of social experiences in child development? Throughout much of history children were often viewed as small versions of adults and little attention was paid to their cognitive, emotional, physical, social and educational growth. Today, recognising such things is essential because they can have either a positive or negative impact on a child’s development. There are four ‘grand theories’ in child development: Behaviourism, Social Learning Theory, Constructivism and Social Constructivism. They are referred to as Grand Theories because they offer explanations of child development as a whole, rather than in specific areas.
As John Dewey once stated “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself”, his perspective of education also emphasizes on the collaboration among learners to an end of academic achievement, just like how importance for people to interact with others if they are to succeed. Reading the excerpt from Democracy and Education (Dewey, 1916), we can be certain that the idea of the group in learning is, to Dewey, of crucial significance. Every single person has a different original environment from which he was born, raised, grew up, and thus is so rooted to it that escaping from the limitations of this social group is not a simple task. Yet Dewey believes the group in learning could give a mean for people to conquer the challenge and “come into living contact with a broader environment” since they not only perform their own action but also have to perceive that of others as reference and react to it. This whole process offers opportunities to break down “those barriers of class, race, and national territory which kept men from perceiving the full import of their activity”.
Saskieya Anderson April 16, 2012 Honors English III Period 9 Allowance Should Be Earned There are many books about parenting in the world but there is not a step by step rule book to parenting. Good parents discipline and teach their children to be prepared for the real world by encouraging a positive mentality, physical, spiritual and financial strength to succeed. Some parents feel that rewarding their children by gift giving or financial allowances further encourages them to understand how the real world works with the concept that through doing work or good deeds you earn a reward while others believe that an allowance should be given regardless of a child’s behavior. Despite the fact that giving children
* Background and moral beliefs * Immediate experiences with others Background and moral beliefs and immediate Experiences of others Everyone seems to have their own opinion on what’s good or bad, right or wrong I feel most of it comes from persons past experiences, and how they were raised in our society in which we live. Young child moral concepts are not fully developed but are in the process of learning from their parents or whoever is there influencing them as a child. For example, although young children view it as wrong to keep all of the classroom toys to their selves and not share any of them with the other children (Damon 1977, Nucci 1981, Smetana 1981), preschoolers think it is quite all right to keep all of the
The social approach is different to the biological approach. The social approach is an approach that emphasizes the role of learning either from others or from direct experience. This means that we are not born to behave that way but we have learnt or have been affected by others to be that way. This explanation is about the effects of people’s background on criminal behaviours such as parenting style, maternal deprivation and family’s background. The strength of the biological approach is that it gathers lots of quantitative data this is because it focuses on objective data.
The likelihood of the contemplation of one’s childhood before being summoned to act in a prosocial way is slim. Another objection with all the experiments in the study is that it is assumed that all of the participants have fond and innocent memories of their childhood. A person who had experienced a tougher childhood or was forced to grow up quickly, is less prone to having responded in a participatory way after having reminiscing their childhood. Although this was investigated in experiment four, I do hold true to these reservations and believe it was consistently flawed. Another dilemma I had with the study is the fact that self-report data is often unreliable.
Using Item A, assess sociological explanations of changes in the status of childhood The term ‘Childhood’ is a controversial topic according to sociologists, who have different views about the meaning of the word. They believe that childhood is a social construction that is created and defined by society, rather than a biological state. The following paragraphs will highlight changes in the status of childhood. Firstly, Aries who was an historian argued that in the pre- industrial society, childhood did not exist. As there were no toys and games for children to play with, which is a major part of upbringing, they were forced to take on adult responsibilities as young as seven to keep themselves occupied.
My favorite discussion was Week 2 Discussion 1. In this discussion we explained the specific impacts of parenting styles related to child development. This discussion opened up numerous issues concerning parenting styles and the outcomes into adulthood. This discussion helped me see more clearer that sometimes it is not the parenting styles that make a big difference in a child. Sometimes a child can have the best up-bringing and still be influenced by bad peers.
Child Abuse has become a major worldwide issue that can no longer be ignored. In this paper I will be discussing emotional, physical and sexual abuse as well as neglect I will also be exploring historical approaches to abuse, some of the reasons why children are abused as well as the impact it has on a child's development. Ways to prevent abuse will also be discussed and examined..The mistreatment of children is deeply entrenched in history. Violence is a reflection of patriarchal tradition (Mandell, 2001) The mistreatment of children through violent means is not of the dangers of society and teach the child to deal with everyday problems more effectively. (Derrick and Gilbert)There are various associations that are trying to prevent the abuse and