...WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE 1.1 Working in a school environment introduces us to a wide variety of different culture, religions, views, beliefs, characteristics and backgrounds. To make sure that we are meeting all the requirements needed that allow us to involve everyone equally in the school, we have to understand the importance of diversity, equality and inclusion. DIVERSITY Respecting and understanding the differences between individuals and groups in our society. In regards to their religion, gender, family structure, disabilities appearance and sexuality. Having the ability to explore the diversity in our society and schools helps us to understand and value individuals and make every child feel special. “EVERY CHILD IN UNIQUE” Diversity highlights the chances that are available, giving equality of opportunities in order to achieve and experience the same opportunities as well as anyone else. EQUALITY Making every child, regardless of background or social appearance, feel accepted and to be treated equally, being fair and consistent in our actions. Many schools, including mine, have an equality policy that relates into classroom behavior. All the children are asked to be respectful take turns and share. We regularly have parent visits to the school talking about religious festivals and years 3 and 4 and 5 practice the art of African drumming and the reason behind it. Equality enables all children to receive support they need to achieve their...
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...Candacy Taylor Concerns of Equity within the School System AC 230 November 5, 2010 WHAT IS THE ISSUE ABOUT? This issue is about children within the school system being blamed for low grades and failing classes. The issues don’t only rely on the child, but the school also. Many teachers blame a children parent, their home lives, their communities, and even their genetics as a cause or the students themselves saying something must be internally wrong with them. Rather, what might be the issue is the school itself. Maybe it’s the beliefs, practices, procedures, and policies of a particular school that causes a child not to do well within the school system. There are many curriculum’s in a school that may affect a child in a positive or negative way. In schools all of them have the basic curriculum’s such as English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Computer, History, and Gym. Other schools may have more or less depending on what’s the specialty of the school. Either way, there should be equity within all schools no matter what they are focusing on. ENGLISH/SOCIAL STUDIES/HISTORY In all of theses subjects within schools teachers need to be told again that each child is different, so there many need to be unique books or classroom activities and specific tools, gadgets that all children can use. Each child needs to feel as equally important as every other child feels, so equity wouldn’t be a problem within the school systems. As teachers conduct their English class they should also...
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...Ruby Bridges was one of the first African American children to attend an all-white school after the Brown vs. Board of Education court case ruled unanimously that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. The Brown vs. Board of Education case overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine of Plessy vs. Ferguson, deciding that the segregation law violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Bridges' family moved to New Orleans to improve their economic circumstances and she attended kindergarten at an African American school. Her entire class was tested to determine if they could attend a formerly white school that was a part of the school system's plan to integrate schools. Ruby was one of six African American children who passed the test in her class and were invited to enroll in one of the two all-white schools. Although her parents were divided about the dangerous decision to enroll her into a white school they wanted to give their...
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...of us have heard at least one time “don’t believe everything you read.” just because a book is written and published does not mean is always accurate. True historical facts can easily be transforming by adding or taking away details in order to see it only from a certain perspective. The textbooks in history classrooms represent many different groups from the perspective of one group, usually European. Loewen explores the topic of why students dislike history classes. He also discusses the idea that much of what students learn in American history classes is wrong and that there are many omissions. He challenges the Public School system, mostly in regards on how history is taught in high school classrooms. American history books wish to paint the United States as the best country, almost to the point where they make it seem that it doesn’t have any flaws. a lot of books used to teach history in high school neglect to include the entire information on events that formed the united states. Reading some essays from the book Lies My Teachers Told Me helped me open my eyes and see how wrong history is taught in high school; we as citizens need to do the proper research and spread the knowledge among peers to create socially aware generations. Most of the time American history isolates children of color by ignoring the fact that many of the people who contributed greatly to this country were non-white. In a sense one can say that this contributes to the majority of high school students...
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...The United States is a land of prosperity and opportunities. Immigrants from all over the world migrate to America to achieve the American dream. The American dream, for every person living in America, is having an equal opportunity to be successful and the success is achieved by all the hard work and dedication Americans do throughout their lifetime. Success has different meanings for different people as we all do not have the similar needs and have a different point of views to life. Success for some people is achieving financial stability while others see success as happiness and love. Immigrants take the courage to step out of their motherland and move to America to achieve their desired goals and live a healthy and wealthy life....
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...Functionalists are bit naive in their view of the education system, as it could be argued that education doesn't benefit everyone, especially the working class. The first functionalist concept, one will be testing out is the Equality of Opportunity. This means that all students regardless of class, gender and ethnicity are seen as equally important by the school and are all given equal chance to succeed. The functionalist Durkheim says schools stress the importance of equal opportunities. In juxtaposition Marxists would say that this is a form of brainwashing. Working class children are told they have the same chances to succeed as everyone else so when they do badly they have no-one else to blame but themselves. Material deprivation means they have little chance of competing fairly. One would suggest that the Marxist view is a little more accurate in its argument as it's very optimistic to say that everyone has equal chance to succeed. The second functionalist concept, one will testing out is Meritocracy. This is the belief that individuals achieve according to their ability and effort. Those with most ability and work hardest will achieve the best results in school, and later on in life. The Functionalists believe this is accurate because schools provide this through an open examination system which ensures the best will always rise to the top, which then provides the basis for deciding who succeeds in society. One would suggest that this can be true in many cases, although...
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...work with children and young people. Areas of legislation are ever changing but it is important to be able to identify current and relevant aspects of those which promote equality and value diversity. Every Child Matters 2003 and Children Act 2004. These were put in place to ensure that all organisations and agencies involved with children between birth and 19 years should work together to ensure that children have the support needed to be healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve, make a positive contribution and achieve economic well - being. The acronym SHEEP can help you remember this: Stay safe Healthy Enjoy and achieve Economic well - being Positive contribution Following the Every Child Matters framework, the Children Act 2004 required that these recommendations become a legal requirement. The key aspect of the act was to overhaul child protection and children’s services in the U.K. Every child matters has been further developed through the publication of the Children’s Plan 2007 which sets out to improve educational outcomes for all children. Race Relations Act 1976 and 2000 The race relations act places a statutory duty on schools to promote race equality. It makes it against the law for a person to be discriminated against, whether directly or indirectly. Schools are expected to improve the educational achievements of all children and to promote equal opportunities and good relations between different racial groups. Schools are also required to have a race equality...
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...Building an Ethical Organization My new Human Service organization does not yet have a name. The services my organization provides are to help older foster children understand that they have an equal opportunity for their future as do others children who come from better- off families. This organization provides a personal look into the life of a professional with hands on job experience for the young adult. Provided is a week in a workplace of choice with the opportunity to shadow an individual and actually take on the responsibility of the career at hand. This is of course a career the foster child is interested in one day possible becoming a part of. A journal is also kept for each day for taking notes and writing the positives and negatives of their week to ensure an understanding of whether or not this career choice is still in favor. The clientele of this organization are human service workers who specialize in the foster child program. This is going to be a non- profit organization. It is going to be little to no cost to allow shadowing in a workplace for learning purposes. I do not feel this is necessary to be a profited organization. Our mission is to help teens in the state foster care program understand that they, too, have a chance at a successful future becoming part of any career they desire. It Is common for foster children to feel unwanted, unloved, worth less than others, or not even have a chance at success , (I was a foster child, so this is personal experience)...
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...Explain the term equal opportunities in relation to early years (pre-compulsory school age) practice. Explore your country’s commitment to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and explain the impact of the Convention (if any) on your country’s legislation. Consider what steps you would take in implementing equality of opportunity for children in an early years setting in your country.Define the term equal opportunities generally and specifically in respect of both children and staff in an early years setting. (10)Explain the UNCRC and its contribution to our understanding of children’s rights and responsibilities today. (25) Using internet sources, research your own countr’s position regarding the Convention, and determine whether or not their commitment has been enshrined in best practice or attitude in relation to the youngest children in your country. (15) With regard to the implementation of equal opportunities in the early years setting in your country, consider how such implementation can ideally be met. Include such aspects as writing a policy, training, monitoring and provisions. (25) | All people who live in the same country have the same rights. In South Africa we are privileged enough to even have a public holiday dedicated to the rights we as humans enjoy. Because we have the same rights, we should also be given and enjoy the same opportunities. This is also true for all children who live in South Africa, regardless of their race, sex...
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...The education system helps children in many ways. It has many functions, preparing children for work and secondary socialisation are just examples of some of the functions. However, different sociologists have different views on what functions the educations system provides, and their different ideas tend to be conflicting. Functionalists would say that a function of the education system is teaching role allocation; this was created by Parsons, and built on by Davis and Moore. Role Allocation is the process in education by which students are judged on aptitude and ability and suggested suitable career/work roles. This makes sure that the highest jobs, such as surgeons, lawyers, are undertaken by the most talented people. They said that inequality is necessary as it ensures that those that are talented fill the most important jobs. However there are many criticisms for this, Tumin criticised David and Moore for putting forward a circular argument, how do we know what is an “important” job? Marxists would criticise this function as it means those who can afford better education (middle class) have a higher chance of being the ones with the important jobs. Marxists would say that a function of the educations system is to reinforce class inequality and capitalist values. Althusser, a neo Marxist, would say that the education system is part of the Ideological State Apparatus. The ISA maintains the rule of the bourgeoisie by controlling people’s belief and ideas. They would say that...
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...1a) Summarise entitlement and provision for early years. Early year’s education is for children aged 3-5 years of age. It is used in nurseries and reception classes. Children aged 3 and 4 in England get 15 hours a week free education that the government funds to local authorities to make sure every child receives this before reaching school age. Early years provision is supporting young children. Learning through play is the key element and is used more in early years than a formal education. This is because play shows to be more helpful in a child’s early development. 1b) Explain the characteristics of the different types of school in relation to educational stages and governance. There are 4 types of mainstream state school community, foundation and trust, voluntary and specialist. These 4 types follow the national curriculum. Other types include Independent/Free schools and academies; these don’t have to follow the curriculum and are governed in different ways. Community schools Run and owned by local authorities and not by their governing body. The local authority will usually determine the admissions policy and support the school in looking at ways to develop links within the local community. They also provide support services to the school. Some community schools, local groups use school facilities to hold classes of their own. Foundation and trust schools Foundation schools are run by their own governing body, that decide on admissions policy following consultation...
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...Question: Using three (3) Millennium Development Goals discuss how a country can achieve sustainable development Introduction The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that were established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration. All 189 United Nations member states at the time (there are 193 currently) and at least 23 international organizations committed to help achieve the following Millennium Development Goals by 2015: 1. To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger 2. To achieve universal primary education 3. To promote gender equality and empower women 4. To reduce child mortality 5. To improve maternal health 6. To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases 7. To ensure environmental sustainability 8. To develop a global partnership for development The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) gives governments a common framework for structuring policies and practices. The MDGs highlight the key priority areas of focus for development and also outlines the roles and responsibilities of key government actors. MDGs provide a framework for government planning, budgeting and monitoring development initiatives. The MGDs can also be used as a tool by the government to measure progress they have achieved in improving the livelihood of its citizens. Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of...
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...educational underachievement refers to factors within the school that affect how pupils academically succeed, for example; interactions between pupils and teachers and inequalities between schools. Sociologists can suggest the reasons why these internal factors occur through a child's class, ethnicity and gender; such as the labelling theory, the self-fulfilling prophecy, pupils subcultures and institutional racism. Despite judging or stereotyping a person based on their class, ethnicity or gender being widely condemned in our modern society, it is clear from research that it still occurs in schools, however it is not necessarily intentional. The labelling theory suggests that teachers label pupils depending on how well they fit their idea of an 'ideal pupil'. These labels do not often reflect the pupil's actual ability or attitude, but they are based on stereotypical assumptions from a pupil's class background, ethnicity or potentially their gender. Ray Rist's study in 1970 of an American kindergarten showed that a child's home background and appearance determined what groups they were separated into on each table, not the child's ability. 'Ideal pupils' were commonly found to be middle-class children of whom had a clean and neat appearance. These children were seated closest to the teacher being given the most encouragement. The remaining groups labelled 'clowns' and were seated furthest from the teacher. Children in these 'clown' groups were likely to be of working-class...
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...Special Olympics Washington offers an incredible opportunity for people with and without disabilities to grow. Creating leadership opportunities, developing the athletic skills of athletes across the board and bridging gaps between their organization and other organizations like ESPN that slowly caught on board to movement like this that aren’t simply about professional sports. What I have learned from my research is that Special Olympics truly does empower individuals and has strong connections to their success as individuals outside of sports. The need to promote and create Inclusive spaces for people with disabilities in Washington State is great. Specifically in Western Washington where the disability rate of Children 5-17 years old ranges...
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...high standards. But is it how the Americans really live? Fifty years ago, that might have been the answer from a white American, but for a colored American, an African American for instance, it is a whole other story. Back then, around the sixties, there weren’t much you could call laws that supported the blacks. In fact, they didn’t really have any rights at all. They weren’t allowed to sit on the same benches as the whites, nor the same buses as them. Women weren’t even allowed to vote! The females’ rights to vote happened in the twenties, but only for white women. Thinking that black women aren’t worthy enough to vote is absurd. That is what a country is about though, right? It is the people who are to decide how they want their country to be formed - All of them. Not just men. Not just the whites. They can’t just decide what other people want. The injustice does not stop there. Even as a child they grew up, believing that the black Americans were less worth than the whites. At school the black and white children went to different schools, as if they were different from each other. White children, and youth too, would refuse to go to the same school as “negroes”. Why and for what reason? Were the white youngsters smarter than the black? I doubt it. Did the blacks have more “problems” than the whites? Not because of their skin color anyways. If anything, they might have problems with each other, because that is what community taught them and it is the way community...
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