...The level of connectedness we, as humans, feel and desire depends on and derives from our sense of belonging. By utilising representations of belonging, composers assure that their audience will be able to relate to the text, due to their naturally social behaviours. Once a connection has been established between composer and audience, there is a sturdy footing from which the composer can better get their message across to their responders. The many different ‘faces’ of belonging can be used by composers through techniques such as inclusive language, “The Other” concept or pathos, in order to influence their audience into feeling the way they want them to – with the aim of successfully achieving their purpose. This connection creates a strong...
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...1. In what ways can people both belong and not belong simultaneously? People can both belong and not belong simultaneously because a person may feel that he/she belongs to a certain place or group but may feel that they don’t belong because of their relationship with the people within the place or group. e.g. Orlando feels a sense of belonging because he is his father’s son but feels he doesn’t belong because of the way that Oliver treats him e.g. Rosalind belongs to the court but doesn’t belong when her father gets banished from the court and she doesn’t belong anymore e.g. (Dropzone) Ethan feels that he belongs to the shit city and apartment block because he has lived there and grown up there all of his life, but feels he doesn’t belong because of his hatred for his father and because of the crime and bad nature of his suburb 2. Explore the significance of place on one’s sense of belonging Place can have a significant impact on a persons sense of belonging. Place is something that each one of us belong to, and although one place may have a significant meaning to more than one person, each of the meanings for each individual is completely different for each and every person. - place provide sense of security and feelings of belonging - can change who you are e.g. The significance of his suburb and apartment block because he has lived there all of his life e.g. Significance of FreeFall to Ethan because it was the first place where he felt that he actually belonged...
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...‘How has studying the concept of Belonging expanded your understanding of yourself, and of your world?’ In the world today, there is a certain restless nature and desire that lives deep within the human heart. Eternal and overwhelming, this inner struggle is one that fuels our innate need to identify with a group. For any individual, a perception of acceptance and understanding is a fundamental element of the human sense of self. Throughout this journey of finding acceptance, our personal identity becomes intertwined, and a newly found sense of belonging is created. By developing relations and connections with people, places, groups and communities, we create a “source of love and belonging that makes living in a chaotic world easier.” Global societies in the modern world are filled with various beliefs regarding personal identity as well as belonging. It is these beliefs that influence the way we observe, interpret and behave throughout our daily lives. Because of this, and the various other cultures that form our communities, perceptions regarding acceptance and understanding of numerous individuals may clash. As a result of this, feelings of belonging, or not, are developed. Through exploration of this notion and related texts, we able to comprehend acceptance in both contemporary and past generations, and how it has developed throughout history. Charles Dickens’ nineteenth century novel ‘Great Expectations’, Anne Paton’s 1998 letter ‘Why I’m Fleeing South Africa’ printed...
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...The behaviour in which one individual interacts with others and the world around them can enhance or restrain their experience of belonging. A sense of belonging is reliant on relationships and close links with places, particular environments and landscapes. Relationships are initially built upon mutual interests and acceptance and this is closely linked with one’s innate desire to be able to affiliate with a group or another individual. Belonging is a part of everyday life and can enrich our identity and can lead to acceptance and understanding. In Shakespeare’s play ‘As You Like It’ and the first three episodes of the TV series ‘Seachange’ the protagonists experience a wide range of belonging and not belonging not only to person but also to place. This is observed throughout the wide use of juxtaposition of settings, country life versus city life, dramatic irony, and satire to express the characters feelings and to involve the responder. In the TV series, ‘SeaChange’ the concept of belonging and not belonging to place can be compared to similar concepts and values from ‘As You Like It’. In ‘SeaChange’ Laura Gibson’s life is shattered in a matter of a day; she almost kills the family cat, her son is expelled, she misses out on a partnership at work, and she finds out that her husband Jack is cheating on her with her sister. In a sudden change of behavior, she takes a job as a magistrate in a small seaside town, Pearl Bay, where she had been for a holiday with her family during...
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...A Pedagogy of Belonging Mitchell Beck and James Malley ABSTRACT: The psychological sense that one belongs in a classroom and school community is considered a necessary antecedent to the successful learning experience. In an era when traditional sources of belonging have diminished due to changing family and community demographics, the school plays an increasingly important role in meeting this need. There is evidence that conventional classroom practices fail to engender a sense of belonging, especially among at-risk students. Indeed, conventional practices may exacerbate feelings of rejection and alienation and place these students at higher risk for dropping out, joining gangs, or using drugs. Schools can increase the sense of belonging for all students by emphasizing the importance of the teacher-student relationship and by actively involving all students in the life of the classroom and the school community. Specific examples of programs that promote a sense of belonging for students are discussed. To Belong: To have a proper, appropriate, or suitable place. To be naturally associated with something. To fit into a group naturally — Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary Can children succeed in a school in which they do not feel they belong? Most children fail in school not because they lack the necessary cognitive skills, but because they feel detached, alienated, and isolated from others and from the educational process. When children feel rejected by others...
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...after all they are there for our safety and to protect our rights and the rights of others • to stand up for our rights and the rights of others as much as we can • to be the best person that we can be • to take care of our own bodies as best we can • to respect the rights of others • to look after our own belongings and respect the belongings of others • to learn as well as we can • to care about others who are not as strong in some ways as we are. What happens when people don't accept responsibility? When people don't take on their responsibilities... • Other people lose their rights, eg. people could be bullied, treated unfairly, abused or feel unsafe. • It's unfair because other people have to do a job that is another person's responsibility. • There could be consequences at home, at school or in the community, eg. people might be punished or harmed in some way. • People could become less successful and happy than they might have been, eg. they might give up trying or keep away from people. • People could feel unsafe or unhappy, eg. they could be hurt or teased • People could be selfish and uncaring. They might not ever know the good feeling that people get when they share and care about others. • People won’t care about their belongings or those of others, eg. they could steal things or damage them. • People could find it hard to learn as well as they might. They could find it hard to stay on...
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...“I’m trying to make a case for people who don’t have the sense of belonging that they should have, that there is something really worthwhile in having a sense of belonging.” Imagine yourself in a foreign land. You have no idea where you are or who to turn to. Your new surroundings make you feel out of place. Imagine feeling like that for thirty days…or sixty days…or more. How are you coping? Are you sleeping well? What is your mood? My bet is that you are falling apart; That you are spiralling out of control. You want to be logical about all of this, but reason has taken a back seat to longing. “I’m trying to make a case for people who don’t have the sense of belonging that they should have, that there is something really worthwhile in having a sense of belonging.” An individual’s interaction with others and the world around them can limit or enrich their experience of belonging. Belonging can emerge from the connections made with people, groups or community. It is something we all feel whether we mean to or not. This belonging gives us an attachment to other people or things and we can gain other certain feelings such as security, happiness, pride, sense of value and acceptance by others as social human beings. It gives us an awareness of identity and builds our self-confidence and self-esteem as we feel part of something bigger. There are also implications for not belonging, our inability to connect can lead to isolation, alienation, vulnerability and dislocated from society...
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...characters both Indigenous and while backgrounds. Author Phillip Gwynne showcase themes of belonging, identity and race and racism through the characters. Such as…. complete The term belonging means to feel wanted and appreciate, to be able to fit in. In the novel Deadly Unna, belonging is showcases multiple times in the book. Blacky’s friendship with Dumby was questioned and mocked by many. It was clear that the Indigenous weren’t wanted at The Point but only recognized when playing at the jetty with the whites. Even though their friendship was questioned, many still disobeyed what others said and kept their friendship alive. Another example of belonging is the football team they are united and together because they belong in that team. But even...
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...Standard English Assessment Task “Composers create texts that deal with the way people come to feel a sense of belonging when they make connections with places or other people.” Belonging is a complex concept that is shaped by our interactions and experiences with people, groups and communities. It is evident that we can develop a strong need and desire to belong and our ability to achieve this is shaped by our behaviours attitudes and actions. This notion is evident in the novel, The Simple Gift composed by Steven Herrick. Where Herrick demonstrates many concepts of belonging, one being the need to belong to a group or a community shapes our behaviour, attitudes and actions. Herrick conveys this through the perspectives of Billy, Old Bill and Caitlin. In Steven Herrick’s novel ‘A Simple Gift’, he uses various techniques to portray belonging or the lack of belonging. We accompany Billy as he meets great role models which serve to inspire him thoughout the novel. Ernie's train whistle symbolises the beginning of Billy's new life contrasted favourably by Ernie’s accepting and helpful attitude. Ernie give Billy his first taste of hope in mankind, whilst allowing Billy to feel acceptance. His next positive role model is Irene, Bendarat’s Librarian, who welcomes him and encourages him to borrow books and broaden his mind, Irene accepts Billy immediately a helps him at stages of the story. A great technique used in the novel is Multiple Narrators, as the characters of Billy...
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...reason my bedroom is so important to me is because my room holds all of my personal belongings, which are very important to me. Also my room is a comfortable place to study or just to relax. I can also have privacy whenever I want it by resorting to my room, this may be hard for some people if they share a room. Whenever my mom is nagging at me or when I'm stressed out with school or work, I like to go into my room and just be myself. All my belongings in my room surround me and make me realize everything is going to be all right. It gives me a sense of security. The way my room is set up makes it kind of cluttered, but that is the way I like it and I don't care what anyone says. As you first come into my room, to the right is my dresser. My dresser is full of things like perfume, jewelry, hair ties, my alarm clock and just a bunch of junk, mostly things that come out of my pockets at the end of the day. The dresser itself is brown with six drawers, sets of three side by side. Diagonally across from that is my curio cabinet which holds all of my porcelain dolls, the cabinet is a light brown with glass shelves. Next to my bed which is in the middle of the room is my entertainment center which holds my stereo and pictures and just odds and ends. Everything is worth keeping. I believe that other people feel the same way about their rooms and homes, it gives people a sense of security in a way that you can control what goes in your room and who goes in your room. It sort of gives...
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... A scaffold is a framework or structure from which you can build something. If you prepare a scaffold before you write, you have a solid base to begin further planning of your response. This scaffold shows the stages and organisation of a typical comparison response. Each box represents a paragraph. What new insights about a sense of belonging are shown in The China Coin and one other text? How has the composer conveyed these new insights to the responder? Put some ideas in each box to help you plan. The notes on the right are not complete. They provide some examples for you to see how to present your argument. The words in bold are linking words. |Introduction |A sense of belonging can emerge from relationships with people and places. When | |Mention aspect(s) of belonging |people experience a strong cultural connection to a place, their sense of | |Make a statement about how this aspect is |belonging is strengthened. This can change over time. The novel The China Coin | |represented in the set text and one other |and poem ‘We are going’ both have strong cultural images and personal statements.| | |These are revealed through the composers’ use of flashback, narrative voice and | | |descriptive language. | |Examples: ...
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...home invasions occur during the day, because people are either at work or at an interview. When these kind of crimes are committed the theft usually invades a home that he or she has been watching and knows that an elderly couple or a physically disabled person is a resident there or the burglar goes for a person that is weak and unprepared for these heartless crimes. In certain events, there has been times where the victim ends up getting injured or killed trying to protect his or her belongings from the person that is trying to invade his or her home. “Having a home security system installed makes your home three times less likely to be targeted by burglars (home invasion statistics...
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...A nice romantic-comedy about a Greek-American girl which has to fight against her family's strict traditions in order to marry a non-Greek boy. I think that, for the Greek people, this movie must be full of strange topics and stereotypes, but for the ones who don't know about the Greek way of life it is pretty amusing. There are all kind of weird characters, like the grandma and the starring actress, Nia Vardalos makes an outstanding job showing us the metamorphosis of a timid girl to a liberated woman. `My Big Fat Greek Wedding,' directed by Joel Zwick, will make you laugh and make you cry, but most importantly, it will make you `feel.' It is one of those rare cinematic experiences that after watching it seems to make the sky seem bluer, a single step lighter and a smile easier to come by. It is clearly evident that the film follows the story of Toula and Ian’s love life, through all the bumps and hurdles they face....
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...and Care Do we need a National Early Years Learning Framework? How does a National Early Years Learning Framework impact on Early Childhood Professionals? What are the key principles and elements of the Framework? Yes we need this framework so we can ensure quality and consistency Australia wide in early childhood education programs for our children. Belonging, Being and Becoming. These are three of the most important words when dealing with the well-being and education of children today. As most of us are aware, the world can be a scary place and if it can be a scary place for adults, just imagine what it’s like for children where everything is big and new, and foreign places or new experiences can be confusing, lonely and terrifying. We are only very young when we have to first venture out on our own, whether that is childcare, preschool or school, and not having our parent’s with us, can be very daunting. That’s why I think ‘Belonging, being and becoming’ as a statement, is something that sums up what we need to look at when dealing with the development of life’s most precious little beings. Accommodating diversity and focusing on the child In order to learn in this big wide world we need to make children feel comfortable and secure in their surroundings. Years ago the teaching and caring methods involved with childcare and schooling seemed to be more of a ‘this is how we teach and this is how you will learn’ way of educating children. When we actually take...
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...Hierarchy of Needs is physical needs. This is the most basic need of all it must be satisfied before we can focus on those that are more abstract. Some of the most physical needs for survival are air, food, and sex. Communication helps us meet these needs. When you go to the doctor you have to communicate to explain your symptoms in order to receive the proper care. We rely on communication from birth until death. As a child we cry and laugh to let others know how we feel. As we get older we learn more communication skills to help us. We desire affection to give and receive the love and approval of our peers. The second stage is safety needs. Safety needs are very important. If your car is rattling or if your roof is leaking, you must talk with your mechanic or your landlord to have the problem fixed. When there is server weather alert we rely on the weather channel or broadcast to alert us and take the proper actions to protect ourselves. Communities also have neighborhood watch to help them prevent crime and stop crime if they see it taking place. The third stage is belonging needs, its inclusion desire to be social and be included in groups. You or someone you may know can behave cancer or an ongoing chronic disease. Have the since of belonging and others coming to visit and communicate help them survive longer. When you start a new job you also want to feel a since of belonging and feel comfortable in your work environment. All of us need others in order to enjoy life and...
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