series is an international literature phenomenon that is both criticised and cherished. Penned by renowned author J.K. Rowling the story of the boy wizard seems to break the barriers of age‚ race‚ religion and gender with the range of its fans. This investigation focuses on the Harry Potter series and intends to answer the question of Harry Potter: Selfish or Selfless under the topic of Altruism in Contemporary Young Adult Literature. This investigation is a literature review; unlike a science experiment
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Group Living for Children and Young People 1.1‚ 1.2‚1‚3‚1‚4. The concept of “children’s rights” is something that some people find difficult‚ and many people fail to understand. It is easily trivialised‚ and yet it addresses issues central to the safety‚ well-being and development of our youngest citizens‚ and indeed our society as a whole. Children’s rights and interests are often forgotten and the very rationale for the Convention on the Rights of the Child was that children require special protection:
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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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Policy and Practice for Children and Young People Discuss the ideology underpinning policy and practice for children and young people and demonstrate an awareness of constructs of childhood and adolescence from either an educational or care perspective. “The idea of belonging and membership‚ being part of a community‚ is a basic human need. It’s one of the principles of our democratic society. We all have the same needs‚ we want to be loved‚ we want to have friends‚ we want to feel that we
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Complexity and Story Comprehension of Young Children” Early Childhood Education Journal‚ Volume 32‚ 8 pages. B. Rebecca Isbell‚ Joseph Sobol‚ Liane Lindauer‚ April Lowrance C. The purpose of this study is to determine how storytelling and story reading influences the language development and story comprehension of young children from 3 to 5 years of age. They set up two different groups of children to see which group would benefit the most
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In the video Observing young children‚ it explained three steps on how to observe young children in the classroom. The three steps that were observed by the teachers were child social development‚ instructional purposes and assessment purposes. First‚ child social development interaction is the process by which the child act and react to those around them. For example‚ in the video it illustrated the case of Joey. Joey has a problem with interacting with the other students in the classroom. In order
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Adventure is an important part of children ’s psyche. Children often dream of strange fortunes‚ great feats‚ exciting events‚ long trips‚ and everything they can be drawn to from the monotony of everyday life. Heroes of adventure stories are mostly sailors‚ pirates‚ cowboys and Indians‚ convicts‚ researchers‚ adventurers and solitaires of all types. The concept of adventure story is quite simple: brave‚ strong and resourceful hero must make a difficult task‚ and overcome a lot of danger‚ but in
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memory (Lewis and Michalson as cited in Glass‚ 2004). . Mann describes quick learning‚ multitasking‚ and being self-directed as characteristics of gifted and talented students‚ (2003). Many of these students will begin showing their potential at a young age. Having a large vocabulary and using complex sentence structure by the age of two or three is common (Glass‚ 2004). Knowing merely what defines a gifted student is not enough. Teachers‚ administrators‚ parents‚ and students have to work together
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Discuss the transition faced by the children/young people in your setting. Explain how the children and their parents/ carers are affected by these changes and reflect on the most appropriate ways to respond with reference to workplace policies and procedures. Suggest relevant further sources of information and support for the children‚ young people and their parents/ carers. Introduction This assignment will discuss the transitions faced by children and their parents including horizontal
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When bullying is suspected or alleged the child who is being bullied‚ the one doing the bullying and their families all need to be supported in different ways. When a child or young person is being bullied they may be very upset and reluctant to tell anyone about it (i.e. out of fear of making the situation worst). That is why they should be listened to and reassured that telling someone was the right thing to do‚ that the incident is going to be fully investigated and the bullying will not be allowed
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