P3- Factors that may lead to abusive situations Adults Most at Risk A vulnerable adult is someone aged 18 or over who may receive community care services because of a disability‚ age or illness‚ or may be unable to take care of themselves or protect themselves against significant harm or exploitation. Older people are especially vulnerable‚ for example those with health issues who are unwell‚ confused and unable to stand up for themselves due to how frail they are. Because of their defencelessness
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explanations for ethnic differences in educational achievement. 20 marks. Ethnicity refers to shared cultural practices‚ perspectives‚ and distinctions that set apart one group of people from another. That is‚ ethnicity is a shared cultural heritage. The most common characteristics distinguishing various ethnic groups are ancestry‚ a sense of history‚ language and religion. Modern Britain is said to be a multicultural society made up of many different ethnic groups. Achievement within education
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Material deprivation is the lacking of material goods; which is normally due to a lack of money e.g. poor housing and lack of school equipment. This is normally suffered by the working class as they may bring in little or no income. Therefore‚ Material deprivation can affect the achievement of working class pupils because they cannot afford the necessities needed to do well in education. One way in which material deprivation may lead to underachievement for working class is because of poor quality
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and cultural background are emphasized. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly
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Outline some of the ways in which Marketisation and Selection Policies may produce social class differences in educational achievement. (12 Marks) Marketisation is when schools become more business-like. This could be competition; schools strive to get to the top of league tables‚ they want the best grades and results‚ and they try to provide the best. Marketisation introduced funding formula‚ exam league tables and competition between schools. Due to the Marketisation of schools and the education
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Assess the view that ethnic differences in educational achievement are primarily the result of external factors. It has been found that someone’s ethnicity can have an effect on their educational achievement‚ as in 2006 73% of pupils of Indian origin gained 5 A*– C passes at GCSE compared with 56% of white and 47% of black pupils. It has been found that African students tend to underachieving in the educational system compared to others‚ with them being below average reading ability and tend to
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Ethnic Group ( Java Banyumasan : Orang Jawa of Malaysia ) In this essay‚ I write about ethnic group and why we cannot define an ethnic group by their cultural elements such as language‚ religion‚ customs and so on. I write this essay because there is a question about why we cannot define an ethnic group by their culture‚ whereas culture are one elements of an ethnic. There is problem of seeing ethnic groups as cultural groups; “the mere fact that two groups of people are of different culture does
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Outline some of the ways in which marketisation and selection policies may produce class differences in education Some sociologists argue that recent policies encouraging marketization and selection have increased class differences in educational achievement. The 1988 Education Reform Act began marketisation of education by encouraging competition between schools and choice for parents. Marketisation includes funding formulas‚ exam league tables‚ cream-skimming and silt shifting. Schools want to
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Eric Watson Jenny McCollough Global Culture & Community: Ethnography 2 April 2014 Which Way Home Analysis After watching Which Way Home‚ I had to look at it from two completely different perspectives. Looking at it from my point of view it made realize what I had. It makes you take a step back and appreciate and be grateful for the things you do have because it could be a lot worse than what it actually is. In the grand scheme of things I‚ personally‚ do not have it as bad as I think I do at
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Asses the claim that “ethnic differences in educational achievement are primarily the result of school factors” Most studies found that overall ethnic minorities tend to do less well than other members of the population when it comes to educational achievement. Many factors which occur inside the school are the cause of educational achievement however other factors contribute. The expectations of teachers on ethnic minorities have caused differences in educational achievement. Bernard Coard believes
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