Task 1. REFLECTIVE PRACTICE It is important to reflect on your practice to see if you can identify areas where you can improve your practice. There are many different models of reflective practice. Below are a couple I have researched – Kolb’s Learning cycle – David A. Kolb believes that reflective practice is an important part of effective learning and development. Kolb feels that without reflection we would continue to repeat our mistakes. Kolb’s Learning cycle is as follows - Gibb’s Experiential
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for good behaviour. Vgotskys theory has had an impact on early works frameworks in England and Scotland. He stressed the importance of social learning both by caregivers and peers. He believed that children learnt through interaction. Frameworks support this by encouraging children to work together to complete tasks. Teachers will work alongside children but will also challenge their thoughts and opinions in order to develop them into maturity. Behaviourist approach to development suggests that
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Exercise 2: The operations manager of a musical instrument distributor feels that demand for bass drums may be related to the number of television appearances by the popular rock group Green Shades during the preceding month. The manager has collected the data shown in the following table to make a plan on the recruiting numbers of sale representative with the demands of brass drums. Demands for brass drum Green Shades TV Appearances 3 3 6 4 7 7 5 6 10 8 8 5 (a) Using the equations presented in
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Essay Topic: “Perceived Organizational Support” (Eisenberger‚ Huntington Hutchinson and Sowa‚ 1986). Perceived Organizational Suppor is a useful concept for managers due to its relationship with important outcomes such as commitment. Generally speaking‚ in today’s competitive environment‚ if organizations want to keep successful and prosperous‚ which needs to learn how to keep employees (Colakoglu et al.‚ 2010). Employees are viewed as one of the most significant dimensions for most organizations
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During the 20th century‚ the British Empire was once one of the most formidable colonial powers in the world; throughout the 16th‚ 17th‚ 18th‚ and 19th centuries‚ the United Kingdom acquired lands‚ territories‚ and dominion over many nations. As a superpower during the 1920’s the British Empire began losing its control of its colonial lands. This greatly affected the social politics in and around the world as a growing sense of injustice spread throughout the colonies. Webster’s Dictionary defines
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1. Be able to contribute to planning learning activities. 1.1 Explain how a learning support practitioner may contribute to the planning‚ delivery and review of learning activities. A learning support practitioner or teaching assistant could contribute to the planning of an activity simply by an informal discussion with the teacher about what weekly and daily activities will be taking place. This form of planning is known as short term and would be the most likely that a teaching assistant
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applying inclusive practices within a school. These challenges include Australia’s labelling approach to funding support in the education system‚ inadequate systems of support‚ and poor paraprofessional support. The challenge chosen in this case is inadequate paraprofessional support (Cologon‚ 2013). Paraprofessional support can be described using a number of terms‚ such as special support officers‚ teacher aides‚ special needs assistants‚ inclusion support aides‚ and learning support assistants‚ among
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differences‚ development psychologists agree that development occurs in an orderly way and in different areas at the same time. However it is clear that this can happen continually or discontinually. Theories of development can influence current practice into childcare as they show us how to understand a child’s developmental processes. It can help us to identify any problems that might arise‚ whether it is in physical‚ social‚ emotional‚ language or intellectual development. It also displays
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What does supervision mean in the context of counselling or psychotherpay? In the interests of both clients and practitioners‚ most professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy require members to incorporate supervision into their clinical practice. Working under supervision (see “Clinical Supervision‚ Training and Development”) means that a counsellor or psychotherapist uses the services of another counsellor or psychotherapist to review their work with clients‚ their professional development
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Additional Support Needs and the Medical and Social Model of Disability The Additional Support for Learning Act was introduced in Scotland in November 2004. This Act introduced the concept of additional support needs and placed the responsibility for identifying‚ planning and making provisions for children with complex or multiple additional support needs onto educational authorities. This essay is going to discuss additional support needs and the ways in which they can impact on pupils learning
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