Homeschooling

Early Years Education was one of the biggest priorities that New Labour set out to achieve. At the end of New Labour’s time in office, it was stated that an ‘additional 2.3 billion was spent on Early Years Education; more than double in comparison to 1998’ (Stewart, 2013, pp. 10-12). New Labour also implemented free part time nursery in 1998 to all three to four years old, ‘76% of children from disadvantaged backgrounds took up the places’ (Lupton and Obolenskaya 2013, p. 23). Some early years’…

Would parents have faith that mixed schools is the inimitable choice for their children? In the past few years a national survey conducted in 2005-2006 that 79% of Canadian students join co-education schools. Co-education schools give students the competency and courage to deal and cooperate flexibly with the opposing sex, however antagonists affirm that some students do not have the neither the ability nor the courage to deal with the other gender. Students should join mixed sex schools for…

Everyone is capable of looking after themselves after a certain age when they are fully mentally and physically matured enough, but before then there are some situations that push them into this ‘child in care’ system. This system is very supportive of children, young people and it's useful for most of the time, some children do not have the same mentality to take this situation easy which impacts on their behaviour or their attitude towards life. Children are precious unfortunately, not all…

B1/A2 A theory that is relevant to change and transition is John Bowlby's 1907-1990 theory of attachment. Bowlby's theory looked at a child's bond with parents and their reaction when separated from their parents. Bowlby was asked by the world health organisation to study the mental health needs of homeless and orphaned children. During his study Bowlby reported the distress children shown when they where separated from their mother. Also Bowlby recognised that children attach themselves to…

Imagine a seven-year-old whose parents work until five each night. When she arrives home after school, she is on her own. She’s a good girl, but still a lot of things could happen. She could get into trouble just by being curious. Or something could happen through no fault or her own. All over the country, there are many “latchkey” children like this little girl. Some way must be found to deal with the problem. One suggestion is to keep elementary schools open longer than they now are. There are…

The case of Cedar Rapids Community School District Vs. Garret F. (1999), is a court case concerning student IDEA and its provisions surrounding the line between related services and medical services. In this case, the student, Garret F., is a student with a physical disability. He is paralyzed from the neck down and has medical needs. He is able to function within the general education classroom, as his learning abilities remain fully intact. Able to function and perform in the general education…

In Benjamin Barber’s text, The Educated Student, one controversial issue has been advertisements in the classroom. On page 25 Barber introduces a program named Channel One. Channel One goes into less fortunate high schools and lends them technology like computers, televisions, and satellite dishes. The rules Channel One lays out are simple. Each day, the teachers must have all the students watch a video. The first three minutes are advertisements. The main goal of Channel One is to sell their…

My practicum has gotten very busy and interesting these last few weeks I have started vigorously working in the group setting with the clients and even making some decisions on clients transitioning into different levels of care. Working with women really has help me to acquire patients, empathy, and understanding. Most of these women have gone through very traumatic experiences in their past and they bring those issues behaviors they developed to cop into Group . Therefore learning group…

Many feel that homeschooling is the better option and that it benefits the child in many ways. According to Berchelmann (2013), children who are homeschooled are not exposed to unhealthy peer pressure and bullying. They are therefore protected by their parents and kept away…

receiving the type of education they want for their children. A majority of the time, parents think that they are spending money on schooling only to have their child learn pointless material that they will most likely not need in the future. Homeschooling is a way for parents to ensure that their children are learning what they deem important. The problem is, this education being taught by the parents might not be sufficient enough for adulthood. Students who are homeschooled do not receive a…