Thursday 17 November 2011
Definition of Absolute/Relative poverty and Opposing veiws on Ritalin/ADHD
Childhood , social class and ethnicity.
I found this site that gives an explanation of cause and effect of UK poverty.
From what i have found so far , Absolute poverty is when a household's income is below the 60% income threshold, or breadline as it is more commonly known as. This is calculated by the cost of living , gross income of household (Dependant on those that live there such as children) and the amount of money that is needed for that household to survive.
Relative poverty is the amount in which a household falls below the breadline.
I also found that the government now use the term Social Exclusion to describe low income , poorly housed or unemployed people or families. It also related to the lack of opportunity that these individuals have.
http://www.poverty.org.uk/01/index.shtml
Ritalin
These are 2 sites that I found with a totally opposite opinion of the use of Ritalin for children. The first site is a parents perspective , how his son was able to complete his schooling though the treatment he received.
The second is a report of a child that was being treated with Ritalin. This child was 10yrs old when he took his own life. The autopsy found an excessive amount of ritalin in this system.
With such a massive difference in outcomes it is really hard to define Ritalin as a either a positive or negative treatment.
http://ritalintreatment.com/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2002856/Harry-Hucknall-10-killed-taking-Ritalin.html
I found this site that gives an explanation of cause and effect of UK poverty.
From what i have found so far , Absolute poverty is when a household's income is below the 60% income threshold, or breadline as it is more commonly known as. This is calculated by the cost of living , gross income of household (Dependant on those that live there such as children) and the amount of money that is needed for that household to survive.
Relative poverty is the amount in which a household falls below the breadline.
I also found that the government now use the term Social Exclusion to describe low income , poorly housed or unemployed people or families. It also related to the lack of opportunity that these individuals have.
http://www.poverty.org.uk/01/index.shtml
Ritalin
These are 2 sites that I found with a totally opposite opinion of the use of Ritalin for children. The first site is a parents perspective , how his son was able to complete his schooling though the treatment he received.
The second is a report of a child that was being treated with Ritalin. This child was 10yrs old when he took his own life. The autopsy found an excessive amount of ritalin in this system.
With such a massive difference in outcomes it is really hard to define Ritalin as a either a positive or negative treatment.
http://ritalintreatment.com/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2002856/Harry-Hucknall-10-killed-taking-Ritalin.html
For The Bible tells me so....
Following Fiona's study skills advice I asked myself 3 Questions before watching this documentary.
Who benefits from this belief system?
Parents in this documentary descibed using the Bible to try and make their children conform to social norms and what they believe is a Holy way of life.
It is also suggested that Politicians use Christianity to win favour with their constituents.
There are many self appointed 'Guru's' in America that benefit financially. The make claims of being able to cure Homosexuality. This is represented in this documentary by a man called James Dobson.
James Dobson carved a career out of preaching Christian Parenting advise , without being qualified to do so. In this documentary he is given a kind of Villain status due to his homophobic teachings.
Is the Bible misinterpreted?
From watching this documentary and drawing on my own experience I am certain that The Bible is misinterpreted to make homophobic behaviour acceptable.
The Bible says that homosexuality is an abomination that should be punished by death. Other behaviours in the Bible that are also described as an Abomination are , eating shrimp and working on the Sabbath.
How is childhood effected?
All of the families in this documentary found that having a gay son or daughter brought a sense of shame , sadness , fear and anger. The main topic that the parents found difficult was acceptance of their child's sexual orientation.
The children experienced feelings of inadequacy , becoming an outcast in there own community and a feeling that they have committed a sin.
One Mother in this documentary lost contact with her daughter because she could not accept her daughter's homosexuality. Her daughter committed suicide before they had a chance to reconcile.
The documentary follows 5 American , Christian families with Homosexual children.
Shocking , sad , thought provoking. Really opened my eyes to the discrimination that still goes on today. I would be really interested to see if this is also reflected in Britain.
Who benefits from this belief system?
Parents in this documentary descibed using the Bible to try and make their children conform to social norms and what they believe is a Holy way of life.
It is also suggested that Politicians use Christianity to win favour with their constituents.
There are many self appointed 'Guru's' in America that benefit financially. The make claims of being able to cure Homosexuality. This is represented in this documentary by a man called James Dobson.
James Dobson carved a career out of preaching Christian Parenting advise , without being qualified to do so. In this documentary he is given a kind of Villain status due to his homophobic teachings.
Is the Bible misinterpreted?
From watching this documentary and drawing on my own experience I am certain that The Bible is misinterpreted to make homophobic behaviour acceptable.
The Bible says that homosexuality is an abomination that should be punished by death. Other behaviours in the Bible that are also described as an Abomination are , eating shrimp and working on the Sabbath.
How is childhood effected?
All of the families in this documentary found that having a gay son or daughter brought a sense of shame , sadness , fear and anger. The main topic that the parents found difficult was acceptance of their child's sexual orientation.
The children experienced feelings of inadequacy , becoming an outcast in there own community and a feeling that they have committed a sin.
One Mother in this documentary lost contact with her daughter because she could not accept her daughter's homosexuality. Her daughter committed suicide before they had a chance to reconcile.
The documentary follows 5 American , Christian families with Homosexual children.
Shocking , sad , thought provoking. Really opened my eyes to the discrimination that still goes on today. I would be really interested to see if this is also reflected in Britain.
Friday 4 November 2011
Blurring the edges.... Chapter on Gender.
Found this a really interesting read. It was kindly passed on to me from Saudah :-)
This chapter starts by looking at the definition of Gender and how it differs to Sex. Gender is society view's what is the Norm... For instance Girls have long hair/boys have short hair. Sex is the physical difference between boys and girls.
There are lots of different topics that are covered in this chapter , politics, homosexuality , ethnicity and much more.
There were a few points that really caught my attention. The first being the concept of children's identity in school. After thinking about this I found a study about same sex education and it's effect on a child's 'Gender'.
The study is of Secondary School pupils , male and female , from both same sex and co-ed schools. From the conclusion made in this study , females had a better sense of belonging in same sex schools , where as it made no relevant difference to males.
Is this because secondary schools are male dominated.... I think the authors of this chapter would say so.
From this I also found that although much has been done for gender equality in Secondary education it has yet to be addressed in Early years. This then leads into the idea that if children were taught in a 'Genderless' manner from an early age , there would be no need for equality policies in secondary schools.
If i'm honest I find this a strange concept.... I'm not sure how it would work and if there would be a positive or negative outcome for our children?!?
At the end of the chapter there is a study of 1st time expectant parents. The study follows the parents through pregnancy and concentrates on the preference of their child's sex. Parts are written in the parents own words , I was surprised about how dated and , dare I say , sexist some of their opinions were!
Tried to be as to the point as possible , there were many more questions that came to mind whilst reading this. If this was a book club I would be recommending this to my friends :-)
http://webcat.warwick.ac.uk/record=b2081421~S7
http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/uploads/docs/680048.pdf
This chapter starts by looking at the definition of Gender and how it differs to Sex. Gender is society view's what is the Norm... For instance Girls have long hair/boys have short hair. Sex is the physical difference between boys and girls.
There are lots of different topics that are covered in this chapter , politics, homosexuality , ethnicity and much more.
There were a few points that really caught my attention. The first being the concept of children's identity in school. After thinking about this I found a study about same sex education and it's effect on a child's 'Gender'.
The study is of Secondary School pupils , male and female , from both same sex and co-ed schools. From the conclusion made in this study , females had a better sense of belonging in same sex schools , where as it made no relevant difference to males.
Is this because secondary schools are male dominated.... I think the authors of this chapter would say so.
From this I also found that although much has been done for gender equality in Secondary education it has yet to be addressed in Early years. This then leads into the idea that if children were taught in a 'Genderless' manner from an early age , there would be no need for equality policies in secondary schools.
If i'm honest I find this a strange concept.... I'm not sure how it would work and if there would be a positive or negative outcome for our children?!?
At the end of the chapter there is a study of 1st time expectant parents. The study follows the parents through pregnancy and concentrates on the preference of their child's sex. Parts are written in the parents own words , I was surprised about how dated and , dare I say , sexist some of their opinions were!
Tried to be as to the point as possible , there were many more questions that came to mind whilst reading this. If this was a book club I would be recommending this to my friends :-)
http://webcat.warwick.ac.uk/record=b2081421~S7
http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/uploads/docs/680048.pdf
Tuesday 1 November 2011
My 1st Warwick Journal blog........
Hey All ,
I'm back on form now so here are my notes from the Journal I chose to summarise.
This journal is based on cognitive theories and how they relate to a child's ability to learn speech. The author focuses on a child's memory and if it reflects on the child's language acquisition.
Historically the studies used to test the relationship between language and memory were based on visual memory. The findings have shown that the better the visual memory , the better the child's communication skills. There are also studies that children with impaired visual memory often have a family history of language difficulties.
Although there are lots of studies using visual memory and impaired Auditory processing , little is known about the effect that processing speed. There are also conflicting results when on tests using a child's gaze to test their attention.
Tests have also been carried out to compare children's Representing competence, using the changing of picture's and whether the hidden picture still exists-Similar to Piaget's experiment.
There are current studies using infants from 0-3yrs to greater understand the link between Cognitive development and it's effect on speech. This study is using Cognitive theory to predict each child's language development , and then compares the child's actual development.
The study uses children from the same ethnic and social background and gender. The only difference is that some of the babies are pre term and some are full term.
From what I understand , this is because pre term and full term babies have a significant difference in their cognitive memory development.
The results from this study have found that memory and Representation competence are related to speech , however , the language scores were similar for both groups of children.
I don't feel confident enough in my own knowledge to critique this study, although I think that the results seem to contradict each other.
The study also found that symbolic play had the greatest effect on the children's language.
I've got to say that I don't agree with some of the findings in this journal. I felt it was a little generalised.... Or maybe I'm just being a Little harsh ;-)
If anyone has happened to read this same journal I'd be really interested to hear you thoughts :-)
A Cognitive Approach to the Development of Early Language. By: Rose, Susan A.; Feldman, Judith F.; Jankowski, Jeffery J.. Child Development, Jan/Feb2009, Vol. 80 Issue 1, p134-150, 17p, 5 Charts
I'm back on form now so here are my notes from the Journal I chose to summarise.
This journal is based on cognitive theories and how they relate to a child's ability to learn speech. The author focuses on a child's memory and if it reflects on the child's language acquisition.
Historically the studies used to test the relationship between language and memory were based on visual memory. The findings have shown that the better the visual memory , the better the child's communication skills. There are also studies that children with impaired visual memory often have a family history of language difficulties.
Although there are lots of studies using visual memory and impaired Auditory processing , little is known about the effect that processing speed. There are also conflicting results when on tests using a child's gaze to test their attention.
Tests have also been carried out to compare children's Representing competence, using the changing of picture's and whether the hidden picture still exists-Similar to Piaget's experiment.
There are current studies using infants from 0-3yrs to greater understand the link between Cognitive development and it's effect on speech. This study is using Cognitive theory to predict each child's language development , and then compares the child's actual development.
The study uses children from the same ethnic and social background and gender. The only difference is that some of the babies are pre term and some are full term.
From what I understand , this is because pre term and full term babies have a significant difference in their cognitive memory development.
The results from this study have found that memory and Representation competence are related to speech , however , the language scores were similar for both groups of children.
I don't feel confident enough in my own knowledge to critique this study, although I think that the results seem to contradict each other.
The study also found that symbolic play had the greatest effect on the children's language.
I've got to say that I don't agree with some of the findings in this journal. I felt it was a little generalised.... Or maybe I'm just being a Little harsh ;-)
If anyone has happened to read this same journal I'd be really interested to hear you thoughts :-)
A Cognitive Approach to the Development of Early Language. By: Rose, Susan A.; Feldman, Judith F.; Jankowski, Jeffery J.. Child Development, Jan/Feb2009, Vol. 80 Issue 1, p134-150, 17p, 5 Charts
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