Journals!!

Hey...

I've been trawling through a few sites and I have found (what I think) may be useful journals for our different modules. Granted I have been doing this while I am still slightly hungover so they may not make as much sense tomorrow lol.

Rachel:

The Millennium Project: a plan for meeting the millennium development goals. J Sachs… - Lancet, 2005 - earth.columbia.

Education in liberia MD Solomon - Science Education, 1959 - Wiley Online Library

Fiona:
Play -
Jordan, E. (1995) Fighting Boys and Fantasy Play: the construction of masculinity in the early years of school. Gender and Education [online], vol. 7, no. 1, p69-86

Martin, W. and Dombey, H. (2002) Finding a voice: Language and play in the home corner. Language and Education [online], vol. 16, no. 1, p48-61

Hyne, S. (2003) Play as a vehicle for learning in the foundation stage. Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association Annual Student Conference, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 10 September 2003.

http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/talk_to_your_baby

Lin:
Inclusion and SEN -

Cook, T. (2004) Starting where we can: using action research to developI inclusive practice. International Journal of Early Years Education [online], vol. 12, no. 1, p3-16

Nutbrown, C. (2004) Inclusion and exclusion in the early years: conversations with European educators. European Journal of Special Needs Education [online], vol. 19, no. 3, p301-315

http://www.inclusion.org.uk/

Also I have put a fair few on my wall on Facebook over the past few days so I hope someone will find them useful but its good for me to have them all in one place.

Latersss xx

Exam cards

Hello All!!

Today was a great lesson. I really enjoyed it but something did seem to click for a subject that could be seen as being quite dry... no offence Rachel. There was a lot of discussion which I prefered from a lesson that was so power-point heavy.

I used my new dictophone today as well and I was surprised how much it picked up and all of the discussion I had forgotten about in such a small time but also how much I move around and russle papers lol. I must learn how to sit still more often :P

This evening I have been doing some exam cards for Lins lesson. I shall post them on here (or at least try to)

If anybody sees any mistakes or improvements then please please let me know.

Tomorrow we have Lins lesson where things just seem to go in and out of my brain so if I use my new toy then it may help.

It is so cold today!! I have so many layers on but its not helping... I might have to succum and put the heating on.

Right I'm off

Laterss xx

Today

Hey!!

As some of you may know it is my birthday :D but I have been at uni today so I thought I would just give a re-cap of what we have done this morning more for my benefit really but if someone finds it useful then that's great.

Originally, the term 'Third World' had nothing to do with a nation's economic development, or lack thereof :

First World
This term refers to so called 'developed' countries as a rule these tend to be:

• capitalist (an economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit, usually in competitive markets)
• industrial countries
• and a bloc of countries that were aligned with the US after WW2, these also have more or less common political and economic interest.
• these include North America, Western Europe, Japan and Australia

Second World
This term refers to the former communist-socialist (social, political and economic movement that aims at the establishment of a classless and stateless communist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production), generally these tend to be:

• industrial states
• formally Eastern bloc, the territory and sphere of influence of the USSR
• Eastern Europe (e.g. Poland)
• and some of the Turk states (e.g. Kazakhstan) these 2 examples are now part of the EU
• and China

Third World
This refers to all other countries that did not fit into first or second world countries but now this is used to describe "developing" countries.
This includes:

• Africa
• Asia
• and Latin America

The term Third World includes as well:

• Capitalist states such as Venezuela
• Communist such as North Korea
• Very rich countries such as Saudi Arabia
• and Very poor such as Mali

The factors that categorise Third World countries are:

• Political Rights and Civil Liberties
• Gross National Income (GNI)
• Human Development
• Poverty
• Press Freedom

The least developed countries (LDCs) are a group of countries that have been identified by the UN as "least developed". The UN used the following three criteria for the identification of the LDCs.

1. a low-income estimate of the gross national income (GNI) per capita.
2. their weak human assets and
3. their high degree of economic vulnerability.

There are 50 countries listed in the United Nations comparative analysis of poverty,

34 African countries, 10 Asian countries, 5 Pacific Island Nations and one Caribbean nation.

Fourth World
This term came into use in 1974 with the publication of Shuswap Chief George Manuel's: The Fourth World: and Indian Reality.
This refers to nations (cultural entities or ethnic groups) of indigenous people living within or across state boundaries such as:

• American Indian
• Aboriginal
• Maori

Going back to Third World countries especially if they are a communist controlled regime it may be difficult if there is a lack of press freedom and then they would have to live in an abusive, poverty-stricken country with no or very little of 'outing' them to the outside world. Before anyone who spoke out of turn or had anything to say in disagreement would be killed and brushed aside, however, now with the invention of the Internet and especially social networking sites such as Facebook, they can make what is happening to them public and this goes global in seconds. So if they are brushed aside and killed then other questions are asked.

Regions that became the 'black holes' for news and media at the moment are: Maldives, Nepal, China, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Iran, Iraq, Belarus, Pakistan and Bangladesh due to media companies being privately owned and freedom of expression does not exist.

Rostow - Stages of Growth - 1960

Traditional Society:

• Characterised by subsidence economy - output not traded or recorded
• existence of barter
• high levels of agriculture and labour intensive agriculture

Pre-conditions:

• development of mining industries
• increase in capital use in agriculture
• necessity of external funding
• some growth in savings and investment

Take off:

• increasing industrialisation
• further growth in savings and investment
• some regional growth
• number employed in agriculture declines

Drive to maturity:

• growth becomes self-sustaining - wealth generation enables further investment in value adding industry and development
• industry more diversified
• increase in levels of technology utilised

High mass consumption:

• high output levels
• mass consumption of consumer durables
• high proportion of employment in service sector

However the criticisms of this model are:

• too simplistic
• necessity of a financial infrastructure to channel any savings that are made into investment
• will such investment yield growth? Not necessarily
• need for other infrastructure - human resources (education), roads, rail, communications networks
• efficiency of use of investment - in palaces or productive activities?
• Rostow argued economies would learn from one another and reduce the time taken to develop - has this happened?

Reference: Calvert, P and Calvert, S. (2007) Politics and Society in the Developing World, 3rd Edition, London: Pearson Education Ltd

I have some bits and bobs that I'm going to include for Lin's lecture tomorrow regarding the Lamb Inquiry, The Bercow Review and the Salamanca Statement (which I should have done last week oops...)

Sorry to have probably bored you all.

Bye xx

Phone blogging

So Im trying out this last attempt to get blogging on my phone and I think this may be successful woop woop.

So testing...testing... 1...2...3...

I think we have liftoff.

Over and out. Okay I've ran out of things to say.

Night!!!! xx

OMG

OMG!! Im feeling really depressed now... I have spent most of today to find out the books that I need to buy and its come to almost £300... I know its worth it but still... Just thought I'd let you all know lol.

Bye xx

Also, one of the 3rd years Tija is selling some of her books that she used over the last 2 years.

Let me know if you want to buy any of these and I'll get her to bring them in:

Children in Time and Place: Developmental and Historical Insights

A History of Childhood: Children and Childhood in the West from Medieval to Modern Times - Heywood

Centuries Of Childhood - Aries

Childhood Development: An Illustrated Guide 2nd Edition - Meggitt

Cult of Childhood - Boas

How Children Learn (1) - Pound

How Children Learn (2) - Pound

How Children Learn (3) - Pound

The Invention of Childhood (Radio Collection)

Tija is available available Monday mornings, Tuesday mornings and Friday mornings.

Just let me know. Thanks xx

Tija has also added these:

Nature via nurture - Ridley

The lucifer effect - zimbardo

Toxic childhood - palmer

Detoxifying childhood - palmer

Being British - brown

Childhood development a first course - sylva&lunt

The invention of childhood BBC - morpurgo&cunningham (6xcds)

The Stephen Lawrence inquiry report - macpherson (ex library)

Understanding Childrens social care, politics, policy and practice - frost&parton

I havent had a chance to link them to amazon yet though sorry xx

One for the newbies

Hi everyone,
I have had Maria ask me which books I found useful last year so I thought if I put them all in one place then they would be more accessible for you.

Childhood and Society - Michael Wyness

Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood - Allison James and Alan Prout

The Sociology of Childhood - William A. Corsaro

How Children Learn - Linda Pound - this one is really a level 3 book which means that you really don't want to reference it but its great for understanding the theory before going to a more academic text. I used this a lot for my exam cards as well as they are short sharp points that can make you remember the key points better.

Constructing Childhood: Theory, Policy and Social Practice - Allison James and Adrian L. James

More for study skills:

Cite Them Right - Richard Pears and Graham Shields (GET THIS ONE!!) Its great, I use it instead of the Purple Book as it gives more examples and covers more or less everything you will ever need for referencing.

How to Write Better Essays - Bryan Greetham

The Mature Student's Guide to Writing - Jean Rose

These are the main ones. If I find anymore that have been useful then I shall post them up here.

Oh and one more thing. I had a lot of things posted to me from DfES. They are free and it gives you the original texts of what practitioners are working to at the moment. Of course these are constantly changing but it is worth a look. https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/EarlyYearseducationandchildcare/Page1 it does take a while to go through and see which ones you want because a lot of them are useless to our course but you may find a few hidden gems in there, such as https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/Nurseriesplaygroupsandreceptionclasses/Page1/D16-7781-0808 the guide for the EYFS which I have just found searching through :D bargain :D

Anyway... where was I... Oh yes. Erm... yeah a lot of those you can download which saves on paper (gotta save the planet) and its instant so you can get the information there and then instead of having to wait for 2 weeks.

Right I best be off. Got to watch the rest of the rugby.. If you need anymore information then feel free to either comment on here or message me on Facebook etc.

Thanks

Bye xxxx

So the work begins!!

Hi Guys!!

Today I started on my longitudinal study. Started my introduction with the birth history, ethical considerations and family history. It was better than I thought as over the summer I have been collecting bits of information and references that I can try and cobble together. After this I looked at some of the examples that are on Moodle and some of it isn't that dissimilar which is good in one way but slightly unnerves me in another. So I feel like I have more or less completed the introduction, but I will be forever tweaking... 734 words, I don't think that I need to go much over that otherwise I may be struggling to keep within the word count guidelines which I know has been a hot topic at the moment...

Really enjoyed Rachels lesson today, also meant me choosing the country Liberia (yes I know hardly anyone knows where it is) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13729504 but I think that it will make for a very interesting research project to see all of the differences between their culture and ours.

I have found so many podcasts that would be useful for our course both 1st year and 2nd so if you need any help then please let me know.

Right... break over... I have to get on to compile my baseline assessment. :D

Signing off...

C xx

Great Book!!

Hi everyone!

I have come across a great book for our course, for Fionas assignment the longitudinal study:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Observe-Children-Sheila-Riddall-Leech/dp/0435987666/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1316948757&sr=1-1

I don't know if you have already got it but I thought it may be useful.

Signing off

Claire xx

Wow!! Year 2!!

Hi everybody!!

Wow I cannot believe that my last blog post was in February!! It seems like that was forever ago but then only 5 minutes ago, the same with the beginning of this course.

Now being a 2nd year -- and believe me, if I can do it anyone can!! I can't believe that its almost getting serious now. Not that the first year wasn't serious but I have done many courses at NWHC so its almost like a 2nd home, knowing where everything is etc (even though they like to move things) but going up to Warwick in less than a year is very scary!! Talk about a transition dip!!

Going back to college/uni was great, really nice to see everyone again and it felt like it gave me a focus for my time. I meant to get so much stuff done while I was on holiday but with one thing and another they never got done.

The project about a 2nd world country and our longitudinal study which seems scary now as I really don't know what Im doing is very exciting as this will be something that I enjoy... am I convincing you?! lol trying to convince myself :P Also I am looking forward to the masculinity module as well.

As I am so out of practice I really don't know what to put on here and I hope that anybody reading this actually wants to get any information out of it as usually it is just random ramblings and there may be one bit of information in there.

But for any 1st years that may be reading this feel free to add me on Facebook: just search Claire Brannan and you can email me if you need any support. If I don't know I may be able to point you in the right direction but all in all don't forget to support eachother and trust the tutors to give you support as well. Its not like an us and them thing and its not competitive. The more you help eachother the more you will get out of it. erm... yeah I think thats it without me getting all mushy.

Right I better be off, I might put a bit more later

Signing off

Claire xx

Today hasn't been a good day, Ive had this feeling bubbling up for the last week or so, recently we've had a new puppy and shes brilliant. Just what me and my family needs.

The past few days have been really hectic, it feels like everything is left down to me and Im a bit sick of it atm tbh...

anyway best be off.

xx

Wow, I've just had a look at how long its been since I last actually did a new post... and it has been a long time.

I'm glad that now all of first assignments are done and out of the way but now coming in today we have another few assignments to do so we can never relax.

I hope everyone had a good Christmas, mine was crap. My Dad died on the 20th so it sort of set the tone for the rest of Christmas and New Year, but I did managed to cook Christmas dinner without giving anyone food poisoning so that was one was a small glory.

Today is my first day back and it feels really surreal, its just feels like I'm not meant to be here, and the last 3 weeks have just been such a whirlwind, now trying to get back into normal life is getting difficult.

It feels like I should be at home and still mourning but I can't I just feel like he's still here but not that he's gone, but today feels different...

Hm... not liking this...

C xx