Assignment 034 Understand the Needs of Children and Young People who are Vulnerable and Experiencing Poverty and Disadvantage Assignment overview Introduction The assignment forUnit 034 asks you to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the needs of children and young people who are vulnerable and experiencing poverty and disadvantage. The assignment is designed to ensure that by completing all the tasks, you will meet the Learning Outcomes and assessment criteria for Unit 034, Understand the Needs of Children and Young People who are Vulnerable and Experiencing Poverty and Disadvantage.
Tasks There is one task for this assignment to cover all Learning Outcomes. A Evidence of analytical research; Written report or presentation Assignment coverage Task Task name Learning outcomes covered A A Evidence of analytical research; Written report or presentation 1. Understand the factors that may impact on the outcomes and life changes of children and young people 2. Understand how poverty and disadvantage affect children and young people’s development 3. Understand the importance of early intervention for children and young people who are disadvantaged and vulnerable
4. Understand the importance of support and partnership in improving outcomes for children and young people who are experiencing poverty and disadvantage 5. Understand the role of the practitioner in supporting children and young people who are vulnerable and experiencing poverty and disadvantage 50 Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People’s Workforce Assignment Guide for Candidates (4227-03/04/05) Assignment 034 Understand the Needs of Children and Young People who are Vulnerable and Experiencing
Poverty and Disadvantage Task A Evidence of analytical research; Written report or presentation For this task, you will research key national and local policies and guidance documents that seek to address poverty, disadvantage and vulnerability of children and young people. Utilising this research, you will then write a report or produce a PowerPoint presentation that discusses the following. 1. The rationale and history for the existence of such policies and guidance documents (Ref. 1. 3, 1. 4) 2.
The effectiveness of these in addressing poverty, disadvantage and vulnerability of children and young people (Ref. 4. 1) 3. What is meant by the term disadvantage? (Ref. 3. 1) 4. What is meant by the term vulnerability? (Ref. 3. 1) 5. How the implementation of these policies at a local level affect children’s development, resilience and self confidence (Ref. 2. 1, 4. 1, 4. 3, 5. 1) 6. Why it is important for practitioners to have high expectations and ambitions for children and young people? (Ref. 2. 1, 5. 1, 5. 2) 7.
The importance of the practitioner as an agent of change and their role as facilitators of positive practice including the development of carers as active participants in children and young peoples’ lives (Ref. 5. 3, 4. 1, 4. 3) 8. The role of early intervention models in improving children and young people’s outcomes and life chances (Ref. 1. 2, 3. 2, 3. 3) 9. The importance of multi-disciplinary working in relation to key strategic activities including the acquisition and maintenance of support services, strategic planning and interfacing with adult services.
(Ref. 4. 1, 4. 2, 4. 4) This task covers all of the Learning Objectives and assessment criteria of Unit 033. Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People’s Workforce Assignment Guide for Candidates (4227-03/04/05) 5 Candidate assessment record Assignment feedback and result sheet Unit number and title Assignment 034 Understand the Needs of Children and Young People who are Vulnerable and Experiencing Poverty and Disadvantage Candidate’s name Enrolment number Assessor’s name Centre number Dates assignment submitted 1st 2nd Tasks 1st Submission Outcome
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Humanism: The Egalitarian Movement
The World of Humanism and Reform 15 February 2013 Humanism: The Egalitarian Movement The Humanist philosophy has egalitarian roots because of its ideal confidence in humans to decipher truth from falsehood without any need for external intervention. This assurance that people have no need for others but only themselves proves that each relies on his own understanding, therefore each man may reach his own conclusions instead of relying on the more privileged to decide for himself.
Humanism, although, can be interpreted as an elitist movement because philosophers or scholars will always offer what they believe to be the most accurate truth, but the very core of the movement is within each individual. Kempis’s Imitation of Christ offers a view of the Humanist movement through the eyes of a religious monk who emphasizes that truth comes from the individual’s reliance on God to reveal it to him. He denounces the popular belief that man must be educated and studious in order to be understanding when he states, “I would rather experience repentance in my soul than know how to define it”.
This sentence denotes what the rest of the book would be mainly about as well as Kempis’s take on the Humanist movement because he stresses that the focus must be on the nourishment of the soul rather than the mind. Kempis states, “Many things there are to know which profiteth little or nothing to the soul;” the soul is eternal, hence it is more important to pursue the truth that will foster its growth than study what others believe to be the truth to cultivate the mind. This is particularly emphasized when he says, “A lowly knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than the deep searching of a man’s learnings.
Not that learning is to be blamed, nor the taking account of anything that is good; but a good conscience and a holy life is better than all. ” He also highlights that man must first kindle a relationship with God and then he will gain insight into what the truth is straight from the source. Being that Christianity is open to any who seek life means that any man may know truth as opposed to only monks, priests, or clergymen. For this reason, Humanism, as described and explained by Kempis, is egalitarian. Any analysis of the Humanist movement would be incomplete without mentioning the very father of said movement himself, Francesco Petrarch.
His anointment as Poet Laureate marks, as many respected scholars agree, the shift to reconciling theology with free will in an attempt to justify each man’s individual effort to determine truth through his own relationship with Christ. The self examination that occurs in Petrarch’s The Secret brings to light the need for him to transfer his focus from the temporal things to the things of the Lord in order for him to reach the ultimate goal of understanding eternal truth as can be understood by his statement, “Hitherto your eyes have been darkened and you have looked too much, yes, far too much, upon the things of earth.
If these so much delight you what shall be your rapture when you lift your gaze to things eternal! ” The work, therefore, expresses that man’s ability to think and decide for himself must be based on his relationship with God more so than his knowledge of scripture or philosophy because the Lord will reveal the truth to him that is a faithful servant. Consequently, each person is his own fountain of truth so long as he has a firm relationship with God which will cultivate his ability to recognize the truth thus the capacity to make out the truth from that which is false.
Another such influential writer of the early Humanist movement was Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. His involvement in Florence’s Platonic Academy exposed him to the reconciliation of Christian religion and philosophical thought that united man’s free will and God’s sovereignty. Pico della Mirandola wrote in his Oration on the Dignity of Man that individuals have the ability to affect their destiny by the decisions they make, stating it best when he says, “To [man] it is granted to have whatever he chooses, to be whatever he wills”.
In this case, each person is capable of their own free will because no man can decide what any one person can or will do in his own intimate decisions even if he is an official or a part of the clergy or government. By this explanation, fate can be affected by the daily choices made by each person; this contradicted what the church was preaching during the late 1400s. Nevertheless, this notion is still widely discussed and accepted by
many scholars and laymen to this day because it is an ever present mystery that challenges the Christian beliefs of whether or not our we have a say in our destinies or if our actions have no purpose because God’s plan will ultimately prevail. Furthermore, Pico della Mirandola states in Oration on the Dignity of Man, “Above all, we should not make that freedom of choice God gave us into something harmful, for it was intended to be to our advantage.
” This quote clearly confirms Pico’s recognition that God made man with the freedom to choose because that ability could take us further into the understanding of truth than His other creations that are void of free will or understanding. In any case, Pico della Mirandola would certainly agree that man has an effect on his own fate especially when he states, “… man’s place in the universe is somewhere between the beasts and the angels, but, because of the divine image planted in him, there are no limits to what man can accomplish…” since every decision made will affect what man undertakes.
NASA And The Age Of Space Exploration
The space age began as a race for security and prestige between two superpowers. The opportunities were boundless, and the decades that followed have seen a radical transformation in the way we live our daily lives, in large part due to our use of space. Space systems have taken us to other celestial bodies and extended humankind’s horizons back in time to the very first moments of the universe and out to the galaxies at its far reaches. Satellites contribute to increased transparency and stability among nations and provide a vital communications path for avoiding potential conflicts.
Space systems increase our knowledge in many scientific fields, and life on Earth is far better as a result. The utilization of space has created new markets; helped save lives by warning us of natural disasters, expediting search and rescue operations, and making recovery efforts faster and more effective; made agriculture and natural resource management more efficient and sustainable; expanded our frontiers; and provided global access to advanced medicine, weather forecasting, geospatial information, financial operations, broadband and other communications, and scores of other activities worldwide .
Space systems allow people and governments around the world to see with clarity, communicate with certainty, navigate with accuracy, and operate with assurance. The legacy of success in space and its transformation also presents new challenges. When the space age began, the opportunities to use space were limited to only a few nations, and there were limited consequences for irresponsible or unintentional behavior. Now, we find ourselves in a world where the benefits of space permeate almost every facet of our lives.
The growth and evolution of the global economy has ushered in an ever-increasing number of nations and organizations using space. The now ubiquitous and interconnected nature of space capabilities and the world’s growing dependence on them mean that irresponsible acts in space can have damaging consequences for all of us. For example: Decades of space activity have littered Earth’s orbit with debris; and as the world’s space-faring nations continue to increase activities in space, the chance for a collision increases correspondingly.
As the leading space-faring nation, the United States is committed to addressing these challenges. But this cannot be the responsibility of the United States alone. All nations have the right to use and explore space, but with this right also come responsibility. The United States, therefore, calls on all nations to work together to adopt approaches for responsible activity in space to preserve this right for the benefit of future generations. From the outset of humanity’s ascent into space, this Nation declared its commitment to enhance the welfare of humankind by cooperating with others to maintain the freedom of space.
The United States hereby renews its pledge of cooperation in the belief that with strengthened international collaboration and reinvigorated U. S. Leadership, all nations and peoples—space-faring and space-benefiting—will find their horizons broadened, their knowledge enhanced, and their lives greatly improved Advocates of space exploration often get asked the question: “Why should we spend money on NASA when there is an abundance of problems here on Earth? ” Universe Today has been compiling a list of responses to this question by space-bloggers from across the web.
Check it out, there are some great answers. In response to Universe Today’s call for answers, we decided to compile a list of our top reasons that space exploration is a worthwhile endeavor. I also encourage everyone to read The Case for Space Exploration, a collection of essays and articles put together by the Space Foundation. As our telescopes probe the depths of space and time and our spacecraft missions reveal the scale and diversity of worlds even within our own solar system, we are provided with a humbling sense of our place in the universe.
Carl Sagan expressed the significance of this perspective in a beautiful passage in his book Pale Blue Dot. You can also listen to Sagan himself read the passage in this video clip. The world would be a better place if everyone watched that video. 2. Protecting and Understanding our World – * NASA’s Earth Science division helps us understand the fantastically complex world that we live on. * Studying other worlds like Venus and Mars teaches us how special our planet is, and provides sobering examples of how the climates of planets can change.
* NASA-funded research scans the skies for dangerous asteroids, and missions to asteroids teach us how we might be able to divert them from a collision course, should the need arise. The Apollo missions inspired an entire generation of students to pursue math and science careers. As our society becomes more technology-dependent, the populace needs to become scientifically literate to keep up. Telling students that “You could be the first astronaut on Mars! ” or “You could be the one driving the next Mars rovers! ” is a pretty effective way of inspiring them to study science and math.
NASA does not launch buckets of cash into space. The majority of the money spent on space exploration goes toward the salaries of thousands of skilled American workers who make NASA’s missions so successful. For more on this, and its connection to the recent Mars rover budget scare, check this post. To be human is to be an explorer. It is part of who we are: since the first tribes left the African savanna and spread into Europe and Asia, we have had the need to explore the unknown. Now humans have visited or settled every corner of the globe.
The instinct to explore is still active, but there are very few outlets. Some people seek out extreme or exotic places to satisfy this need, risking their lives to do so. Others look to the skies. It may be an old cliche, but Star Trek had it right: Space is the final frontier, and it calls to the explorer in all of us. Space exploration brings together a lot of smart people from many different fields and puts them to work on some very difficult problems. The result is not only fantastic scientific discoveries, but also many useful inventions.
From healthier baby food to technology to better diagnose breast cancer, to farther flying golf balls, NASA technology is all around you. Check here for an extensive list. How did life begin? How did the universe begin? How was our world created? Are we alone? These questions and others have been asked by every generation since the dawn of time. That we can even ask them is a testament to the power of the human brain. Now, because we are smart enough and bold enough to explore the universe, we are finding the answers.
In the words of Carl Sagan, “We are starstuff contemplating the stars. ” Large space exploration projects are almost always the result of international cooperation. TheInternational Space Station is the most obvious example, but the space shuttle regularly has astronauts from other nations, and many robotic missions include instruments built by teams in other countries. As NASA gears up to return to the moon, precursor missions from Japan, India,China and Russia are already in orbit, are planned, or are under construction.
Future human Mars missions will almost certainly involve multiple space agencies to spread the cost among several nations. 9. Long-term Survival – As it stands, all of humanity’s eggs are in one small basket called “Earth”. It is only a matter of time before something happens to our planet that is so devastating that it changes the course of life as we know it. Whether the disaster is natural, like a rogue comet, or self-inflicted, like nuclear war, it is possible that our home will no longer be habitable. What happens, then, to all of the accomplishments of the last thousand generations of humans?
All of our art, our music, our literature, our science, even our very genes could be wiped out. Unless, of course, there are a few humans living elsewhere in the solar system. Space exploration and colonization of the Moon and Mars are an insurance policy for humanity and all of our achievements. That’s what we came up with. We think that, based on the reasons above, it is certainly worth it to spend 0. 60% of the national budget (just six out of every thousand dollars) on NASA. We’re interested to hear what you think. Is the investment in NASA worth it?