My timeline!

Right! I have now moved, got internet and trying to get sorted with all the presentations etc that we have got to do! First things first, my timeline from when i was born until present day... im not being precise on the years cuz i cant remember lol

1987- I was born :) Christmas eve 19:54 
1988- Moved into the house i grew up in (and loved)
1990- Cousin Jamie-Lee was born
1991- Little brother Daniel was born
1992-Started Grove Road Infants then went onto Juniors :)
1993- Daniel had his leg in a cast 
1995- Mum and Dad bought me lots of Barbie stuff for xmas! And Mum and Dad took me and Danny to Disneyland Paris!
1996- Sam was born! The Spice Girls got together! LOL! Me and Jamie-Lee LOVED them! 
1997- Gran and Roger got married
1998- Mum and Dad split up. I went up to Hastings High School, never wanted to leave this place at all. Best 3 years of my life!
1999- Mum met a very bad bad boyfriend lol
2000-Uncle Steve moved to America. Starting being bit naughty at school, bad influences. Started smoking around this time too. Met Ryan through friends, he asked me out, i said no! LOL. Started going out with Mike, together for a couple of years!
2001-Didnt see my Dad very much for a couple of years
2002-I met a very bad bad boyfriend lol moved out of home for a few years BIG MISTAKE. Also moved up to JCC, didnt get on well here
2003-Mum moved herself and boys out of her house (minus the bad smell)  
2004-Got my GCSE results, was really happy with my results. Started working at the shop with Mum and Gran
2005-Gran sold the shop and i met my lovely friend Becca :) i passed my driving test and Gran bought me a pink metro for my 18th birthday! 
2006-Moved back into my Mums after FINALLY seeing sense! 
2007-My youngest brother Oliver was born (Dads side) and Dad got re-married. 2007 was mainly party, party, party. This is all i did! Then at the end of the year i said yes to a date with Ryan! Also quit smoking this year thanks to encouragement from Becca!
2008-Dad and my step Mum threw me a 21st birthday party
2009-Start of 2009 was awful. Broke my ankle bone in 2 places, 16 weeks off work and practically bed bound, never been in so much pain waiting for an op for 9 days! 
2010-Me and Ryan started living together properly :) 
2011-Mine and Ryans 1st holiday abroad before i applied to go to Uni to start living the dream!! 


I think this pretty much sums up my short but eventful life so far!
 
 

Bronfenbrenner's obituary

Heres Bronfenbrenner's obituary posted by the Los Angeles Times in 2006

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/09/29/urie_bronfenbrenner_theories_altered_approach_to_child_development_at_88/

Animated Bronfenbrenner video!

Here's a 3 minute animated video a bit about Bronfenbrenners ecological systems theory 

 

My highlights and low points so far since starting this course

Here is a list of my highlights! 

• Getting accepted for the course!
• Telling my Mum, Gran, boyfriend and brothers that i am doing a degree!
• Meeting so many amazing people
• Having a huge support system
• Discounts! lol! 
• Our first day out to Warwick (not the getting lost part lol)
• Laughing at my uni picture
• Going and buying my pencil case, folders and stationery!
• Meeting all the tutors 
• My mum being a star and taking me, ryan and 3 cats in for nearly a week
• Maria getting her free loyalty coffee then not having time to drink it cuz we were nattering too much haha
• Having study buddies/groups that help me out when i get stuck!

Uhhh ohhh low points...

• The thing that im really struggling with.. moving bloody house!!! Cant concentrate when got all of it going on!!
• Presentations/essays/exams
• Feeling like im a bit behind and lost 
• Student finance messing me around big time
• Lack of sleep after a hen weekend away lol
• I am rubbish at marking essays thats for sure 
• Forgetting to eat half of the time cuz so busy! 
• I read something and i cant take it in, in 1 ear and straight out the other
• Note taking doesnt make any sense at all
• Not having a printer to hand cuz got no money!
• The long wait to get your acceptance letter!

They're balancing each other out at the moment, i am hoping i have a huge GOOD GOOD list soon!

Bandura and the bobo doll experiment- attempt 2

Right.... i read over the experiment again. It does make sense, to some extent.
At the end of my reading i found that the experiment was inconclusive and has not been fully proved. Tad disappointed after writing up 3 pages about it! 
It all seemed a lot of hard work to me to be fair lol! 

Im not going to explain it all on here aswell so heres a bit of the bobo doll original footage, just hope i upload it right!!

History of childhood

Right.. a fresh monday morning now i feel ready to study! I have been trowling through Warwicks web catalogue for our directed time activities.
Here is what i found for our 3 further references relating to an aspect of the history of childhood...

Hanawalt, B. (1995) Growing up in medieval London: the experience of childhood in history. Oxford University press (yay my 1st reference, hope its right!)

Hanawalt in this book reveals the dramatic life of the common people, in this instance, the lives of children in London during the 14th and 15th centuries.
She shows that contrary to what some historians believe, medieval adults did recognise and pay close attention to the various stages of childhood and adolescence. 

Horne, J. (2011) History and the construction of the child in early British children's literature. Farnham, Surrey; Burlington, VT

This book is about understanding the cultural context relevant to children and to literature in a time of change.

DeMause, L. (1991) The history of childhood: the untold story of child abuse. London: Bellew

Now for the google keyword search relating to the history of childhood!

http://www.essortment.com/history-child-psychology-21036.html

http://www.faqs.org/childhood/Ch-Co/Comparative-History-of-Childhood.html

http://www.open2.net/theinventionofchildhood/culturalchildhoods2.html

Hope im on the right track!

The website i have chosen to write a summary about is the history of child psychology, even though this is a very brief overview of child psychology i found it the most interesting!
In medieval times, laws generally did not distinguish between child and adult offenses. Prior to 1600 Aries concluded that European societies did not accord any special status to children. Children were treated as mini adults and didnt have an emotional bond as strong as the children of today would have.
Rousseau stressed that children are inherently good and they should be able to grow with little parental monitoring. Throughout history our perspective of children has dramatically changed. We now see childhood as a unique period of life that lays down foundations for going into the adult years.


Really enjoyed doing that :) now off to get ready for uni induction!






   

Social learning theory- Albert Bandura

Been researching into Bandura (well attempting to anyway!) he is one of the biggest theorists of social learning. Bandura's theory is that people learn from one another via observation, imitation and modelling. I found out that he conducted 2 experiments in 1961 and 1963 called 'the bobo experiment' studying patterns of behaviour associated with aggression. I have attempted to read through the experiment today without any clue of what it all meant!! all i can tell u is there was 36 boys and 36 girls aged between 3 and 6 lol! better read through it again and actually understand it!

Day out to warwick with my new school friends!

Woooooow i cant get over how amazing uni is! Felt like i shouldnt be there, like an intruder lol! first off we parked about a mile away from everything so we felt like we needed a golf buggy to get us to and fro like in american films lol we sat and had drinks (non alcoholic ;)) in a dainty cafe, toured the sports hall and got hoared by buff rugby players haha! then after we'd mooched about a bit we had a tour booked in for the library!
Comparing college library to uni library, i cant even explain how extravagant warwicks library is! I might not see it very often seeing as maria and beth like to get us in trouble! :P haha how were we supposed to know that was the silent level!? oh and usin the service elevator didnt help our case much either! tut tut naughty girls
Unfortunately we couldnt pick up our uni cards yet so thats a job 4 monday! today we've been talkin about linkin paragraphs together so u dont go off on random different subjects.. good job my blog isnt essential as i go off in all directions possible!
Today was a brain overload, maybe its because im tired, hungry and stressed bout moving but felt like there was a pile of paper in front of me that kept gettin higher and higher and so on..
i am NOT liking the essay we have 2 read and mark ourselves.. i dont know what most of the words mean!! and its around 8 pages long lol! EPIC FAIL!!
not really understanding the study skills presentation etc so gonna have another read through it all when im more relaxed lol.. feel a bit better now typed it all out onto here.
anyway heres a link relevant to fi's lecture today on child development theories:
http://psychology.about.com/od/developmentalpsychology/a/childdevtheory.htm

The times i want to look back on

Times are hittin hard when u get msgs of extreme support from your family. I wasnt gonna blog 4 another week but after receiving just a few msgs from my family members sayin they love me and r proud of me 4 what im doing i now find myself blubberin with a box of tissues next 2 me feelin sooo determined than iv ever felt b4 2 make them even more proud!!! Its amazing how much impact a few words from your baby brother can make :')) 
Back on subject... lol term starts on MONDAY OMG! r we havin packed lunches or can we have hot dinners!?! haha relevant question!
cant wait 2 start with all my new school friends.. welcome to year 1 of 4!!
  

Emotional day...

Howdy bloggers! Wow.. today i have wanted to jump for joy and wanted to burst into tears all at the same time! Gemma rang me and offered me a place at uni (yay!) i literally danced and screamed around work! My boss thought i was goin crazy! I feel like iv had a 10 ton weight lifted of my shoulders, the phone call came at the perfect time.
 About an hour earlier i could've cried from all the stress through moving house :( im not gonna let it get to me cuz my amazing friends and family are helping and supporting me.. somehow it always works out..
Anywaaay iv been reading up on Rousseau & Piaget today.. only little bits and bobs but very interesting! Had another look through all the module booklets (lets face it, it takes a few times to get ya head round them)
Cant believe monday is only 4 days anyway and the beginning to the start of my new life! I cant wait, actually havin the opportunity to do something that i love doing and not just doin it cuz its 'work'
WOOOOOOOO end of an emotional hectic day... early night for me!!!!

Podcast!!

Now we've been introduced to the world of podcasts! Here is an amazing podcast found on itunes http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/childhood-matters/id213546575 245 podcasts on childhood matters. It covers everything from discipline to breast feeding, SEN to single parenting and gay parenting to depression!
Very much looking forward to listening to all (i will try!!) of these podcasts!
Hope you find this link helpful... adios!

 

First blog- one to remember

Well.. first blog i have ever written! Weird. I suppose my beginning hasnt really started yet since i havent received my letter back but im hoping for the next week to bring good news! Well.. i've been to 2 days at college so far (unofficially) the tutors are so helpful and are making life so much easier with this huge change for us all!
The past week i have had so many different emotions it's unreal! Starting Uni, preparing to move house, working, and everyday stresses.
I know im going to love being at uni through the good, the hard work and having the feeling of accomplishment.
Few of the parts of the modules have confused me (alot) but i know we have all got so much support surrounding us. The thing i find mega daunting is standing up in front of people and trying not to stutter, stumble and talk complete nonsense!
Im gonna make my first blog short and sweet and end it here. First of many blogs!