Outline Some Of My Placement Experience

Civics and citizenship education is a vital part of the Australian curriculum, as it prepares students to become active and informed citizens in the community (ACARA, 2012). The term “civics and citizenship” covers a range of topics that relate to both the geography and history syllabuses. This includes government and democracy, citizenship, diversity and identity and laws and citizens. For students to be able to develop the necessary skills, attitudes and values to become active and informed citizens, civics and citizenship must be incorporated throughout the curriculum (ACARA, 2012). To understand the importance of civics and citizenship in primary education, both terms need to be understood and comprehended

The company that I chose to do my presentation on is Maurices Store. I worked in retail as a manager for 12 years at the former County Seat and one of my assistants is still working retail as a manager at Maurices here in Dubuque. I was interested in choosing retail sales because it is where I started and I wanted to see how it has changed over the years.

‘Parliamentary sovereignty is a constitutional relic. It has been rendered obsolete, in particular, by the supremacy of EU law and the UK’s statutory recognition of human rights. We should no longer talk about this irrelevant doctrine.’

On reflection this was an interesting job. I had to constantly keep thinking as the environment and atmosphere were constantly changing. The job provided many learning opportunities and allowed me to test my understanding of capacity and consent procedures. The job also reinforced the necessity of keeping up to date with Government

Arguably, the scrutiny of Public Bills has depended more on the House of Lords than it has on the House of Commons in recent years. The term “scrutiny” means the critical observation or examination regarding the Public Bills. The “effectiveness” of the scrutiny could be measured in a variety of ways, such as the period of time the bill stays in parliament for, and whether parliament can take on board evidence from committees and implement the bills into legislation. In order to determine if the House of Lords has been more effective than the House of Commons in scrutinising public bills, it is crucial to compare and contrast the effectiveness of the procedures used in both houses.

The impressions with which I first undertook the arduous trust were explained on the proper occasion. In the discharge of this trust I will only say that I have, with good intentions, contributed toward the organization and administration of the Government the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable, Not unconscious in the outset of the inferiority of my qualifications, experience in my own eyes, perhaps still more in the eyes of others, has strengthened the motives to diffidence of myself; and every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. Satisfied that if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services they were temporary, I have the consolation to believe that, while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it.

In the past, backbencher Member of Parliaments have proven to be able to wield a great deal of power. Backbenchers have the means of voicing their concerns through caucus meetings, House of Commons committees, and private member bills. However the issue depends on when, and if, they want to wield that power. In addition, the growing predominance of influential prime ministerial power have further undermined the powers of MPs, thus making them more and more ineffectual in representing their constituents. Reforms need to be made as the current parliamentary system does not sufficiently provide the backbench government with enough influence to hold the prime minster accountable. Increasing support for independent MP initiatives and decreasing the retribution they face for these initiatives will boost the willingness for backbench contribution. This shifts the power from being centralized at the prime minister to a more

The second function that I’m concentrating on is Representation. In the Commons MPs are elected every five years to represent local constituencies. The link between the House of Commons and the local constituency is very important as it provides information to the government on how the public is responding to their policies and ideas for new

The centrepiece of Labour 's programme of constitutional reform was undoubtedly devolution. This was achieved with remarkably few problems. There now seems no likelihood that the new arrangements could be reversed, even by a Conservative administration. The election on 6 May 1999 of a Parliament in Scotland, with extensive powers of primary legislation as well as tax-raising, and an Assembly in Wales, with powers of secondary legislation only, will have a profound impact on governance within the UK. In

Mr Birling and the Inspector have opposing political views. This is evident when Mr Birling says, “You’ll apologize at once … I’m a public man –” and the Inspector replies, “Public men, Mr Birling have responsibilities as well as privileges.” The Inspector is challenging Mr Birling’s authority, taking control of the situation and ‘massively’ silencing him, shutting down the argument. This shows that the Inspector has a great deal of power over Mr Birling. The Inspector sees ‘responsibilities’ and ‘privileges’ as being linked, whereas Mr Birling does not. Here, Priestley emphasises Mr Birling’s failure to see that with his public position, there comes a duty of responsibility to

I enjoyed my filed placement experience! The only concern that I have is the number of hours I have completed. This was a unique experience for me as SPARC hours are Monday through Friday 9 am to 1 pm. I only worked there 4 days per week. In having to complete 250 hours to pass the term I am worried about this. In addition, we had 2 days off for weather related reasons and one full week off due to the spring break for SPARC.

In recent years, the ability for governments to implement their mandates has shifted from being a function of the people’s will to that of parliament’s. A mandate is the authority provided by voters to a successful political party to pursue its policies in parliament. Governments can justify their dominance of the lower house by arguing the will of the people is expressed through elections. The government’s electoral victory produces a ‘majoritarian mandate,’ and gives them the right to implement their policies. In recent years, minor parties who hold the

There is a House of Commons Select Committee for each department within Whitehall. These were set up to scrutinise government and hold them to account. The formation of these committees consist of a minimum of 11 members and look at three aspects of each department – Administration, Policies and Spending. With this established, we will be looking at the policy aspect of scrutiny and evaluate how much Select Committees influence the content of legislation. The paper will be structured by starting with the analysis of current literature on this topic and trying to pinpoint what has already been stated about the influence select committees have

          Personally, I felt that as a worker that I spent my leisure time more constructively. I had once worked as a tollbooth worker in a local amusement park. I enjoyed that job and had nothing if little to say bad about it. I noticed that when I had time off, I took more time to spend it with my friends. I read more and did the things that I wanted to get to that I previously didn’t have time for. I am presuming that these events occurred because I didn’t have to worry about going back to work the next day. That my next hours of work wouldn’t be a personal hell, but rather a place where I can consider something that I like doing, I get paid for.

Balancing study with home and work is excruciatingly difficult in my circumstances given that I have numerous responsibilities on my plate. These include the fact of having grandchildren to care for, working full-time (Monday-Friday 24 hours a day) as a health-aid worker, and helping my boyfriend's mother out every other weekend. During the week, there is the intensive and unceasing responsibilities of my job leaving me almost nil time for housework. Sleeping is a treat for me. Finally, I need to dedicate time to my boyfriend both for my own pleasure and for the necessity of retention of the relationship. I therefore see him on the weekends, dividing those weekends between him and the grandchildren. Life, as you see, is hectic and even thoguh my studies are important to me, and I do cram them in on weekends, I am usually so tired and pressed with minimal time that it is an effort to concentrate on and find time for my studies.