- Type Experience
- Level Foundational
- Time Days
- Cost Free
Understand: Economic Disadvantage
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Earners of this badge have demonstrated their developing understanding of Economic Disadvantage, a barrier to learning experienced by learners through their engagement with the Barriers To LIFE programme at City College Plymouth.
- Type Experience
- Level Foundational
- Time Days
- Cost Free
Skills
Earning Criteria
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Earners have interacted with barrier-specific resources and completed a diagnostic activity. The Barriers To LIFE (Learner Engagement in Further Education) programme is designed to support the professional development of Plymouth City College staff.
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Earners have gained an understanding that the economic disadvantage can cause numerous barriers to progression in learning
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Earners have learnt that learners experiencing this barrier are often more reactive than reflective in their learning because the most important thing may not be education but having enough money to survive day to day
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Earners have gained an understanding that the college may provide the one safe, stable environment in their life at any moment in time
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Earners have learnt that it is important to recognise that those experiencing economic disadvantage are not necessarily low achievers
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Earners have gained an understanding of the ways you consider supporting experiencing economic disadvantage
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Standards
This badge has been mapped to the Participation Layer of the Cities of Learning Badging Standard. The earner has met expectations, can interact with learning and is able to join in with others.