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World Class Films - Teachers Beyond Borders

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 07 Aug 2012
Introducing Teachers Beyond Borders, a non-profit organisation passionate about boosting literacy and teaching standards for children with special needs in Ghana 
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World Class Films - Bosnia: Two schools under one roof

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 07 Aug 2012
As the Bosnian government seeks to reintergrate education after the war of the 1990s, Two Schools Under One Roof is a first step.
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World Class Films - Ghana: Bringing all students together

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 11 Jul 2012
The Multikids Academy in Ghana is bringing kids with special or additional needs into mainstream education - not always easy with no national provision to...
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Teachers replaced by computers?

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 11 Jul 2012
By Pete Bradshaw
Dr Pete Bradshaw asks if children can teach themselves with the aid of computers, will the role of the teacher become redundant?
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World Class Films - Kenya: Teaching after conflict

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World Class Films - Kenya: Teaching after conflict
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 31 May 2012
What happens to education when violent tribal conflicts break out in a community? A headteacher at a Kenyan secondary school discusses how his pupils coped
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World Class Films - India: Can computers take the teacher out of the classroom?

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World Class Films - India: Can computers take the teacher out of the classroom?
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 31 May 2012
How does one school in India harness technology to teach pupils living in India’s slums? 
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The Z Files with Benjamin Zephaniah

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 20 Oct 2010
By Benjamin Zephaniah
In recognition of Black History Month in October 2010, we focused on notable black people in the fields of science, technology and engineering
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The Z Files: Jon Chase

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 29 Sep 2010
By Benjamin Zephaniah
Poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah interviews Jon Chase about his passion for communicating science to young people
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Street Science with Jon Chase

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 29 Sep 2010
By Benjamin Zephaniah, Jon Chase
How do you get an egg into a glass bottle without touching it? Jon Chase gives us a lesson in Street Science
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Taking inspiration from your surroundings

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Introductory Level Duration 15 mins Updated 28 Aug 2010
By Andrea Porter
In this extended interview, the poet and writer Andrea Porter explains how the beauty of the Fens in eastern England influences her work teaching local...
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Collaboration in the classroom

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Masters Level Duration 20 mins Updated 12 Mar 2013
By The iTunes U team
What teaching methods can be used to improve a school’s performance?
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Working mathematically

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Introductory Level Duration 10 hours Updated 25 May 2013
By The Open University
This unit is aimed at teachers who wish to review how they go about the practice of teaching mathematics, those who are considering becoming mathematics...
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Learning a second language

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Masters Level Duration 4 hours Updated 25 May 2013
By The Open University
In this unit we will consider how students learn how to make meaning through learning additional languages which could be second, third or even fourth...
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Teaching for good behaviour

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Intermediate Level Duration 10 hours Updated 25 May 2013
By The Open University
The quality of our teaching inevitably has an impact on the behaviour of our students. This unit considers some of the factors that can contribute...
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Geography in education: exploring a definition

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Intermediate Level Duration 9 hours Updated 25 May 2013
By The Open University
This unit is aimed at geography teachers, or those with an interest in studying or teaching geography. This unit looks at the contribution that geography...
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Teaching using digital video in secondary schools

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Intermediate Level Duration 10 hours Updated 25 May 2013
By The Open University
This unit explores the role of digital media as a teaching tool, focussing on video in particular. we will examine the process of how you...
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Creativity, community and ICT

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Introductory Level Duration 20 hours Updated 25 May 2013
By The Open University
What do you think being creative means? This unit engages with the debates surrounding the term ‘creativity’ and explores ways in which ICT creates new...
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Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits

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Introductory Level Duration 4 hours Updated 25 May 2013
By The Open University
Museums give children experiences above and beyond the everyday – experiences that enrich and build upon classroom teaching and learning. Taking pupils to a museum,...
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Why teach art?

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Introductory Level Duration 6 hours Updated 25 May 2013
By The Open University
What value does art have in the school curriculum? This unit, primarily aimed at colleagues teaching art in schools, explores the justification for including art...
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Teaching assistants: Support in action

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Introductory Level Duration 4 hours Updated 25 May 2013
By The Open University
Teaching assistants are an important resource in education. This unit looks at how this role has developed over time. You will also explore why this...
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