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Sharing power and transforming educational practice

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Sharing power and transforming educational practice New content Copyrighted imageCredit: © IOE Press
Introductory Level Duration 8 hours Updated 23 May 2013
Explore the notion of a life of learning and interrogate 'common-sense' assumptions about schooling. Consider what is the research process and how becoming a co-researcher...

Succeed with maths - Part 2

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Succeed with maths - Part 2 New content Copyrighted imageCredit: © Annett autech/iStockphoto.com
Introductory Level Duration 50 hours Updated 23 May 2013
Mathematics underpins practically every aspect of modern life. This free online course is a friendly introduction to a range of key ideas to help you...

Succeed with maths - Part 1

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Succeed with maths - Part 1 New content Copyrighted imageCredit: © Annett autech/iStockphoto.com
Introductory Level Duration 48 hours Updated 23 May 2013
Mathematics underpins practically every aspect of modern life. This free online course is a friendly introduction to a range of key ideas to help you...

Learning to Learn

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Learning to Learn New content Copyright free imageCredit: ©iStock.com/payee
Introductory Level Duration 80 hours Updated 23 May 2013
Learning and change can mean big decisions and asking important questions. This free online course is a friendly starting point introducing a range of key...

Children and young people’s participation

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Children and young people’s participation
Masters Level Duration 12 hours Updated 23 May 2013
Listening to children is a first step in the participation agenda, which is reasonably well established. By contrast, enabling children to share in decision making...

Transport and sustainability

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Transport and sustainability Copyrighted imageCredit: S.Potter
Intermediate Level Duration 12 hours Updated 23 May 2013
This unit explores the issues around sustainable transport and how the role of technology and society can interact to lower the overall impact of transport.

An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope

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An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope Copyrighted imageCredit: Used with permission
Intermediate Level Duration 8 hours Updated 23 May 2013
Experience the study of minerals using a polarising microscope. While the study of minerals can involve electron or ion beam chemical analysis, the polarising microscope...

Beginners’ Spanish: Food and drink

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Beginners’ Spanish: Food and drink Copyrighted imageCredit: Mike Truman
Introductory Level Duration 6 hours Updated 23 May 2013
This unit will be of interest to those who want to improve their language skills in order to communicate more easily and effectively in Spanish....

Learning to learn: Learning can mean change

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Learning to learn: Learning can mean change Copyrighted imageCredit: © Mattjeacock/iStockphoto.com
Introductory Level Duration 8 hours Updated 23 May 2013
This unit starts to explore what it takes to learn and change. Through the use of activities and introducing academic skills and evaluating websites,...

Learning to learn: You and your learning

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Learning to learn: You and your learning Copyrighted imageCredit: Unit 2: © Anton Seleznev/iStockphoto.com
Introductory Level Duration 8 hours Updated 23 May 2013
In this unit, the focus is on the perspective that you have on your own learning. However, as you gather evidence about this perspective,...