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The family at the centre of early learning
Education & Development

The family at the centre of early learning

...co-constructing learning. As Razia reads, Sahil climbs around her. Razia comments, ‘I love it. I don’t want them to just sit straight. That’s what grandchildren do: they play and learn.’ (Adapted from Jessel et. al., 2011, p. 46) Key points Children’s experiences in their families will be influenced by the conditions, traditions and beliefs of their community....
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Managing complexity: a systems approach
Society, Politics & Law

Managing complexity: a systems approach

...co-construct meaning in human communication, much as dancers co-construct the tango or samba on the dance floor, suggests the need to consider on what basis we might accept that understanding has occurred. Asking this question is like opening a Pandora's box. It raises all sorts of questions that we take for granted, like: What is learning? What is understanding? How do...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)
Education & Development

A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)

...co-constructing understanding of a classroom situation (i.e. a coaching style) has been found to promote development (Furlong and Maynard, 1995). On the other hand, providing an excess of judgements and evaluations can prove to be an obstacle in school-based mentoring/coaching relationships. Adopting an assessor’s role provides challenge for the early career teacher,...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach
Education & Development

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

...co-construction of knowledge...Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach: 1.4 Transmission approach - Some argue that the ‘transmission’ style of ITE is characterised by a ‘top tips’ approach, where experienced practitioners, either in schools or universities, consider their solution to be the correct one. It is here that there is a difficult balance...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Attachment in the early years
Education & Development

Attachment in the early years

...co-construction of self relationships’, in Nelson, C. A. (ed) Memory and Affect in Development: Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology (Vol. 26), Hillsdale, NJ, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, pp. 237–63. Bretherton, I., McNew, S. and Beeghly-Smith, M. (1981) ‘Early person knowledge as expressed in gestural and verbal communication: when do infants acquire a “theory...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
An introduction to floodplain meadows
Nature & Environment

An introduction to floodplain meadows

...Co-constructing “third spaces” for engagement with and for minoritized community groups and environmental scientists’, Earth Science, Systems and Society, 4(10119), pp. 1–17, Available at: https://oro.open.ac.uk/99340 (Accessed: 18 February 2025). Jimenez, M.P., DeVille, N.V., Elliott, E.G., Schiff, J.E., Wilt, G.E., Hart, J.E., and James, P. (2021)...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...co)constructed ultimately by purpose. The activity of engaging multiple perspectives (eMP) is therefore a core systematically-informed activity of STiP. Adaptive thinking requires humility in reflecting on boundary judgements (rBJ) of systems design (limitations of understanding all interrelationships, and inevitable partiality with engaging all perspectives equally) in...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction
Digital & Computing

Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction

...co-construct meaning in human communication, much as dancers co-construct the tango or samba on the dance floor, suggests the need to consider on what basis we might accept that understanding has occurred. Asking this question is like opening a Pandora's box. It raises all sorts of questions that we take for granted, like: What is learning? What is understanding? How do...
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Level 3: Advanced 75 hrs