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Teachers sharing resources online
Education & Development

Teachers sharing resources online

...course, Teachers sharing resources online, is designed to help you learn about how learning resources can be shared using online repositories, i.e. websites that allow for the uploading of electronic materials that can then be used and adapted by others. One of the leading examples of such websites is TES Connect. While the course draws its examples and activities from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...course shows how some of the theories and tools of economics can be applied to understanding and tackling the problem of flood risk in the UK. With the incidence of flooding rising due to climate change, this is an increasingly important policy issue worldwide. You will gain insights into the practical use of economics in a policymaking setting...This course shows how...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...course, The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears, we'll examine why this controversy took on such a life of its own and why parents still agonise about the vaccine...A decade ago, the possibility of a link between the MMR vaccine and autism hit the media. Fear of the vaccine spread rapidly and, despite an almost unanimous consensus that the claim was unfounded, still...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Approaching poetry
History & The Arts

Approaching poetry

...course, Approaching poetry, is designed to develop the analytical skills you need for a more in-depth study of literary texts. You will learn about rhythm, alliteration, rhyme, poetic inversion, voice and line lengths and endings. You will examine poems that do not rhyme and learn how to compare and contrast poetry...Do you want to get more out of your reading of poetry?...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
Health, Sports & Psychology

From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language

...course, this does not mean that English, German or Swahili is encoded genetically. Rather, the acquisition of a language is a genetically initiated and genetically guided process. It certainly seems like there is something in this view. The acquisition of language unfolds in a similar pattern across different cultures. It does not seem to matter whether parents attempt to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Teaching citizenship: work and the economy
Education & Development

Teaching citizenship: work and the economy

...course, Teaching citizenship: Work and the economy, explores aspects of work, including child labour and its relationship to citizenship for those teaching this subject in secondary schools...The issue of 'citizenship, work and the economy' is often neglected in everyday discussions of citizenship. But a moment's reflection should demonstrate how important it is. The vast...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Entrepreneuriaeth Gwledig yng Nghymru
Money & Business

Entrepreneuriaeth Gwledig yng Nghymru

...courses of action and the allocation of resources necessary for those goals.’ Andrews (1971) ‘Every business organisation, every sub-unit of an organisation and even every individual (ought to) have a clearly defined set of purposes or goals that keep it moving in a deliberately chosen direction and prevent it drifting in an undesired direction.’ Porter (1985) ‘A...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)
Education & Development

A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)

...course, A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora), will support anyone based in an education setting to develop an understanding of effective mentoring of beginner teachers in the initial teacher education and newly qualified phases. It has been designed using the experiences of colleagues working within the Welsh education system, but the messages about the principles of...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs