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Early years team work and leadership
Education & Development

Early years team work and leadership

...motivate themselves and others, demonstrate a commitment to what they espouse, release the talents and energies of others, have strength of character, yet remain flexible in attitude and be willing to learn new techniques and new skills. (McCall and Lawlor, 2000, cited in Jones and Pound, 2008, p. 1) If you do not already have responsibility for aspects of the provision...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Succeed with learning Badge icon
Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...et al., 2001) conducted similar research to the Gothenburg study. He modified Säljö’s original ideas and suggested that there are three different approaches taken by learners: Surface learning This is associated with the idea that learning is about memorising facts. When engaged in surface learning, students prefer to be told what to read and what notes to take. A...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The mother of the American Athens
History & The Arts

The mother of the American Athens

...motive power more constant than wind, even on that wind-swept coast. There seems to have been nothing else, so far as my note-book witnesses, to take up our thoughts in the short run to Great Grimsby, and for all I know now I may have drowsed by many chicken-yards marking the birthplace of our discoverers and founders. We got to Great Grimsby in time for a very lamentable...
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Creativity, community and ICT
Education & Development

Creativity, community and ICT

...motivation. Students led and supported each other in terms of their use of new technologies. Many automatically chose to go to the internet to find information and several found materials relevant to their work, such as Benjamin Zephaniah's own web site. Once one group had found material on the web, others were keen not to be outdone. A couple of groups floundered in...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Getting started with Spanish 2
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 2

...motivation – leisure, professional development or academic. It’s the one stop shop for engaging with languages, professional communication and intercultural dialogue. Our short courses allow us to be agile and responsive to the needs of learners who want to be part of a global society. We offer non-accredited short courses in a range of subjects including modern...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
John Napier
Science, Maths & Technology

John Napier

...motivated Napier to invent calculation aids understand how logarithms can turn multiplications into additions give examples of how Napier’s work became known to mathematicians, astronomers and navigators appreciate that presenting mathematical ideas in different ways can affect how easily (or not!) they are understood...John Napier: 1 Background to Napier and his work -...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Icarus: entering the world of myth
History & The Arts

Icarus: entering the world of myth

...motivated by more than an attempt to elevate his art in terms of the hierarchy of genres...Icarus: entering the world of myth: 4.3 Auden’s Musée des Beaux Arts - The next activity asks you to read the poem Musée des Beaux Arts and investigate the way Auden conveys his thoughts and feelings about the Breughel painting. Auden and his work Auden was one of a group of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Getting started with Italian 3
Languages

Getting started with Italian 3

...motivation – leisure, professional development or academic. It’s the one stop shop for engaging with languages, professional communication and intercultural dialogue. Our short courses allow us to be agile and responsive to the needs of learners who want to be part of a global society. We offer non-accredited short courses in a range of subjects including modern...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs