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The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series
Money & Business

The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series

...adult life Pushpa is a university teacher, researcher, and practitioner around money education. She leads personal finance policy discussions both domestically in New Zealand and with an international audience. In this interview, we hear about how early life experiences shaped her money story, including the importance of budgeting, why cash has an important role to play...
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Women in sport: stories from grassroots cricket
Health, Sports & Psychology

Women in sport: stories from grassroots cricket

...adult game, too few existing women’s teams mean not enough competitions/leagues leading to only a handful of fixtures taking place, often being played by teams that are large distances apart. It is not a particularly attractive prospect for prospective players. Diversifying the decision makers Perhaps one of the reasons why women’s grassroots cricket faces so many...
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Infection and immunity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Infection and immunity

...adults all over the world: (a) Vietnam. (b) United Kingdom. By contrast, health problems that cannot be transmitted between individuals, such as heart disease, diabetes, lung cancer, arthritis and depression, are known as non-communicable diseases (or NCDs). However, a few NCDs also have an infectious component, for example: in most cases of cervical cancer there is...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing mammals
Nature & Environment

Introducing mammals

...adult size. That is thanks to an amazing form of nourishment that is a defining feature of all mammals: milk. Here are two National Geographic video clips with more information about the platypus and echidna. Make sure you open these links in a new tab or window, so you can easily return to this page. The platypus is semi-aquatic and can be found in streams and rivers in...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Sustainable innovations in enterprises
Money & Business

Sustainable innovations in enterprises

...care. The course also evaluates three methods for measuring the societal impacts of sustainable innovations. Learners are encouraged to reflect on their own experiences of cases where sustainable innovations drive success or failures in enterprises and how the positive impacts on society can be evaluated and sustained...This free online course, Sustainable innovations in...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Global perspectives on primary education
Education & Development

Global perspectives on primary education

...care. They work with teenagers. They work with adults. They work with families. And they also work with the elderly. Interviewer: And what kind of knowledge and skills do pedagogues need that is different to what a teacher does? JANE I think the main role that a pedagogue has is supporting the child holistically. They’re not just looking at their cognitive development,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research
Education & Development

Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research

...care about so that you keep motivated. It might be something related to one of the classes you teach – or it might be a whole school issue or problem that you feel needs investigating. At this stage, it might be helpful to complete Activity 1 for more than one topic. Activity 2: Starting research Timing: Time: 35 minutes Spend about 30 minutes searching the internet for...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?
Education & Development

Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?

...adults alike. Thanks to their design, versatility and intuitive interfaces, tablets are a perfect way for children to draw, solve puzzles and be entertained on the move. Combine that with marketing efforts of digital media companies and app developers – whose measure of success tends to be the amount of time people are glued to their creation – and you have a toy...
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