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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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Understanding depression and anxiety
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding depression and anxiety

...adult life or both. A case of work-related stress that precipitated serious depression is described in Vignette 1. Vignette 1 An experience of stress The following extract is taken from an interview with a 43-year-old woman, who was diagnosed with depression at 40. Background: Is a divorced part time carer. Before her depression and suicide attempt she was a workaholic in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The science of sleep
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of sleep

...adults it is most prevalent in the developing foetus, leading some to suggest that its dreams act as a cinema: the brain is kept active to stop it becoming bored, either during sleep or with the relative lack of external stimulation within the uterus. Try proving that one. Sleep inertia That's the scientific name for the grogginess felt after waking. One to five minutes...
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Article 10 mins
Chinese education: How do things work?
Society, Politics & Law

Chinese education: How do things work?

...adult education. Basic education comprises pre-school education, six years of primary schooling; three years of junior secondary schooling and then three years of senior secondary schooling. The numbers involved are huge: 192,000,000 children enrolled in over 400,000 primary and secondary schools with 10,000,000 teachers. Pre-school education is becoming increasingly...
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Article 10 mins
Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...Careful. SCARLETT [HUMMING] GRANDMOTHER Look, there’s a lot more down there, isn’t. SCARLETT These are your ones. GRANDMOTHER Those are my ones. Why are they my ones, Scarlett? SCARLETT Well, these are big. GRANDMOTHER Oh, they’re big because they’re my ones, OK. Put them in the bucket. SCARLETT [INAUDIBLE]. Scarlett, father and grandmother Watch the ‘Scarlett,...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Canals: The Making of a Nation - Find out more
History & The Arts

Canals: The Making of a Nation - Find out more

...cared about the welfare of his workers and built homes and hospitals for them. Inspired by new thinking about health and safety, he built first aid centres all along the route. New technology, such as steam powered cranes, also helped but it was their enlightened boss that made the big difference in improving working conditions. The rhetoric embedded within rising trade...
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Article 5 mins
What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?
Nature & Environment

What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?

...care for the environment, and how we as individuals can do our bit. In contrast, the Chinese students described China as being environmentally ‘permissive’ in their lived experiences: littering is common, recycling is often not done properly (or at all) with few repercussions, lights are left on and energy is wasted. According to the post-materialist thesis proposed...
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