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Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner
Education & Development

Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner

...account, the student is exploring possible explanations for the issues that have arisen. The actions that this student decides to take are likely to lead to a deeper understanding of the reasons behind the issues that arose during the lesson. The model described in Figure 5 is probably slightly more helpful in this respect. It is also worth highlighting that a written...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?
Nature & Environment

‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?

...Account, funded by the US government. Its role is to prepare land for future investment. IBRAHIM DIO: (Subtitles) The private companies that are involved in agricultural production help the economy in two ways. The first is when they produce rice, to replace imports. And Senegal spends a lot of money importing rice. Secondly, they contribute to exports. For example, we...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
English in the world today
Languages

English in the world today

...account of the country by explaining that: The island of Britain is eight hundred miles long and two hundred broad. There are five languages, English, Brito-Welsh, Scottish, Pictish and Latin. The first inhabitants of this land were the Britons. (The Peterborough Chronicle, c.1150, translated in Freeborn, 2006, p. 13) So in the beginning, English was just one language...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The metagenomics revolution: an introduction
Science, Maths & Technology

The metagenomics revolution: an introduction

...accounting for 3% of cases. All these are high-consequence pathogens, meaning that they can cause severe disease and have major public health, economic, or societal impacts. The researchers also detected Le Dantec virus, which was not seen in Uganda since 1969. Why was metagenomic sequencing useful in this study? Since metagenomic sequencing is an agnostic method, it can...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Galaxies, stars and planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Galaxies, stars and planets

...account for less than about one-sixth of all matter. The majority is believed to consist of non-luminous 'dark matter', the nature of which is still uncertain...Galaxies, stars and planets: 7 'We are stardust' - How did the atoms in our bodies, the Earth, the Sun and other astronomical objects originate? This question is intimately tied with one of the most fundamental...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Teaching assistants: support in action
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action

...account of her reasons for working in schools. In response, she wrote: I have always wanted to work with children. I had experience of work relating to children, for example at camps and in clubs. I felt my experience as a mother and childminder was a good foundation from which to start. I was keen to look after my own children during school holidays and during...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Building motivation and resilience in research
Science, Maths & Technology

Building motivation and resilience in research

...accountability and collaboration. Reflect periodically Use journaling, self-quizzes, and your ‘Letter to Future Self’ to track progress, celebrate achievements, and recalibrate strategies. Apply cognitive reframing Actively reinterpret setbacks in real time, transforming obstacles into opportunities for skill development and knowledge gain. Sustain motivation...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Supply chain sustainability
Money & Business

Supply chain sustainability

...account both weight and distance. So, 1 tonne moved 50 kilometres is the same as 50 tonnes moved 1 kilometre in this chart.) The chart shows that 76% of the freight moved in the UK was by road, and that that totalled 152 billion tonne-kilometres. [Described image] Figure 3 Domestic freight: goods moved by mode, 1990–2015 If you link the tonne-kilometres to the...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs