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Physical and mental health for young children
Education & Development

Physical and mental health for young children

...simple and inclusive as we accept referrals from all agencies and prioritise on the basis of need rather than source of referral; we offer families a choice of time and dates for appointments, and provide telephone reminders; for families who are likely to struggle to attend we enlist the help of other agencies to support attendance; we see children in non-health settings...
Strategic planning for online learning
Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...simple to complex for example, may require different applications of technology to support both teaching and learning. I might move from a didactic style of introduction through more participative elements, and finally to a completely pupil-centred activity, where the technology progresses from substitute to redefinition depending on the mode of pedagogy. On occasions,...
Quantitative and qualitative research in finance
Money & Business

Quantitative and qualitative research in finance

...codes that people answer. You might have a question and then six responses that you want people to fit their answer into. So this is quite different. This is much more open-ended. It’s much more a discussion and a conversation with people. So for qualitative research and for in-depth interviews in particular what we use are topic guides and topic guides or discussion...
Introducing vectors for engineering applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing vectors for engineering applications

...simple engineering systems (such as combining forces) using vectors perform simple algebraic procedures using vectors...Introducing vectors for engineering applications: Background - It is common in engineering for physical phenomena to be represented as vector fields. A vector field is a mathematical representation of a system that describes how a quantity, such as a...
Jim Skea - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jim Skea - Stories of Change

...simple, commercial benefits, because you’re opening up new possibilities, you’re providing a kind of platform, a foundation for new forms of enterprise and development. Frankly, I think it’s up to developing countries in thinking about what their own needs are to think about what the appropriate indicators are. In a way it doesn’t surprise me at all, but it might...
Understanding children: babies being heard
Education & Development

Understanding children: babies being heard

...simple to draw firm conclusions from this, and the parents had loved and supported the child continually through his experience. But it's worth bearing in mind that early experiences can be compensated for...Understanding children: Babies being heard: 6.3 Responding to need - How adults react to babies’ needs will depend on a number of things. These include how relaxed...
Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction
History & The Arts

Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction

...simple as thermostats can be said to have beliefs’. Searle asked McCarthy what beliefs his thermostats had, and McCarthy answered: ‘My thermostat has three beliefs. My thermostat believes – it's too hot in here, it's too cold in here and it's just right in here (Searle 1984, p.30). This probably seems preposterous, an extreme and egregious case of anthropomorphising...
Personal development planning for engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal development planning for engineering

...simple at this stage – I've included my own example as Figure 5. [Described image] Figure 5 Example SWOT analysis Activity 8 Aim of this activity: to conduct a personal SWOT analysis. Insert a blank grid into your learning log and complete your own SWOT analysis. Once you've used your analysis to identify what is feasible, you can start to prioritise and decide what you...