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Applying social work law with children and families
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law with children and families

...2 Society’s influence - Social work practice does not exist in a vacuum – it is influenced and informed by wider social, political, economic and intellectual trends. It is important to have an awareness of historical trends and how they inform current social work practice. Examining the ways in which attitudes toward children change and how these changes come to be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Language in the real world
Languages

Language in the real world

...2 Two ravens ‘talking’. But let’s return to the question of ‘what is language?’ just once more. Another way of approaching the definition of ‘language’ is to consider the similarities and differences between human and (other) animal communicative behaviour. Such a perspective forces us to consider the things which different languages have in common. Activity...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Leadership challenges in turbulent times
Money & Business

Leadership challenges in turbulent times

...2 Leaders face numerous challenges. The first step is identifying those challenges You will now look at how to identify the leadership challenges being faced using Family for Every Child (commonly known as ‘Family’), a global network of organisations whose aim is to improve the lives of vulnerable children, as a case study. Activity 1 Identifying leadership challenges...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
School business manager: Developing the role
Education & Development

School business manager: Developing the role

...2 to look more closely at Davies and Ellison's suggestions. Activity 2 Preferably with colleagues, take any one of the trends identified by Davies and Ellison (or one of your own) and complete the matrix found at the end of the document called Futures Group Matrix (Click on ‘view document’ below). Click here to access Futures Group Matrix View document If possible,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Heritage case studies: Scotland
History & The Arts

Heritage case studies: Scotland

...2 View of the battlefield from the Bruce monument, Bannockburn, 2007 The section of the NTS ‘Places to Visit’ website devoted to Culloden describes it as the ‘scene of the last pitched battle in Britain’ which, today, is one of the ‘most iconic and emotive sites in Scotland’. Unlike the description of Bannockburn, here the text focuses on the physical space,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Managing virtual project teams
Money & Business

Managing virtual project teams

...2 Types of group behaviours BEHAVIOUR FUNCTION Task behaviours Initiator/contributor Proposes new ideas or new ways for the group to act Information giver Provides data and facts for decision making Information seeker Requests more information to help in making decisions Opinion giver Provides opinions, values and feelings Opinion seeker Requests the opinions of others in...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
An education in Religion and Worldviews
History & The Arts

An education in Religion and Worldviews

...2 Nobody Stands Nowhere - At the heart of the proposal for ‘Religion and Worldviews’ is the intention to emphasise the importance of engaging with individuals’ lived experiences. It is a way of framing the subject to emphasise the importance of pupils becoming ‘responsible interpreters’ of information, developing both educated moral judgement as well as critical...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Making sense of art history
History & The Arts

Making sense of art history

...2 you could record your immediate feelings about the works represented, using one word answers (for example ‘happy’ or ‘confused’) rather than complete sentences. Plate 10 Damien Hirst, Mother and Child Divided, 1993, steel, GRP composites, glass, silicone sealants, cow, calf, formaldehyde solution, tanks: 190 × 323 × 109 cm and 103 × 169 × 63 cm. (© The...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs