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Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?

...think to have the right culture you need a mix of males and females, and you need people from different backgrounds. An athlete needs to see someone who looks like them - whether it’s colour, sex or gender. That’s always a good starting point. (Paula Dunn, first women and black women Paralympics head coach) [women playing volleyball] We’re at the stage where we have...
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Article 15 mins
Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept

...think, and act in different ways, and using reading to shape one’s writing. The pleasure of inner work: e.g., using reading to learn about oneself, to imagine oneself in different situations and consider options. However, this study of the young people’s perceptions, indicates that only their intellectual pleasure was directly fostered in school. Wilhelm (2016) urges...
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Article 5 mins
Assessment in secondary music
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary music

...systems. And the demands of these systems can lead to assessment which is inherently unmusical. For me it is important then that music teachers understand what assessment in music education is for and how it is best carried out in the classroom. Music teachers need to make the case for approaches to assessment in music that support young people’s musical development and...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Money & Business

First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...think when they see them, they’re so majestic. They’re like sculpture. And I think that, hopefully, it’s reassured a lot more people. [MUSIC PLAYING] BOY: Yeah. LIZ DALE Now, are you ready to play with the kite? [MUSIC PLAYING] MIKE BLANCH The wind farm generates about 12 gigawatt hours a year, which equates with income of about a million pounds a year. And that...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The family at the centre of early learning
Education & Development

The family at the centre of early learning

...think about why such influences may not have a uniform impact from family to family. You will also explore how learning is a two way experience for both children and their parents or carers, in situations both within and beyond the home...This free course, The family at the centre of early learning, focuses on the positive learning relationships that can exist in any...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Sporting women in the media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sporting women in the media

...think that derogatory comments like this discriminate against women? The comment could implicate girls not running as fast as boys; and when a female athlete does run fast their gender is questioned, evident in the case of Caster Semenya (Figure 2). What impact do you think comments like this have on young girls? [Described image] Figure 2 Caster Semenya To get a flavour...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Should Trump's tweets be a matter of record?
History & The Arts

Should Trump's tweets be a matter of record?

...system is more difficult than under a majority vote system (deleted after 13 seconds). Tweets like these could cause diplomatic ripple effects. In fact, tweets about Mexico and China have indeed provoked responses from both countries. If a tweet is the catalyst for a lost ally, new policy or other reaction, American history deserves to have a record of it. [Tweets from...
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Article 5 mins
Jury Decision-Making: What’s the Story?
Society, Politics & Law

Jury Decision-Making: What’s the Story?

...think about why we might be interested in understanding juries in the first place. One plausible reason is that we might want to reassure ourselves that they are making reliable decisions. Or, to put it differently, to see where any shortcomings in jury decision-making lie, and, if possible, to overcome these shortcomings. We know from both everyday decision making and...
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