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How can we improve teaching about Islam?
Education & Development

How can we improve teaching about Islam?

...de los Juegos, commissioned by Alphonse X of Castile in the 13th century There has been much misinformation about Islam. Reports in Western media tend to perpetuate stereotypes that Islam is a violent religion and Muslim women are oppressed. Popular films like “American Sniper” reduce places like Iraq to dusty war zones, devoid of any culture or history. Fears and...
Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?

...class awards (for example Reader of the Week), and inter-class competitions such as the number of books reviewed each month. In one school I know the children’s home-reading records are turned into class percentages each week and the winning class, announced in assembly, is rewarded with extra break time. Such competitions act as extrinsic motivators – encouraging...
Supporting learners to become agents for sustainability
Education & Development

Supporting learners to become agents for sustainability

...Feedback, Use & Value Renewable Resources, Produce Zero Waste, Design from Patterns to Details, Integrate Rather than Segregate, Use Small & Slow Solutions, Use & Value Diversity, Use Edges & Value the Marginal and Creatively Use & Respond to Change. Promoting transformative change can depend on the learner and context, the following principles were highlighted: Apply...
The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?
Society, Politics & Law

The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?

...class-bound universities. (The shadow chancellor of the exchequer called the idea “blithering nonsense.”). Yet somehow the OU quickly put itself on the map. When it opened its virtual doors, 25,000 students soon enrolled, at a time when the combined student population of all other British universities was around 130,000. Before long, the new institution was...
Concussion, identity loss, depression: boxing’s toughest opponent isn’t in the ring, it’s mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Concussion, identity loss, depression: boxing’s toughest opponent isn’t in the ring, it’s mental health

...class hardship to fame, fortune and respect. Hatton, like Tyson Fury and Frank Bruno, rose from humble beginnings to become a world champion and national hero. But the climb from gritty local gyms to Las Vegas spotlights can be steep – and the fall steeper still. The gulf between where fighters start and where they end up can create a deep sense of dislocation. For...
A oes gennych chi brofiad o fod mewn gofal ac yn ystyried mynd i’r brifysgol?
Education & Development

A oes gennych chi brofiad o fod mewn gofal ac yn ystyried mynd i’r brifysgol?

...CLASS Cymru yn sefyll am Care Leavers Activities and Student Support, (Gweithgareddau i Bobl sy'n Gadael Gofal a Chymorth i Fyfyrwyr), ac mae'n cynnwys prifysgolion, colegau, gwasanaethau cymdeithasol ac elusennau ledled Cymru sy'n cefnogi'r rhai sydd â phrofiad o ofal i fynd ymlaen i Addysg Bellach ac Uwch. [Cartŵn o ddyn, dynes a phlentyn yn ei arddegau yn gwenu] Mae...
A brief introduction to the Chinese education system
Education & Development

A brief introduction to the Chinese education system

...classes running from 7 pm-9 pm so students can finish their homework and prepare for endless tests. If schools do not run self-study evening classes, students still have to do their homework at home, usually up to 10 pm. On average, primary school pupils spend about seven to eight hours at school whilst a secondary school student spends about twelve to fourteen hours at...
Wales and rugby
Society, Politics & Law

Wales and rugby

...class presence in the game in Wales, certainly started in the 1870’s and 1880’s when the game arrived in England from the English public schools and universities and it initially made an impact at the public school Llandovery, Lampeter college, Brecon College, at that level in Wales but in less than a decade it spread out into the society which was at that point...