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Climate justice for the next generation
Education & Development

Climate justice for the next generation

...research interests, which focus more broadly on children’s relationship with the environment...Climate justice for the next generation: 4 Changing environments - It is evident from all the reasons discussed in this course so far that children’s environments are changing and that, for some children, such changes are disastrous and will have extremely damaging...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Applying your community engagement skills
Society, Politics & Law

Applying your community engagement skills

...research into the evidence base for a suggested police initiative draw on what you’ve learned from the topics covered by the community engagement courses for use in your own setting...Applying your community engagement skills: 1 Setting the scene - You are going to be presented with an unfolding scenario that uses the knowledge you have gained from completing the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past

...researchers in a range of academic disciplines, the question of what people read in the past, and how they read it, is of great importance. Evidence of reading helps us to understand the formation of literary canons, both from a popular and educational standpoint. It allows us to give due weight to the impact of significant texts at key historical moments, especially...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...research into it. This is the focus of the first activity. Activity 1 Accidental discovery Watch the following video about the discovery of Penicillin, then answer the questions in the box below. NARRATOR Having been brought up on a farm in Scotland, scientist Alexander Fleming wasn't afraid of getting his hands dirty, examining nasty bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus,...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?

...research into teachers and their classroom interactions might lead by example when they: maximise instructional time through their preparation of lessons clearly communicate expectations that all students will be engaged in learning to a high standard instruct individuals and small groups for large parts of the teaching time work with all pupils engage in interactions...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Teaching and learning tricky topics Badge icon
Education & Development

Teaching and learning tricky topics

...research on threshold concepts and the causes of student misconceptions has focused on the sciences and mathematics. For example, research has highlighted that ‘intuitive beliefs’ lie at the bottom of many misconceptions. Intuitive beliefs are assumptions that students make about the world around them. Sometimes these beliefs are mistaken, yet they are so engrained...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Can you train for penalty shoot-outs?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can you train for penalty shoot-outs?

...research for my book ‘Twelve Yards: The Art and Psychology of the Perfect Penalty’, I spoke to coaches and athletes from many different sports, including golf, tennis, rugby, handball, gridiron and water-polo. All practice assiduously for any eventuality, and the most important word they used to describe their practise was ‘purposeful’. I was reminded of this word...
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Article 10 mins
Who is in the wrong in the Ashley Madison hack?
History & The Arts

Who is in the wrong in the Ashley Madison hack?

...researchers, Edward Bernays and Ernst Dichter first uncovered the importance of the subconscious – including sexual desire – in the purchasing of products in the 1930s, sex has been important to marketing. Bernays and Dichter showed how marketplace decisions are driven by emotions and subconscious whims and fears. Doubtless Ashley Madison’s reminder that life is...
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Article 5 mins