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Space for reflection
Education & Development

Space for reflection

...children what to do but about allowing them to find out what they should do. Hence the space for reflection and self discovery has to be made in a school. This space is combined with space to make mistakes and correct them. Better to stumble and fumble in your interactions in the relatively safe environment of the school than later… To allow this exploration within and...
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The stories behind our streets
Society, Politics & Law

The stories behind our streets

...Children learn from playing Monopoly that it's far more desirable to own property on Mayfair than it is to own property on the Old Kent Road. The Open University has been working with the BBC on two series, The Secret History of Our Streets: London first broadcast on BBC Two, 6th June 2012 and The Secret History of Our Streets: Scotland first broadcast on BBC Two, 25th...
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Lead and manage change in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lead and manage change in health and social care

...children’s hospital ward. If you are interested in exploring Joan’s experiences and research further, there are also two published journal articles available to read: Simons, J.M. and MacDonald, L.M. (2006) ‘Changing practice: implementing validated paediatric pain assessment tools’, Journal of Child Health Care, vol. 10, no.2, pp. 160–76 Simons, J.M. and...
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Would you want your child to become an interpreter?
Languages

Would you want your child to become an interpreter?

...children were just fascinated by instant language conversions and kept asking me to show them more. While I was delighted by the enthusiastic responses from the kids, one question occurred to me afterwards: how many parents in Australia would be happy if their child wanted to become a translator or interpreter? [Dand District Governor Hashim Agha (left) greets U.S. Army...
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The devil is in the (complex) detail
Health, Sports & Psychology

The devil is in the (complex) detail

...children and shared assets, but one which involves multiple partners, with the UK wanting to retain some level of access to the “children” such as agreements on trade, crime, security, nuclear energy, farming, science, and many more. The sheer complexity and speed of Brexit is likely to have further psychological effects that make it different from normal political...
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Year of the Dragon: Lunar New Year
Languages

Year of the Dragon: Lunar New Year

...children be born in the year of the dragon - it gives them a head start! The table below shows the 12 animal signs and their corresponding years in the last cycle: Year Animal sign Character Pinyin 2012 Dragon 龙 lóng 2013 Snake (small dragon) 蛇(小 龙) shé (xiǎo lóng) 2014 Horse 马 mǎ 2015 Sheep 羊 yáng 2016 Monkey 猴 hóu 2017 Rooster 鸡 jī 2018 Dog 狗 g...
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Year of the Tiger: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Tiger: Chinese New Year

...children wear tiger-headed embroidered shoes for good luck. Each Chinese Lunar year is associated with an animal sign according to a 12-year-cycle. Babies born between 1 February 2022 and 22 January 2023 will be given the animal sign ‘Tiger’. Recent and upcoming years of the Tiger are 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010 and 2022. As the tiger is considered to be...
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A brief introduction to the Chinese education system
Education & Development

A brief introduction to the Chinese education system

...good universities, the pressure to do well for Gao Kao is intense. Many schools hold extra morning classes in science and math for three to four hours on Saturdays. If schools do not have Saturday morning classes, most parents would send their children to expensive cramming schools at weekends or organise one-to-one private tuition for their children over the weekend....
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