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Children’s perspectives on play
Education & Development

Children’s perspectives on play

...creative choices, and how do they show their preferences and have their voice heard through their play? In this free course, Children’s perspectives on play, you will explore children’s play and creativity in a range of different situations, and consider what influences their play decisions and creative choices. You’ll think about children as active learners and...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
A short introduction to the English language
Languages

A short introduction to the English language

...writing or gestures which can then be passed from one person to another. But when we start to think about it in a little more detail, it’s not quite as simple as it may at first seem. Activity 1 Part 1 Have a think about all the times and ways you’ve used language so far today. What have you used it to achieve? Could you have done these same things without language?...
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Norway
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Norway

...Creative Commons license Lefse Lefse is a traditional soft, Norwegian flatbread made from potato, milk or cream and flour. It’s cooked on a griddle with special long turning sticks and rolling pins. The most popular flavouring is to roll it up in butter, but it may be enjoyed with any sweet or savoury filling including fish. Image: Vrangtante Brun under Creative Commons...
Preparing tutorials for dyslexic language students
Education & Development

Preparing tutorials for dyslexic language students

...creativity, intuitiveness and ability to see the whole picture. It is also important to discuss with the student how their dyslexia manifests itself, e.g. which tasks they find hardest (probably reading/writing), which they find easiest, which techniques they have tried and works for them and how they would like to be helped. Many dyslexic learners find it helpful to read...
Young people making their own media
Education & Development

Young people making their own media

...write stories about them, often without their involvement. These are, quite often, sensationalised portraits of youth, which may focus on the risky or exciting. Young people may or may not find these good reflections of their own lives, or the lives they would like to have. The internet and social media, though, have brought new opportunities for young people to tell...
Working on your own mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Working on your own mathematics

...writing. Everybody can remember incidents from their own learning of mathematics. Some incidents may be positive and others negative. What influence might such memories have on the teaching and learning of mathematics? Activity 1 Starting your mathematical autobiography Think back over your own experiences of learning mathematics, both as a child and as an adult. What...
Signposts for Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Signposts for Work

...creativity and entrepreneurial skills, whether as an employee or running own business. There are further resources to help manage change within a separate theme under the Applying Psychology to Work Hub, which you may also find useful. What skills and knowledge are most attractive and useful? The Manpower (2015) Flux Report surveyed UK HR Leaders and Line Managers and...
The Death of Socrates
History & The Arts

The Death of Socrates

...writing about their experiences with their teacher. Of all these writings we have only the works of Plato, Xenophon, a comic image byAristophanes, and later works by Aristotle to tell us anything about Socrates' life. He, himself, wrote nothing, but his words and actions in the search for and defense of Truth changed the world and his example still inspires people today....