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Looking at, describing and identifying objects
History & The Arts

Looking at, describing and identifying objects

...care of the British Museum. The British Museum’s Report and Accounts notes the arrival of related objects: Japan featured prominently in the year’s acquisitions. A fine impression of Hokusai’s celebrated The Great Wave (1830–3) was acquired with support from The Art Fund. A group of 19th-century netsuke, accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax, was...
Business models in strategic management
Money & Business

Business models in strategic management

...careful management are expenses and inventory: they should be kept low to reduce the need for capital...Business models in strategic management: 3.2 Community provider - Online platforms where individuals interact for different reasons are not a new phenomenon, but they certainly became well-known with the diffusion of Facebook. Numerous other platforms also exist,...
Veiling
History & The Arts

Veiling

...careful negotiation of dress codes pose everyday dilemmas for many people and are clearly not limited to Muslim women. What to wear or not to wear is a decision most people face on a daily basis across the world within very different contexts, and this decision can be influenced by a vast range of different factors and can provoke a wide range of different reactions....
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Looking globally: the future of education Badge icon
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...adults (as parents, teachers and peer citizens)? Sustainable Development Goal 4 (introduced in Week 1) asks us to consider education as lifelong learning...Week 3: How do environmental drivers affect the possible purposes for education?: 3 What is education for a sustainable future? - When thinking about what kind of education is needed for societies to deal with...
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Languages

Describing language

...adult learners of English do say them...Week 1: Making words: 5 This week’s quiz - Well done – you have reached the end of Week 1. You can now check what you’ve learned this week by taking the end-of-week quiz. Week 1 practice quiz Open the quiz in a new or window and come back here when you have finished...Week 1: Making words: 6 Summary of Week 1 - You began this...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Education & Development

Teaching mathematics

...careful teaching which develops learners’ deep understanding of mathematics. Week 1 of the course starts by reviewing the procedures and concepts of number operations that have been introduced to leaners before age 9 or 10. This week contains more reading than weeks 2 – 8, and less activity. It is intended to introduce you briefly to the actions, language and written...
Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Young people and religion: creative learning with history
History & The Arts

Young people and religion: creative learning with history

...adults on the streets in Granada] Figure 1 Young people filming their docutube during a workshop in Granada, Spain The docutube workshops are based on a pedagogic approach that encourages young people to be active, creative, express their voice and ‘make and do’, rather than ‘sit back and be told’ or simply recall facts. The workshops aim to inspire a ‘hands-on...
Everyday maths 1
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1

...Adult Learning Wales, Coleg Gwent and the NPTC Group of Colleges....Session 1: Working with numbers: Introduction - It is very difficult to cope in everyday life without a basic understanding of numbers. Calculators can be very useful, for example helping you to check your working out, or converting fractions to decimals. To complete the activities in this course you will...
Free course 48 hrs