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Global English
History & The Arts

Global English

...educational reforms which will integrate English more deeply into the curriculum. English will cease to be a foreign language for many, perhaps most, of the world's citizens as it becomes repositioned as a 'basic skill', to be learned by primary school children alongside other 21st century skills in Information Technology. There are now about 5.8 billion people who do not...
Article 10 mins
Data analysis and interpretation
Education & Development

Data analysis and interpretation

...educational research by involving the collection and analysis of interview data online in a student-instigated study (Fox et al., 2022). Alternatively, researchers could reflect on their analysis and discuss as a limitation of the study not having included participants’ perspectives in such direct manner. Lucy Yardley (2017) suggested that researchers must show...
Working mathematically
Science, Maths & Technology

Working mathematically

...Education Resource Centre/Reston VA, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, pp. 183–92. NCTM (1989) Curriculum and evaluation standards for school mathematics, Reston VA, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (2007) National Curriculum Mathematics programme of study for key stage 3 and attainment targets....
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Systems explained by Peter Checkland
Money & Business

Systems explained by Peter Checkland

...education led him to develop his theories...Systems Thinking has been described as multi-disciplinary and is associated with a well established academic and practitioner community. It arose out of necessity. As society has become increasingly connected and the interactions between peoples have increased, traditional ways of operating have no longer sufficed. Through no...
Make your clothes count
Nature & Environment

Make your clothes count

...resources that could be put to better use by being repaired, passed on or donated. Extending the wearable life of a t-shirt or any other garment by just three months would lead to a 5-10% reduction in the amount of carbon and water used and waste created. So, encouraging people to think about the way they buy, use and pass on clothes clearly helps to save money and...
Year of the Tiger: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Tiger: Chinese New Year

...Chinese New Year festival season will last until 15 February which is known as the Lantern Festival. [Lanterns for Chinese New Year] Celebrate the new year by dipping into some of our fantastic resources on China and Chinese. In addition to those free resources, you may also wish to have look at our newly launched short courses in Chinese language and business culture....
Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015
OpenLearn Ireland

Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015

...Open University programmes in 1983 (Regan and Breathnach, 1981). Using a rural area in the West of Ireland also links the programmes directly to the next series in this collection, on Northeast Mayo. Southwest Donegal and Northeast Mayo are similar in many respects but the areas have experienced different forms of industrialisation and this serves to extend the discussion...
Positivity Portal
Health, Sports & Psychology

Positivity Portal

...Open University academics and FREE courses on mental health, wellbeing, careers and money management. ...Believe you can and you’re half way there – Theodore Roosevelt 2020 was a challenging year for us all. With that in mind, The Open University’s positivity portal is here to help you get your 2021 off to the best start possible. We’ll offer advice from our...