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The family at the centre of early learning
Education & Development

The family at the centre of early learning

...Education, 2021) the funds and knowledge concept is helpful with all children, but particularly helpful when thinking about bilingual children because they are coming with linguistic and cultural forms of knowledge. This might, for example, include knowledge about languages, histories and places, as well as about types of narratives, foods or clothing, or attitudes to...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Social marketing
Money & Business

Social marketing

...technology have dramatically changed the nature of communications and the ways of reaching target markets. This is particularly true of younger consumers which many social marketing programmes seek to target. The use of the internet as a complementary channel to television and other media was adopted in the UK in the ‘Get Unhooked’ smoking cessation campaign...Social...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...education. You will look at the different sources of information university students normally read. University readings can be long and approaching them can be daunting. You will consider some of the challenges students sometimes face when approaching these readings and learn an active reading method which allows you to break a reading task in to small manageable steps....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing key global development challenges
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing key global development challenges

...educational policy, creating international defence alliances, or developing a global transport system are forms of deliberate development. Such changes affect all of us, our livelihoods, and our wellbeing to a greater or lesser extent, depending on where we are located in the overall picture. The issues of deep concern associated with development, such as environmental...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
The story of the Welsh national anthem
History & The Arts

The story of the Welsh national anthem

...educated, English-born, Cardiff organist using the self-appointed title ‘Professor of Music’. He claimed that ‘Hen Wlad fy Nhadau’ was not Welsh at all, but a plagiarised version of a folk song that had been enhanced by the English composer Thomas Dibdin: it was a ‘note for note’ forgery to which seditious, nationalistic Welsh words had been added. The ensuing...
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Article 5 mins
What did Bernie Sanders' campaign achieve?
Society, Politics & Law

What did Bernie Sanders' campaign achieve?

...education, pulled the Republican centre rightward in 2000. Theirs are not necessarily household names, but their influence mattered. George W Bush doubled down on his pro-life rhetoric and ratcheted up his promises for tax breaks in reaction; Sharpton and Kucinich forced John Kerry to pay greater attention to social justice and the anti-war groups among Democrats. Sanders...
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The dark side of American populism in the Trump era
Society, Politics & Law

The dark side of American populism in the Trump era

...Education (which desegregated schools in 1954) and Roe v Wade (which legalised abortion in 1973), and the overall advance of a progressive social agenda – one that to them culminated in the election and presidency of Barack Obama. This politics of resentment gathered steam during the Trump campaign, and as the events in Charlottesville demonstrate, it’s now...
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Learning through spoken interaction
Education & Development

Learning through spoken interaction

...educational contexts, spoken interaction is also vitally important for learning. Learners speak to their teachers and to their peers. Amongst the kinds of things that pupils need to do in a spoken form in class are: - Understand or get clarification - Ask and answer questions - Make suggestions - Explain reasons. Understanding and asking for clarification A great deal of...
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Article 10 mins