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Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice
Education & Development

Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice

...family? 3. Using a search engine designed to find academic papers, such as Google Scholar, search for both articles listed below. Luke, A. (2012) ‘Critical literacy: foundational notes’, Theory Into Practice, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 4–11. Perry, K. (2012) ‘What is literacy? – a critical overview of sociocultural perspectives’, Journal of Language and Literacy...
Introduction to Spanish
Languages

Introduction to Spanish

...family with three children. trabajar + desde + casa Trabajo desde casa. I work from home. To explain what your occupation involves, you will often need a verb that describes the action, followed by a noun. Soy barrendera. Barro la calle. I’m a road sweeper. I sweep the street. Soy camionero. Transporto fruta. I’m a lorry driver. I transport fruit. Soy repartidora de...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introduction to Arabic
Education & Development

Introduction to Arabic

...Family (along with Hebrew, for example) and has been influenced by and impacted other languages over the course of its almost 3000 year long history. Figure 2 The Ramadan Kaaba Arabic was chosen to be the Holy Qur'an's language at the advent of Islam (622). Arabic then became an important language of all Muslims, and non-Arab Muslims started to learn it to understand the...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Understanding antibiotic resistance Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding antibiotic resistance

...family of antibiotics has been made, but it isn't itself a particularly powerful antibiotic. Why? It all hinges in the way that antibiotics work. What they do is disrupt the process of cell wall biosynthesis. In a growing colony, this process is taking place all the time, both to maintain the existing cell wall and to make new wall as the bacteria divide. When an...
Secondary learning
Education & Development

Secondary learning

...Tree Press. Wolfe, P. (2010) Brain Matters: Translating Research into Classroom Practice, 2nd edn, Alexandria, VA, ACSD...Secondary learning: References - Bruner, J. (1978) ‘The role of dialogue in language acquisition’ in Sinclair, A., Jarvelle, R.J. and Levelt, W.J.M. (eds) The Child’s Concept of Language, New York, Springer-Verlag. Burnard, P. (1996) Acquiring...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation

...family and friends. National Careers Service (n.d) Activity 1 Why digital skills matter Timing: 10 minutes Watch the video in which contributors share why digital skills and capabilities matter, the impact of the digital skills shortage and the digital skills organisations require. MATT WINTLE When I think about the types of skills and knowledge that a business is going...
Public health approaches to infectious disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Public health approaches to infectious disease

...families. Injeera is highly nutritious, but there often isn’t enough food to go around. Children in particular suffer from a persistent shortage of calories in their diet and a lack of vitamin A and iron because of the scarcity of vegetables. Slide 19 (09:32) These data come from the last national survey in Ethiopia conducted in 2005 and published in 2007. At that time,...
The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...family of electromagnetic waves, most with wavelengths beyond the range of human sight. In 1888 Heinrich Hertz completed a series of experiments which confirmed the existence of electromagnetic waves with wavelengths much greater than those of visible light. These were the radio waves which, within a few decades, would transform both communication and entertainment. In...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs