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Trust in the Workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Trust in the Workplace

...adults spend most of their adult lives and form working relationships and create enduring friendships. Many work processes involve trust, from negotiation to sales, management and coaching, job interviews and teamwork. A lack of trust can create significant problems for organisations in employee relations, attracting talent, forming alliances and partnerships and consumer...
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Article 10 mins
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Education & Development

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

...adults in waiting’ and childhood was not regarded as a distinct life stage as it is today. There was a different understanding about how children develop and a lack of awareness that children think differently to adults. Another reason why it was thought that children could not be regarded as being mentally unwell is because behavioural problems were viewed as being...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Teaching assistants: support in action
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action

...adult (other than qualified teachers) who provide learning support to primary aged children in the UK. A central feature of the teaching assistant workforce is its considerable diversity – in terms not only of titles and linked responsibilities but also of previous experience, formal qualifications, in-service training opportunities, ways of working and skills for...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...adult corruption. Ideas of children's innocence, gentleness and kindness can be traced back to the Romantic period in European history, characterized by philosophers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau and poets such as William Wordsworth. For the Romantics, children had a visionary quality and represented humanity in its uncorrupted state. They were born good and lacking in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Teaching Spanish pronunciation
Languages

Teaching Spanish pronunciation

...adult learners from the beginning should be taken as seriously as teaching grammar and vocabulary. Learning the basics of pronunciation through phonics, students will not only learn to speak more comfortably and confidently, but this will enhance their communicative skills in general: production, perception and interaction. Reference: Underhill, A. (2010) Four reasons to...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...adults have often been overlooked. So, in this course, we'll be looking at autism across the lifespan. You'll quickly learn that there's debate about the best ways of describing, exploring, and engaging with autism. For instance, is it a disabling condition or a form of neurodiversity within the natural range of differences among human individuals? I hope that the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Speak in colours!
Languages

Speak in colours!

...des goûts et des couleurs, on ne discute pas’ (‘each to their own’). Whilst this expression suggests that we should never quibble over colours, chromatic terms can nonetheless provide a rich source of discussion for language learners who want to extend their knowledge of idiomatic expressions in the target language. Indeed, there are many descriptions and...
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Article 10 mins
Solving the care crisis with public investment
Society, Politics & Law

Solving the care crisis with public investment

...De Henau, Senior Lecturer in Economics at The Open University, presents research showing that greater public investment in care can complement other urgent policy objectives...This content is associated with The Open University's Economics courses and qualifications. Care needs to keep growing, for early years and for middle and later life. Users, providers and...
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Video 3 hrs