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Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice
Education & Development

Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice

...changing educational structures, resources, technologies and differing ideas about what it means to be literate. There is a complex interaction between the agency of learners and the structures that shape their educational settings and experiences. In this course, we use the term ‘agency’ to mean all people’s inherent capacity to engage, interpret and make choices...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Language in the real world
Languages

Language in the real world

...change over time. Of course there are also other aspects of human communicative behaviour which could be included under the heading of language and increasingly, linguistics has also started to focus on these. Examples include: non-verbal communication such as gestures, body language and facial expressions communication through visual images, music or movement...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Approaching plays
History & The Arts

Approaching plays

...idea from a reasonable king is about to be shattered by one small word denoting change, ‘But’, which is immediately given additional emphasis by the alliteration of ‘blast’ and ‘blows’. Henry has to prepare his men's minds for battle. After satisfying them (and the audience) that he is a peace-loving, reasonable king, he then needs to get them to reject this image, throw off any constraints on their blood lust, such ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing

...change your basic values and beliefs when encountering scenarios that may challenge your views, but that you do take a particular approach when these beliefs and values conflict with the organisation. Generally, you hold on to your basic values when you enter into nursing, but you may find times when these personal values are challenged. An example might be that you hold...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health

...changes are a work in progress and can be variable in success. Research undertaken by The Open University has revealed that learners experiencing mental ill-health are very reticent to ask for support from their educator (Lister et al., 2021). Learners reported that knowing their educators were supportive and genuinely cared about their mental health needs made a big...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
CARE-KNOW-DO for Social and Emotional Learning: building children’s resilience and agency in crisis settings
Education & Development

CARE-KNOW-DO for Social and Emotional Learning: building children’s resilience and agency in crisis settings

...climate shocks or displacement. Academic recovery alone is not enough. To thrive, children must also rebuild their confidence, reconnect socially, and develop the resilience and agency to keep learning in the face of adversity. This two minute video presents a summary: In general, resilience in education can be understood as students’ ability to recover from adversity,...
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Article 5 mins
Scales in space and time
Science, Maths & Technology

Scales in space and time

...change across its lifetime of hundreds of years? And how did this evolve over millions of years? And how this species differs from other species to make it the enduring species it is today. CALUM MACCORMICK I study highly excited atoms using lasers and magnetic fields. When I look at this tree, I see that it’s also made of atoms. It’s made of hydrogen, which is...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Facilitating group discussions
Money & Business

Facilitating group discussions

...climate and atmosphere, hidden agendas, inclusion and exclusion, often indicated by non-verbal behaviour. Imagine that content, method and process are a boat: Content is the crew taking control of the task in hand. Methods are the sails that allow the ship to move towards its destination. Process is the hold of the ship: most of it is beneath the waterline but unless the...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs