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School geography: Exploring a definition
Education & Development

School geography: Exploring a definition

...research project may help shed light on pupils’ conceptual development through the school years?...School geography: exploring a definition: Conclusion - This free course provided an introduction to studying Education, Childhood & Youth. It took you through a series of exercises designed to develop your approach to study and learning at a distance, and helped to improve...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Writing what you know
History & The Arts

Writing what you know

...researched and what parts autobiographical? How does Cowan use everyday details in his novels? Cowan, Andrew (1994) Pig, London: Sceptre. Cowan, Andrew (1996) Common Ground, London: Penguin. Cowan, Andrew (2000) Crustaceans, London: Sceptre. Cowan, Andrew (2005) What I Know, London: Sceptre. Click below to listen to an inroduction to Andrew Cowan. Derek Neale Andrew...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2
Health, Sports & Psychology

Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2

...research with pain specialists across the UK and internationally, we’ve developed a framework for delivering effective pain management for children. There are four components. The first is creating knowledgeable, confident practitioners. Many nurses can feel nervous about giving too much pain medicine. And when nurses are not feeling confident, they may administer less...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems
Nature & Environment

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

...Research Program (NURP)/NOAA © OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP)/NOAA Figure 2 A black smoker At certain points, sea water penetrates cracks in the ocean floor and comes into contact with the lava produced by active volcanoes. The heated water, full of minerals from the rock, rises rapidly to create plumes of hot water called hydrothermal vents...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Teaching secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Teaching secondary mathematics

...researched effective mathematics teaching and I've brought both of these together in authoring this course. Mathematics is an essential of the school curriculum for very good reasons. Without mathematics buildings and structures would not be built safely. Economists couldn’t function but perhaps more surprisingly, some might think, hairdressers must use equations and...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?

...research, sport and entertainment, to ‘livestock’ farming. Examples are the experimentation on live nonhuman animals in the pharmaceutical industry, which is estimated to involve around 115 million nonhuman animals annually worldwide (Cruelty Free International, 2018) and the more than 2000 deaths since 2007 of horses on UK race courses at time of writing (Animal Aid,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Exploring issues in women's health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring issues in women's health

...Research can also disadvantage women if it does not accurately represent them. Alice Dan, a researcher who has been writing about women’s health since the 1970s, suggested that women’s experiences are ‘distorted in the research’ and that ‘Women’s lives exist in the gaps between the traditional disciplines’ (Dan, 2013, p. 164). Menstruation and menopause are...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Am I ready to be an apprentice distance learner?
Education & Development

Am I ready to be an apprentice distance learner?

...research tasks Attend and take part in live interactive sessions over the internet such as tutorials and forums Watch recordings of sessions or events Submit written materials like assignments electronically Use the e-portfolio system to record evidence as part of your apprenticeship Use webchat and email to communicate Use presentation software to present an assignment...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs