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Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...et al., 2017). However, some commentators have been more cautious about adopting the positive model of health implied by the term wellbeing. Drawing attention to the emphasis on ‘complete … wellbeing’ in the WHO definition, at least one writer criticised this model at the start of the millennium for presenting an idealistic counsel of perfection that ‘puts health...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Quantitative and qualitative research in finance
Money & Business

Quantitative and qualitative research in finance

...motives documenting discursive strategies. While we will discuss them separately here, it should not be assumed that they are distinct in practice; in fact, researchers often combine them in various ways. Activity 1 Timing: About 90 minutes Watch the following videos and make notes on the basic characteristics of each qualitative research orientation. Again, if you are...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach
Education & Development

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

...et al. (2008), in their longitudinal study of student teacher’s reflections on their learning, found that responses could be categorised into five dimensions: What is particularly interesting about their research findings, is that student teachers themselves recognise the significance of their own responsibility as learners. These ideas are reflected in a number of...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Developing reading for pleasure in the classroom with student and early career teachers
Education & Development

Developing reading for pleasure in the classroom with student and early career teachers

...et al., 2024). Barriers from individual teacher reader identities and varied school experiences may also need to be addressed (Hendry, 2022). Supporting new teachers begins by investigating their starting points in the knowledge of texts as well as their expectations of RfP pedagogy. Participants considered how they currently get to know new teachers as readers and...
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Video 20 mins
What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?
Society, Politics & Law

What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?

...et al., 2017, p. 27). An effective TI organisation must have embedded values of physical and emotional safety, trust, choice, collaboration and empowerment (Fallot and Harris, 2009). Workforce trauma must be ‘recognised and supported, whether that stems from childhood adversity, adult trauma, or directly or indirectly through work’ (Gillespie-Smith et al., 2018, p....
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Article 5 mins
Past-Time Lover: Albert Einstein
History & The Arts

Past-Time Lover: Albert Einstein

...motivated and logical A bit about me: I have always been an inquisitive person – I remember when my father gifted me a compass as a boy, and I marvelled at what must be moving the needle – I did not just simply see the empty space others gazed upon. This enquiring mind has led me to many an achievement over my lifetime. I am a highly regarded theoretical physicist and...
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Article 5 mins
The Internet at 40
Science, Maths & Technology

The Internet at 40

...motivation for finding flaws in commercial software, and why hackers like them should be considered on the side of good rather than the side of evil. Pioneers: Shawn Fanning Professor John Naughton of The Open University reveals how how a bright disaffected teenager took the music industry by surprise with a file sharing service called Napster. Excavating the internet...
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Audio 1 hr 33 mins
The meaning of home in later life
Health, Sports & Psychology

The meaning of home in later life

...et al (2014) shows how people aged 60 to 90 yrs experience problems with bending, reaching, reading dials and having a place to sit. This makes this hub of the home problematic. Some continually adapt their housing to make it more ‘homely’ but this depends on resources, skills and recognition of ageing needs by the retail market. Second, where an older person’s...
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Article 5 mins