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Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers
Education & Development

Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers

...feedback. I respond well to positive criticism rather than negative criticism and to be encouraged is always very … er … helpful. Ann Shelton Mayes (Academic consultant): So what type of skills do mentors need to be effective? Daniel Park (Student teacher): One of the key skills they’ll need is to be organized themselves so that they can fit in the time necessary to...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?
Society, Politics & Law

Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?

...class And amidst these arguments over integrated education in Northern Ireland, let us not forget the other great elephant in the room; class. Northern Ireland still has the 11 plus, academic selection for entrance to post-primary education, and on the whole pupils from more affluent socio-economic backgrounds go on to grammar schools, and those from less privileged...
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Drugs and the law: Legal highs
Society, Politics & Law

Drugs and the law: Legal highs

...class A drugs are the most harmful. For example, heroin and cocaine are class A drugs and cannabis a class B. The penalties for possession vary depending on the classification. Despite criminalisation drug use remains significant. The 2013 Crime Survey for England and Wales shows that 8.2 per cent of adults between the ages of 16 and 59 took an illicit drug in the last...
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Article 10 mins
Describing language Badge icon
Languages

Describing language

...feedback and suggestions for future improvement, in our end-of-course survey. Participation will be completely confidential and we will not pass on your details to others. This course is accredited by the CPD Standards Office. It can be used to provide evidence of continuing professional development and on successful completion of the course you will be awarded 24 CPD...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Have transgender storylines finally gone mainstream?
History & The Arts

Have transgender storylines finally gone mainstream?

...LA’s African-American and Latino transgender community, Sin Dee Reel (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) and Alexandra (Mya Taylor). The reception has so far been overwhelmingly positive. [A still from the movie Tangerine] A still from Tangerine Tangerine follows in the wake of an upsurge in transgender programming in recent years, the quantity of which has resulted in some...
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Article 5 mins
Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer
Science, Maths & Technology

Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer

...la pionera de la programación que llevó el Apolo a la Luna. Verne Dec 10, 2014. Ref: https://verne.elpais.com/verne/2014/12/11/articulo/1418314336_993353.html Accessed 26 May 2019 Katz, Richard (2010) About Margaret Hamilton. NASA Office of Logic Design. Ref: http://klabs.org/home_page/hamilton.htm Accessed 27 May 2019. McMillan, Robert (2015). Her code got humans on...
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Article 5 mins
EPQs: writing up your dissertation
Education & Development

EPQs: writing up your dissertation

...wrote: ‘Je n’ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n’ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte_’._ –Blaise Pascal, Provincial Letters, Letter XVI, December 1656. Translation: ‘I wrote this very long [letter] because I didn’t have the time to make it shorter’. What do you think Pascal meant by this? [Photo of Claire]Figure 8 ClaireShow descriptionA photograph of Claire. Claire, whose research looks......
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Article 5 mins
Great Ancoats Street, Manchester: cottonopolis to urban village
Society, Politics & Law

Great Ancoats Street, Manchester: cottonopolis to urban village

...class housing in Great Ancoats Street as ‘ruinous’ rows of ‘back-to-backs’ amongst the towering mill buildings. In the 20th century, industry declined and housing deteriorated further into slums amongst the derelict factories. But 21st century Great Ancoats Street is rising again above the rubble, with many of the great mills converted into apartments and offices....
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Activity 15 mins