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Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner
Education & Development

Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner

...research, theory and practice, and constant critical reflection. Activity 1: Practice wisdom, theory and experience Timing: Time: 20 minutes There is a triangular relationship between practice wisdom, theory and experience, see Figure 1 (Lunenberg and Korthagen, 2009). [Described image] Figure 1 Triangular relationship between practice wisdom, theory and experience Listen...
Teaching secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Teaching secondary modern foreign languages

...centred approach to teaching, which is underpinned by a constructivist view of learning – the idea that students will construct knowledge and understanding for themselves as a result of classroom activities and experiences. Now listen to an introduction to this course by its coordinator, Maria Luisa Pérez Cavana: Maria Luisa Welcome to the Open Educational Resource...
Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022

...research have already been done in this area but more excavation and discussion of women’s key involvement in struggles around issues such as equal pay and conditions of employment remains to be done. [Striking women workers employed by Glasgow City Council demonstrating for equal pay in George Square Glasgow, 2018]Striking women workers employed by Glasgow City Council...
Understanding service improvement in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding service improvement in healthcare

...centre of discussions around change, particularly when resources are limited and difficult decisions have to be made about healthcare priorities. In such circumstances there is likely to be considerable ambiguity about what constitutes ‘improvement’ and ‘quality’. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K828 Researching and...
Exploring the history of prisoner education Badge icon
History & The Arts

Exploring the history of prisoner education

...Research Council and through collaboration with Prisoners’ Education Trust. It is strongly recommended for the professional development of anyone working in prisons or criminal justice, as well as for prisoners who want to try higher-level learning and to reflect on their educational experiences....Session 1: The origins of prison education: Introduction - The late...
How we talk about Savile
Society, Politics & Law

How we talk about Savile

...children. But he also abused adults. Smith’s report isn’t a report exclusively about child sexual abuse: indeed, a majority of Savile’s BBC victims were legally adults. However, that they were over the age of consent is immaterial: they did not consent. Fast forward four years to the day the report was released. The Mail Online, anticipating the report, ran with a...
Intergenerational perceptions: Busting age-related stereotypes
Education & Development

Intergenerational perceptions: Busting age-related stereotypes

...Children and young people benefit from intergenerational activity in a variety of ways. Engaging with different groups of people who they would not usually mix with (such as older people) can encourage them to become active and involved citizens. Working across generations can address the negativity felt by adults towards younger generations, and combat some of the...
Will Brexit reduce the UK's soft power in Europe?
Languages

Will Brexit reduce the UK's soft power in Europe?

...children Maria or Giuseppe anymore. Too traditional. Nevermind that people with an English first name and an Italian surname may sound like a character from The Godfather. People are not worried by that – and quite rightly so. Reaching out to foreign cultures, however goofily, is an act of curiosity and interest towards others. [The Ambassador to Italy Christopher...