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Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice
Education & Development

Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice

...course, Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice, explores some of the tensions and debates linked to the aim of achieving literacy for all, using specific examples. It focuses on current significant debates related to the teaching of the technical aspects of literacy to a ‘sufficient standard’ and debates related to becoming a ‘literate person’. In...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...course explores Wilberforce's career and writings and assesses their historical significance. In particular, it examines the contribution that Evangelicalism, the religious tradition to which Wilberforce belonged, made in the transitions between the Enlightenment and Romanticism. Throughout it relates Wilberforce's career and writings to wider social and cultural...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Science and society: A career and professional development course
Education & Development

Science and society: A career and professional development course

...course, is a free course that explores this further...Scientists throughout the world are increasingly interested in the relationship between science and society. Part of their concern is with the social responsibilities scientists have in relation to broader public interests. That raises important issues to do with the ethical and social dimension of scientists' work and...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Teaching secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Teaching secondary modern foreign languages

...course, Teaching secondary modern foreign languages, will identify and explore some of the key issues around teaching modern foreign languages in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on and develop your practice as a modern foreign languages teacher and develop a greater awareness of the wider context of languages...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy
History & The Arts

Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy

...course, Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy, will introduce you to some of the possible answers to these questions and will examine why philosophy has sometimes found it difficult to approach imagination. It will then go on to examine the relationship that imagination has to imagery and supposition, charting where these concepts overlap with imagination and...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
John Napier
Science, Maths & Technology

John Napier

...course looks at Scotsman John Napier (1550-1617) and his invention which radically altered the course of mathematics. Napier dabbled in mathematics for over 40 years and near the end of his life he introduced his tables of logarithms which drastically reduced the work needed to do complicated calculations, such as those required in astronomy and navigation. Napier’s...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Teaching Spanish pronunciation
Languages

Teaching Spanish pronunciation

...course Teaching Spanish pronunciation.This short course is aimed at teachers of Spanish working in the United Kingdom who wish to extend their theoretical knowledge on teaching Spanish pronunciation. It offers ideas and practical skills that can be used in the classroom, be that virtual or face-to-face. This course will explore intelligibility, fluency, foreign accent,...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...course, Modern slavery, is designed to develop an understanding of the international system of human rights protection in relation to modern slavery, but also encourage an appreciation of the influence of International Human Rights Law on the development of the domestic system of human rights protection...This free course, Modern slavery, is designed to develop an...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs