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Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach
Education & Development

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

...institutions, have their own atmosphere, ethos and policies which make the straight transfer of skills and knowledge a challenge. Student teachers have to be able to transfer their learning between contexts but in such a way that the learning is adaptable and flexible. At the extreme end of the spectrum (although not hugely uncommon in an issue such as behaviour...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
What is a Professional Doctorate?
Education & Development

What is a Professional Doctorate?

...et al. (2017, p. 38), who observe that: ‘Professional identity, for its part, is understood as a construction which is dynamic, multifaceted, culturally embedded, and continuously reshaped’. In this video, you can hear Dr Debbie Chagadama (Doctorate in Health and Social Care graduate) and Dr Pauline Lyseight-Jones (Doctorate in Education graduate) talk about their...
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Video 5 mins
Introduction to critical criminology
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to critical criminology

...institutions associated with crime and criminal justice systems...This free course, Introduction to critical criminology, provides a brief introduction to critical criminological thinking. It defines the ways in which critical criminologists take a 'critical stance' on the fundamental concepts, practices and institutions associated with crime and criminal justice...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Getting started with French 2
Languages

Getting started with French 2

...et pain bread and cheese Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There are 4 items in each list. Desserts glace ananas fromage et pain Match each of the previous list items with an item from the following list: a.pineapple b.Desserts c.ice cream d.bread and cheese The correct answers are: 1 = b, 2...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Home education as a provocation for the future of education
Education & Development

Home education as a provocation for the future of education

...et al., 2022; and Unger Madar and BenDavid-Hadar, 2022). However, it is noteworthy that evaluating the variety of social and academic ‘outcomes’ of home education is challenging. Standardised measures of attainment are not reliable assessment tools because of the bespoke and informal nature of curricula, methods of ‘teaching’ and learning associated with home...
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Article 5 mins
What can Earth tell us about Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

What can Earth tell us about Mars?

...et al., 2020) – more on that later. We identified a group of microorganisms – sulfur-oxidising bacteria – that live in the springs. These bacteria produce the energy they need to survive by oxidising sulfur. This group hadn’t been considered as organisms that could be viable on Mars but knowing they are capable of surviving under conditions that are very similar...
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Article 10 mins
Making social media work in Higher Education
Education & Development

Making social media work in Higher Education

...institutions or professionals working in your chosen field. However, it can also be a waste of valuable time that you could use more productively. If you are a student in HE (higher education) it can be hard to avoid using social media entirely. The role played by social media in Higher Education increases year on year. It is being used by many students to enhance their...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Belfast murals
History & The Arts

Belfast murals

...rights in Australia. [A mural reflecting the struggle for Aboriginal land rights in Australia] Take it further Material Conflicts: Parades and Visual Displays in Northern Ireland Neil Jarman, Berg Displaying Faith Neil Jarman, Institute of Irish Studies Drawing Support: Murals in the North of Ireland Bill Rolston, Beyond the Pale Publications - a series of three titles...
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Article 10 mins