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Seeing the light
Science, Maths & Technology

Seeing the light

...article it accompanies, but it shows examples of the types of building forms that are outlined in the text. It therefore makes the text easier to understand. You might also find the pictures easier to remember than the words in the text. The next illustration, Figure 6, is a graphical representation of some principles that are also explained in the text. The drawing...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families

...et al., 2023). Wherever people are living as they get older, they have a right to person-centred support. Commissioners, service providers and practitioners should all be thinking about what this means. How can people be supported to feel well and safe as they age? How can people be supported to plan for the changes that come with growing older? How should support be...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities

...et al., 2022; Larkin et al., 2023). The ‘Tips’ you are developing about planning ahead well in advance, having an emergency care plan in place, thinking about options and taking time over your planning will be useful to you. As mentioned above, you can add to them as you work through the rest of the course and after you have completed the course, for example, when you...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Social problems: Who makes them?
Society, Politics & Law

Social problems: Who makes them?

...articles indicate that social scientists take longer to say things than the rather pithy common-sense statements that we looked at earlier. Cynics might say that this is simply evidence of social scientists being long-winded, but we believe that there is something else involved here. In each case, what is being presented is an argument, rather than an assertion. Put...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Cefnogi datblygiad plant
Education & Development

Cefnogi datblygiad plant

...et al. (2008) rhwng cyfnodau pontio llorweddol a fertigol drwy eu cysylltu â gweithgareddau penodol. Mae cyfnodau pontio llorweddol yn digwydd bob dydd neu'n rheolaidd, ac, fel arfer, maent yn cyfeirio at symud neu newid mewn trefn. Mae cyfnodau pontio llorweddol yn disgrifio gweithgareddau fel plant yn mynd o'r ystafell ddosbarth i'r iard chwarae (symud) neu'n cymryd...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
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Languages

Describing language

...et al., 2020), the languages spoken by the largest number of people in the world are (in alphabetical order) English, Hindi, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. The actual number of speakers of each language depends on who you count. Box 1 Before taking a closer look at how many people speak these major languages, it is important to understand some of the terminology used to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Listening to young children: supporting transition
Education & Development

Listening to young children: supporting transition

...et al., 2016, p. 443) You can see from this example that listening to children through their learning stories, can support them to make meaning with others about their identity as learners as well as develop an understanding of the role they might adopt in different settings. Summary points Boundary objects are physical items that can be carried between the boundaries of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...et al. (1952), The Principle of Relativity, New York, Dover Publications. The union of space and time of which Minkowski spoke is now generally referred to as space-time. It represents a kind of melding together of space and time, and since space is three-dimensional, and time is one-dimensional, space-time is four-dimensional. Any particular observer, such as you or I,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs