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The Value of Emotional Intelligence in a Challenging Workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Value of Emotional Intelligence in a Challenging Workplace

...et al., 2005) preserves higher self-esteem and self-efficacy (belief in ability to control our own behaviour, emotions, and motivations), reducing influence of negative events and strengthening influence of positive events (Salguero et al., 2015) builds and supports close relationships, increasing availability of social support, which also improves wellbeing (Lopes et...
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Article 10 mins
Understanding devolution in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding devolution in Wales

...Institute of Government, marking 20 years of devolution: The purpose of devolution was to bring about a new settlement between the constituent parts of the UK so that decision making was brought closer to the people who felt a strong sense of identity. And politically, also, to ward off the bigger threat of secession… it was the established Labour Party position [when...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Could we control our climate? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Could we control our climate?

...et al. 2014). The colour corresponds to the number of years of data available for each station. The network is older and denser over the USA, Europe, Australia and Japan; dense but newer over much of Asia and South America whilst sporadic over much of Africa, Northern Asia, Antarctica, Greenland (and ocean areas). Figure 3b - This global map shows a snapshot of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Developing reading for pleasure in the classroom with student and early career teachers
Education & Development

Developing reading for pleasure in the classroom with student and early career teachers

...et al., 2024). Barriers from individual teacher reader identities and varied school experiences may also need to be addressed (Hendry, 2022). Supporting new teachers begins by investigating their starting points in the knowledge of texts as well as their expectations of RfP pedagogy. Participants considered how they currently get to know new teachers as readers and...
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Teaching assistants: support in action
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action

...et al. (2002) found that 91 per cent said they sometimes withdrew children from classrooms. [Described image] Figure 3 Cindy Bhuhi, bilingual teaching assistant, Lee Infants School, Slough There is a further sense in which teaching assistants have needed to find ‘space’ for their work. As part of a relatively new workforce, they have had to integrate their support...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The meaning of home in later life
Health, Sports & Psychology

The meaning of home in later life

...et al (2014) shows how people aged 60 to 90 yrs experience problems with bending, reaching, reading dials and having a place to sit. This makes this hub of the home problematic. Some continually adapt their housing to make it more ‘homely’ but this depends on resources, skills and recognition of ageing needs by the retail market. Second, where an older person’s...
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How can education contribute to sustainability?
Education & Development

How can education contribute to sustainability?

...et al., 2019). They showed how they could apply frameworks for thinking about Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), originally written for Higher Education settings paper (Warwick, 2016; Winter et al., 2015), to a wide range of their own school-age settings. The consensus was: EfS needs to become part of an intended ‘hidden’ curriculum, not a bolt-on EfS should...
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Victory through resilience: how England Vitality Roses adapted to setbacks
Health, Sports & Psychology

Victory through resilience: how England Vitality Roses adapted to setbacks

...et al., 2013). Essentially, this involves the management, adjustment, and modification of one’s thoughts, actions, and affect, respectively (Holliman et al., 2021). Adaptability and resilience are closely connected in sports because both help athletes and teams overcome challenges and perform under pressure. In such a fast-paced game every match presents a choice –...
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