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The family at the centre of early learning
Education & Development

The family at the centre of early learning

...Scotland The parents and carers who attended ‘stay and play’ sessions at a nursery in Scotland clearly felt that their children gained a great deal from the sessions, as the following comments show: ‘He gets to meet new friends and be around babies of similar ages, and just gets used to being around other children; also the things with the different shapes and music...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Principles and practices of peace education
Education & Development

Principles and practices of peace education

...Scotland has been founded to help people explore and visualise peace. Their website notes that: We aspire to peace, we idealise it – but we don’t spend as much time exploring and reflecting on it as we do with war. The website has much to explore, but for now you may find it helpful to explore the section Pockets of Peace, an idea that might be useful as you and your...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Non-existent countries
Society, Politics & Law

Non-existent countries

...Scotland, United Kingdom, British Isles. And that was part of the – the inspiration for the book actually – that long held feeling of trying to explain the difference, because if you say a country is a place with a seat at the United Nations then the UK is a country but England isn't because England only has access to the UN through the UK seat and yet we’ve got a...
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Audio 10 mins
“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language
Languages

“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language

...Scotland and the south of Ireland. The result of that campaign would be the provisions set out in the 2020 New Decade New Approach Agreement, and that draft legislation being brought through Westminster via the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022. For the first time in the history of the northern state the Irish language will be afforded an element of...
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Article 5 mins
Supporting and developing resilience in social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting and developing resilience in social work

...Scotland How does child protection work affect social workers? illustrates very powerfully the research findings of Beddoe et al. Experiences of adversity can also arise as a result of racism, homophobia and other kinds of discrimination in the workplace and in wider society (CommunityCare, 2012; McNicoll, 2013a). In fact, this is one reason that Garrett (2015) takes a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Reading evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Reading evidence

...Scotland. Figure 2: The Runnymede Bulletin, 319, September 1999, The Runnymede Trust. Data from The Police Complaints Authority, Annual Report 1998/99; Figure 3: The Runnymede Bulletin, 319, September 1999, The Runnymede Trust. Data from The Police Complaints Authority, Annual Report 1998/99; Figure 4: The Runnymede Bulletin, 319, September 1999, The Runnymede Trust. Data...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Diagrams, charts and graphs
Science, Maths & Technology

Diagrams, charts and graphs

...Scotland) © Office for National Statistics, Social Trends 29, 1999, Crown copyright material is reproduced under Class Licence Number C01W0000065 with permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen’s Printer for Scotland. Thus, in 1961, 14% of households consisted of only one person, compared with 27% in 1991. You can see a steady rise in the percentage of smaller...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
English in the world today
Languages

English in the world today

...Scotland, the Northern Isles and parts of Ulster. Along with Gaelic and Scottish English, this is one of the three main languages spoken in Scotland. It has its roots in the Anglo-Saxon dialects which arrived on the British mainland in the fifth century, so it’s related to English but has developed mostly independently. Some people consider it to be a dialect of...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs