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Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...children and young people’s wellbeing research report’ by the Department for Education (2020) states that ‘The wellbeing of children and young people is central to Government policy and is central to achieving the aims of the Department for Education’. [Two young children studying at a table. A teacher is helping one of the children.] ‘Recent reports have shown...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Jake Chapman On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Jake Chapman On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...Research Group (1972-1978). As Professor of Energy Systems (1978 -2001) Jake became Head of the Systems Department (1987- 1994) and a major contributor to courses on applying systems theory to management and complex problem solving. He also played a major role at the OU in developing teaching materials to enable home-based students to use computers. Since 2001, Jake has...
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Managing motherhood and sports participation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing motherhood and sports participation

...research interests but also by our personal situations as sportspeople and full-time working mothers...[woman with child doing yoga pose] With 42% of women not active enough for good health, the topic of female sports participation is of growing social, political and cultural importance. This concern is reflected in the funding and interventions run by public health...
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Article 10 mins
Reading: re-asserting the potency of the personal
Education & Development

Reading: re-asserting the potency of the personal

...children’s intrinsic motivation as readers can build reciprocal communities of readers...In countries where the language of schooling predominantly focuses on measurable and often oversimplified notions of attainment, children can come to be viewed and discussed in relation to their current standards of performance, rather than as unique individuals. In such...
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Article 10 mins
SEND crisis: overdiagnosis - fact or fiction?
Education & Development

SEND crisis: overdiagnosis - fact or fiction?

...children outstripping the resources available. There have been recent suggestions by high profile figures that an overdiagnosis of specific learning difficulties and neurodiversity is to blame. However, the data tells us a different story; in fact, there is a problem with underdiagnosis instead. Is a diagnosis necessary? While a child in the UK doesn’t need a formal...
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Article 5 mins
Young carers, COVID-19 and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young carers, COVID-19 and physical activity

...research has shown aerobic fitness and physical exercise, regardless of weight status, to be positively associated with academic performance. Additionally, lack of exercise can result in children / adolescents becoming overweight, which may be linked to sleep difficulties, psychological health risks, cardiovascular risks, Type 2 diabetes, respiratory complications and...
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Article 10 mins
What do historians do?
History & The Arts

What do historians do?

...research on infancy. Finally, you will examine criminal justice history to understand how research can challenge existing perceptions or myths about the past. Through the activities in each section you will experience a wide range of historical evidence and understand its importance for historians in constructing new knowledge. You can find a list of definitions of key...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Autism quiz text
Health, Sports & Psychology

Autism quiz text

...children in Romanian orphanages, he identified an ‘autistic-like’ condition in some of them, but these children recovered substantially when they experienced a more nurturing environment after adoption. 3. People with autism are all eccentric geniuses Is the answer TRUE, FALSE or DEBATABLE? Answer... FALSE Just a small minority of people on the autism spectrum have...
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Article 5 mins