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Children’s perspectives on play
Education & Development

Children’s perspectives on play

...motivated and active in their engagements with everything around them. In this course you will think about how you listen to children’s perspectives, why it is important and also consider the choices children make about where they play and why...In this free course, Children's perspectives on play, you are asked to put yourself in the place of young children and to...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
What's in your toolbox?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What's in your toolbox?

...et al., 2010). Definitions by therapists working on increasing psychological flexibility define it as, ‘the ability to fully contact the present moment and the thoughts and feelings it contains without needless defence ... persisting or changing behaviour in the pursuit of goals and values (Hayes et al., 2006, p. 9). We can think of psychological flexibility using the...
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Article 10 mins
Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part I socio-economic and transport access inequalities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part I socio-economic and transport access inequalities

...et al. 2023), and the UK Government has now embedded awareness and care for nature into our school curriculum. Due to modern lifestyles, we have a lack of exercise in our daily routine and are therefore becoming increasingly sedentary. This leads to various health issues that are becoming more frequent, including obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, some types of cancer and social...
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Article 5 mins
Studying Environments and Societies
Society, Politics & Law

Studying Environments and Societies

...et cetera, which are encapsulated in the notion of geography - in a geographical imagination - which are then important to understanding environmental issues as geographically constituted. Michael: Okay. That’s great. And the idea then is that the development of that understanding progresses through the module via a number of key blocks. Could you just run through what...
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Audio 5 mins
Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs
Society, Politics & Law

Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs

...et there...[Westminster freezing over] Brexit so far casts doubt on the functioning of the democratic parliamentary process and its ability to provide fair representation and protection of the interests of the British public. A central part in addressing this is the question whether the choice of parliamentary candidates and MPs is fit for purpose. Considering a trust...
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Article 10 mins
A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)
Education & Development

A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)

...et al., 2020). It is also the case that beginner teachers may be called by various terms, including: student-teacher; trainee teacher; early career teacher or beginning teacher (Hobson and Malderez, 2013). To aid in understanding how coaching differs from mentoring, this course will draw on the research of Lofthouse et al. (2010) on developing coaching among teachers....
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Understanding your customers
Money & Business

Understanding your customers

...motivating employees, for implementing and integrating organizational strategies towards customer orientation. This definition sees internal marketing as something organisations do to motivate and coordinate their employees. Perhaps more importantly, treating colleagues as people with whom you exchange valuable things can allow you to spot new opportunities to develop...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...et al., 2013, p. xii). These ‘products’ refer to everything from physical products to services, ideas, and processes, etc. Critically, however, the way that these ‘products’ are generated can vary substantially from context to context. Activity 1 Are you creative? Timing: Allow about 5 minutes Do you consider yourself creative? Reflect on the times that you have...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs