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Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits
Education & Development

Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits

...adults learn most effectively in a variety of ways, that we have as human beings a range of differentiated learning styles. If we had access to resources like this, we could make learning real … Having the freedom to walk a bit more, have a bit more space, spread out into this environment is so conducive to learning. It's very special. Inspiring Learning for All (2004)...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Intimate not Intimidated: It's Time to Talk about Sex and Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Intimate not Intimidated: It's Time to Talk about Sex and Disability

...adult, to be a sexual being. You have to go through that process all the time through from childhood into young adulthood and beyond. I think if you’ve never had that education, that information, that support, you’re not going to go out and know how to have a relationship. You’re not going to have those social skills and that information behind you. And if you’re...
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Video 15 mins
Understanding dyslexia Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding dyslexia

...adult education. The definition also notes the importance of phonological short-term memory (verbal memory) and reveals a significant correlation between the speed of naming letters and digits and reading ability. Specific learning difficulty: the third sentence defines dyslexia as a specific learning difficulty, not an intellectual deficit. Traits like poor working...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Emotions and emotional disorders
Health, Sports & Psychology

Emotions and emotional disorders

...adults between the ages of 16 and 64 years met the clinical diagnostic criteria for at least one emotional disorder (or common mental disorder; McManus et al., 2009). Of these, depression and anxiety (or a mix of the two, called ‘mixed anxiety and depression’ or MAD) were by far the most common, as Figure 1 shows. Note that the term prevalence is a scientific term...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Blood and the respiratory system
Science, Maths & Technology

Blood and the respiratory system

...adult takes between 12 and 18 breaths a minute at rest, exchanging more than 8000 litres of air per day. Using the glossary This course includes a glossary, as demonstrated by the terms ‘cellular respiration’ and ‘external respiration’ highlighted in the paragraph above. You can hover over these for a preview, and click on the words to be taken to the full...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
All my own work: exploring academic integrity Badge icon
Education & Development

All my own work: exploring academic integrity

...adult each day is between 3000 and 4000 (NHS, 2014). This is far lower than the commonly cited target of 10,000 steps. The guidance for 10,000 steps per day originated from Japanese walking clubs and a business slogan in the 1970s. It is not underpinned by any rigorous research, so it is important that we question why 10,000 steps is now seen as the standard target. Could...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Introducing ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing ageing

...adults that you know personally, one younger than you and one older than you. Filling in Interactive table 2 will give you two more people to compare with your own and Monty’s experiences, which will give you further information about the significance of age Interactive table 2 Comment And here is what the same person wrote in the second table: Younger adult My...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...adult morbidity, premature mortality, life expectancy, and slow development can be clearly demonstrated. It’s also clear that many of these factors are bound up together and cannot be separated from each other. In the next section, you will find out about an example of health inequality in the UK...Week 1: What do we mean by a lottery of birth?: 4.3 Lives on the line -...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs