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Teaching assistants: support in action
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action

...class teacher and brings her distinctive practice to a maths lesson. Teaching assistants are a very significant and essential resource in primary classrooms, so much so that it is hard to imagine how schools could manage without them. The Open University is conducting a survey investigating how people use the free educational content on our OpenLearn website. The aim is...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research
Education & Development

Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research

...classes you teach – or it might be a whole school issue or problem that you feel needs investigating. At this stage, it might be helpful to complete Activity 1 for more than one topic. Activity 2: Starting research Timing: Time: 35 minutes Spend about 30 minutes searching the internet for material related to your chosen area or topic and begin to explore other work in...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...Class (1963) E.P. Thompson emphasised the role of Methodism both in reconciling the poor to industrial work discipline and in deflecting them from revolution by turning their hopes for a better world towards the next life rather than this one. [Figure 2] Figure 2 James Gillray, Copenhagen House 1795, etching on paper, Corporation of London Libraries and Guildhall Art...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Beginners’ Italian: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Italian: food and drink

...la cassa) first and say what you want. You pay and are given a receipt (uno scontrino), which you then give to the person serving, repeating your order. In fact there is often a sign (un cartello) telling you to go the cash desk first, pay the cashier (il cassiere / la cassiera) and get a till receipt. The sign might say something like Si prega di fare lo scontrino alla...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
A linguistic toolkit for health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

A linguistic toolkit for health and social care

...De Felice and her colleague Dr Nele Pöldvere (Lund University, Sweden). They analysed 450,000 words of authentic British English conversations from a wide variety of contexts – chats between family and friends, informal workplace exchanges, formal meetings, university settings – to understand all the different ways people give and respond to advice. They found over...
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Activity 15 mins
What are bed blockers - and are they signs of a failing NHS?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What are bed blockers - and are they signs of a failing NHS?

...classed as older people continues to rise, along with the increase in their non-medical care needs, so will the issue of delayed discharge. In itself the delayed discharge of patients should not be seen as evidence that the NHS is failing. It is a problem and it is one that needs to be addressed. It is often the interface between the health service and social services...
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Article 5 mins
David Lucey
Education & Development

David Lucey

...evening classes in a few years time. ‘I also want to explore the tourism and media studies content on OpenLearn, as I think that would be really helpful, but I will definitely do more courses, if they interest me. It’s good to be open-minded about new things.’ We couldn’t agree more David – here’s to many more, and to building on those OpenLearn foundations....
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Article 5 mins
There is a biological reason why teenagers struggle to wake up early!
Health, Sports & Psychology

There is a biological reason why teenagers struggle to wake up early!

...classes for teenagers should begin before 8.30am. Yet early starts are still common in many countries around the world, among them Australia, UK, France and Sweden. There is further evidence that later starts are even better: studies show there are clear health benefits for 13 to 16-year-olds who start school at 10 am. Mariah Evans at the University of Nevada, Reno used...
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Article 5 mins