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Building motivation and resilience in research
Science, Maths & Technology

Building motivation and resilience in research

...intelligence can develop through effort and learning. With this mindset, failures become opportunities to improve, and setbacks are seen as part of the learning process. Activity 5: Exploring your mindset Timing: 10 minutes Complete a short self-assessment to determine whether you tend towards a fixed or growth mindset. Reflect on how this influences your response to...
Language and creativity
Languages

Language and creativity

...Intelligence, having fun.’ WOMAN ‘The process of having original ideas that have value.’ MAN ‘Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.’ WOMAN ‘Creativity is not a capacity of special people, but a special capacity of all people.’ NARRATOR But perhaps it’s easiest to start by looking at the different contexts in which linguistic...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
English in the world today
Languages

English in the world today

...intelligible, although there are one or two dialect words (some of them related specifically to their profession) which might be a little obscure. ‘Dally’, for example, refers to a method of winding a rope around the saddle; while ‘ornery’ is originally a colloquial pronunciation of ‘ordinary’, and means ‘cantankerous’ or ‘mean’. There are also a few...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...intelligible entities such as Swedish, Norwegian and Danish are considered languages but the mutually incomprehensible Hokkien and Hakka are considered dialects of Chinese has more to do with politics and nation building than with empirical and linguistic facts. More specifically, there has been a conceptual shift which prompts us to move our gaze from languages as...
Galaxies, stars and planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Galaxies, stars and planets

...intelligent life appear to be much more remote. Figure 17 Cosmic time, from the Big Bang, about 13.7 billion years ago, to the present. The first galaxies may have formed less than one billion years after the Big Bang. The Sun and the Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, when the Universe was about 9 billion years old...Galaxies, stars and planets: End-of-course...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Approaching leadership with care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Approaching leadership with care

...intelligence, resilience and self-esteem. With the renewed insight you’ve gained, it can help you develop a broader, proactive approach to changes in your professional and personal life. Remember to always aim to maintain an appropriate balance, as being an effective and caring leader starts with caring for yourself...Approaching leadership with care: 6 Continuing your...
Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Introduction to ecosystems
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to ecosystems

...artificially reinvigorate ecosystems. Mutual benefits DR. LEE SU SEE Well, the dipterocarps are one of the most important family of timber trees in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. This family consists of a very large number of species, many of which have very important value as commercial timber trees. NARRATOR Behind every great dipterocarp lies a team of tiny fungi....
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...artificial reservoirs. Water has to be collected from lakes and reservoirs, wells, rivers and underground pools, then treated and transported for domestic and commercial use on a mammoth scale (Figure 6). [Figure 6] Figure 6 The water cycle Think about the engineering involved in designing, building and lining reservoirs; designing and laying pipes of the right material...