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Bringing up problems at work (without making things worse)
Education & Development

Bringing up problems at work (without making things worse)

...De Felice and Garretson (2021) define a workplace problem as ‘a state of affairs that affects one or more people negatively, and which requires some type of action’. In other words, it is something that can plausibly be solved, as opposed to a general complaint about a state of affairs. For example: For example: ‘This rain is so annoying!’ = a complaint, as there...
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Where a ban has been replaced by a bee
Languages

Where a ban has been replaced by a bee

...de Deletreo en Español] Fifth-grader Mariana Moya-Rubiano from Thomas Harrison Middle School, Harrisburg, Virginia, correctly spells her first word in the competition. 27 students competed %u2014 accents, tildes and all %u2014 in the bee this year. It is sixth grader Jybr Reynoso Hidrogos’ second time competing. He made the top five last year, but fell short of a...
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Tarddiad corau meibion yng Nghymru
History & The Arts

Tarddiad corau meibion yng Nghymru

...De Cymru, honnir mai i'w chwareli llechi y gall baswyr taranol gogledd Cymru ddiolch am eu cyseiniant cymaradwy. Mae'r cyhoedd, yn gywir ddigon, yn cysylltu'r côr meibion yng Nghymru a hanes diwydiannol Cymru. Gellir olrhain ei darddiad i ganol y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg. Ymhen fawr o dro, sicrhaodd ensembles a oedd yn cynnwys dynion yn unig, a ddechreuodd fel cangen...
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Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits
Education & Development

Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits

...based learning - Harnessing the power of original, real things, that's what learning in museums is all about … Osborne (2004) Pupils are handling a Second World War gas mask. This is part of their work on the Home Front. They can feel the weight of the gas mask and smell the stifling warmth of the mask on their face. This gives them a depth of understanding that nothing...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Looking at, describing and identifying objects
History & The Arts

Looking at, describing and identifying objects

...base is oval or nearly circular, the sides vertical and the top domed, although the surfaces are shaped further by the carving. The observation of this overall shape is consistent with the identification as ivory because the shape is generally that of a piece of tusk, possibly the pointed end, the material from which the object was fashioned. There are few visible clues...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Migration 2018: What's currently happening?
Society, Politics & Law

Migration 2018: What's currently happening?

...de Gata, Almería. According to their testimonies, 47 people were on the boat when they departed from Morocco. A merchant vessel retrieved one body in the Alboran sea on Sunday evening; therefore, an estimated 42 people remain missing and are presumed dead. IOM Greece’s Antigoni Avgeropoulou reported Monday that over five days (13-17 June) the Hellenic Coast Guard...
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Children’s experiences with digital technologies
Education & Development

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

...based recommendations about how adults (such as parents and teachers) should engage with and manage children’s interactions with technology...This free course, Children’s experiences with digital technologies, is an introduction to how children use digital technologies, such as mobile applications, digital games and computers, and what they learn from these...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Hallowain't III: Woodfrogs
Nature & Environment

Hallowain't III: Woodfrogs

...LA Times reported a study by the Institute of Arctic Biology which discovered the little critters' approach to staying alive in a hostile climate: To see how these frogs were surviving the winter in the extreme Alaskan environment, the researchers used super glue to attach small radio transmitters about the size of a nickel to the backs of 16 frogs over two years. The...
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