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Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model

...techniques; supplying and seeking feedback; allowing space for story sharing; and using appropriate verbal and body language. See suggested sources at the end of this article to help improve these skills. Demonstrating empathy – Cox and Bachkirova (2007) stress the need for the coach to acknowledge and understand emotion as normal, working to understand coachee’s...

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Article 10 mins

Nature & Environment

Working with our environment: an introduction

...techniques were usually carried out at a local level, which meant that most perishable food was consumed near to where it was produced, and any food processing was usually small-scale and localised. Cattle and livestock, for example, were moved 'on the hoof' from their pastures to abattoirs, even in the largest cities. Two major industrial preservation techniques were...

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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs

Science, Maths & Technology

Learning, thinking and doing

...techniques for analysing and evaluating information. We also have to learn about attitudes, which may require us to change our perceptions, or to understand feelings different from our own. A simple input/output model will not take us very far with this kind of learning. Nonetheless, in spite of its flaws, the acquisitive model is often implicit in the way we teach and...

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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs

Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...techniques to produce well organised notes that can be used when writing an assignment. If you decide to go to university, you will have to prepare for exams and research essays. In order to do this, you will need to be able to read the most appropriate sources and use some of the theories and information they contain in your essays. You will learn to do this during the...

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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs

Nature & Environment

Evolutionary tree of mammals

...techniques of DNA analysis to work out which mammals are most closely related to each other appreciate the importance of bringing together evidence from different sources...School activities: Evolutionary tree of mammals: 1 Natural groups - Darwin made extensive observations on a great many creatures, including mammals, and noticed that species fell into natural groups,...

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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs

History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...techniques of portraying characters. But on occasions an anxiety can arise from your reading: how can I possibly be original? Originality Originality for its own sake often results in ‘false’ writing: real people are seldom either so self-conscious or remarkable that they think and speak in entirely new ways. On the other hand, attempting to convey or describe...

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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs

Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...techniques. Robot technology can be seen as a complementary asset to the broader and more commonly held capability of minimally-invasive surgery. A major benefit for hospitals that adopt robot technology – and something that will rely heavily on the organisation’s ability to learn – will be the potential to provide a better service to patients and develop a...

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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs

Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...techniques we can look at how we deal with that. But most importantly, I think, deal with, get comfortable with uncertainty. And if we're all comfortable with it, that's a good place to start. The other aspect to think about when we think about the opportunity and the challenges for higher education, is if we think about the SDG's one of the things that I haven't...

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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs

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Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model