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Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?
Education & Development

Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?

...multiple devices and televisions that can contribute to sensory overload. “Some of the parents in our study are reporting three hours of tablet use a day [for their children],” says Smith. “That is a large proportion of their waking hours using a screen that doesn’t conform to the laws of physical reality.” As for the effects on language and motor development,...
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Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research
Education & Development

Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research

...multiple methods of collecting data the purpose is to inform practitioners, policy makers or theoreticians. A case study might be designed to find out more about a situation; it might be designed to test a particular theory or it might be designed to try and explain an observed phenomenon. The main criticism of case studies is that the findings cannot be generalised. This...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Introduction to critical criminology
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to critical criminology

...multiple truths. Critical criminologists often prefer to be called social theorists, historians, sociologists, feminists and activists in rejection of the arguably conservative and state-compliant label ‘criminologist’. They have sought out and examined new areas that are often excluded from governmental and mainstream criminological agendas. For example, the critique...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
An education in Religion and Worldviews
History & The Arts

An education in Religion and Worldviews

...multiple visions. In an increasingly pluralistic society, understanding the world around us means realising that there is no neutral perspective. Nobody stands nowhere. Do you know where you stand? And why? [MUSIC PLAYING] Nobody Stands Nowhere Discussion This film was designed to illustrate the importance of the idea that ‘nobody stands nowhere’. Exploring in a...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Exploring equality and equity in education
Education & Development

Exploring equality and equity in education

...multiple interpretations (Schweisfurth, 2013) there are commonly accepted key features, such as valuing the prior knowledge and experiences of the learner, and seeing learning as ‘active’, involving learners in solving problems and constructing meaning. The human rights approach has successfully raised issues of equality of access and focused attention on addressing...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...multiple layers of people’s identities and the role that effective technology will increasingly play. Asif Sadiq I think the most important thing going into the future will be about understanding that diversity is not just one thing. Over the years, we focused on different elements. We’ve gone from gender, we’ve gone to race, we’ve gone to disability, and so on....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age
History & The Arts

Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age

...multiple interpretive decisions and plays a major role in the visibility or invisibility of texts, images, and sounds. This is especially true when accessing data over the internet. Metadata is enormously important to search engines, for example. These are very powerful tools. But like any other method for finding and sorting information, researchers should not simply...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...multiple suggestions for women composers to add to your programme, whatever the theme. The Big List of Women Composers contains entries for more than 5,000 women composers. Entries provide basic biographical information and links to further resources. The Composers section of the Women By Music website also brings together information on a wide range of historical women...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs