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Teaching secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Teaching secondary mathematics

...et al., 1997) view of mathematics, not teaching discrete chunks of mathematics but supporting students in seeing how each topic draws on and extends the ideas that they have worked with before. Being a connectionist teacher also requires you to think about how the mathematics that your students are learning is part of the real world and why learning is important to them...
Understanding operations management
Money & Business

Understanding operations management

...et al., 1990) which developed from the highly successful Toyota Production System. It focuses on the elimination of all forms of waste from a production system. A focus on driving inventory levels down also exposes inefficiencies, reduces costs and cuts lead times. Mass customisation (Pine et al., 1993) which seeks to combine high volume, as in mass production, with...
Storïau unigol: safbwyntiau ar waith cymdeithasol
Health, Sports & Psychology

Storïau unigol: safbwyntiau ar waith cymdeithasol

...et al., 2012) Fel y mae'r ddau weithiwr cymdeithasol yn y fideos yn dangos, mae llunio'r cysylltiad rhwng profiad personol a'r hyn y mae gweithwyr cymdeithasol yn ei gynnig i'w hymarfer yn gam cynnar pwysig i ddod yn ymarferydd myfyriol. Mae ymarfer gwaith cymdeithasol da yn ymwneud yn bennaf â chydberthnasau (Wilson et al., 2011) ac ymgysylltu'n effeithiol â defnyddwyr...
Difference and challenge in teams
Money & Business

Difference and challenge in teams

...et al., 2012) drawn from an OU MBA course on ‘Sustainable creative management’. DIALECTICAL APPROACHES These techniques use creative conflict within the decision-making process to help identify and challenge assumptions and create new perceptions. The devil’s advocate approach can expose underlying assumptions, but tends to emphasise the negative. Dialectical...
Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Play, learning and the brain
Education & Development

Play, learning and the brain

...et al. (2016), offers some good reasons for making sure young children have the opportunity for outdoor play time. Health and physical development: in recent years, childhood obesity rates around the world have increased. To combat this many countries are recommending outdoor activity for all children. Physical play outdoors provides important opportunities for the...
Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1
Nature & Environment

The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1

...et cetera. But the point is, these discourses explain the changing relationships over time within these communities, and the way they got established and the way they are sustained. And the final thing I'd like to say is that all of this question of the power relationships leads us on to the ability to mobilise resources and to act politically. And it should never be...
Exercise and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercise and mental health

...et al. (2008, p.5) define mental health and wellness as the absence of mental illness, such as depression, and the ability to cope with daily challenges in a positive, optimistic and constructive manner. Using this definition there are potentially two ways in which exercise can benefit mental health. First, exercise can prevent or reduce the extent of mental illnesses...
Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...et al., 1972, p. 1) It is not difficult to identify similar contexts today, with an environmental dimension, though not necessarily at the level of a single organisation, for instance when considering our use of technology in the context of climate change. (iv) Personal beliefs approaches to decision making There are many other personal theories and beliefs around...