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Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers
Education & Development

Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers

...To help do this, it is useful to keep in mind the student experience. Maldrez et al. (2007), through their large sample of student teachers, identified four key themes that underpin the process of learning to be a teacher: the concept of teacher identity or sense of self as teacher the importance of potential and actual relationships with a number of ‘significant others’ the role of emotion in student teachers’ ......
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...adaptations of plants that have evolved in these ecosystems and how animals either avoid or exploit the consequences of fire as a natural disturbance. Finally it examines how fire can increase biodiversity by generating a mosaic of habitats within an ecosystem and briefly addresses some of the consequences of climate change and global warming on the intensity and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Getting started with French 1
Languages

Getting started with French 1

...adapted extract from the Open University course LGXF001 Beginners French 1: eh oui!...Week 1: Say hello: ‘Bonjour!’: 1 Say hello: ‘Bonjour!’ - It’s so important to make a good first impression, so to start with you’ll learn how to greet people in French. Activity 1 Listen to these different greetings and see if you can spot them in the box below. Don’t be...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach
Education & Development

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

...adaptable and flexible. At the extreme end of the spectrum (although not hugely uncommon in an issue such as behaviour management) the student teacher may effectively have to re-learn skills and knowledge that are suitable to the context and in doing so develop their in-the-moment responses for the specific context. A criticism of adopting the behaviouristic or craft...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Innovation in health and social care practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care practice

...adapted extract from the Open University course K102 Introducing health and social care....Innovation in health and social care practice: Introduction - This free course, Innovation in health and social care, focuses on how digital technology and innovation changes the expectations and jobs roles for health and social care practitioners. During the course, you will learn...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
People with dementia and meaning in music
Health, Sports & Psychology

People with dementia and meaning in music

...et al, 2014). In turn, music can provide comfort and help them maintain a sense of self as the condition progresses (Commission on Music and Dementia, 2018). However, since everyone is an individual, a ‘one fits all’ approach is not always appropriate. Instead, finding out what music a man or woman with dementia enjoys is the basis for developing a personalised...
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Article 5 mins
Learning our way to a better environment
Nature & Environment

Learning our way to a better environment

...adapting successfully. But the environment celebrated last year is not the same as the environment of today. Due to a range of human activities such as fossil fuel use, urbanisation, and agriculture we are rapidly changing the environment we depend on for the basics of life. As our environment alters, we experience the consequences in many forms, including climate change...
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Video 5 mins
Darwinian Demons
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwinian Demons

...adapted to its local environment. The tracks on this album were produced by The Open University in collaboration with the British Council. They form part of Darwin Now, a global initiative celebrating the life and work of Charles Darwin and the impact his ideas about evolution continue to have on today’s world. © British Council 2009... Darwinian demons A brief...
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Audio 22 mins