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Exploring sport coaching and psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport coaching and psychology

...intelligence can undermine children’s motivation and performance’, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. 75, no. 1, p. 33...Session 5: Mindset and attitudes towards sport and learning: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Ben Oakley. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy with an online telescope

...artificially coloured by visible light to enable us to see it. This video shows the first five minutes, but you can also view NASA’s full video if you so wish. Later, in Weeks 7 and 8 you will look at variable stars, whose energy output and hence luminosity vary in a more dramatic way...Week 5: The Sun and the stars: 2.3 The mass, composition and structure of the Sun -...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality Badge icon
Money & Business

Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality

...artificial as it may only be you and what you know. Perhaps you can do it all: think of ideas, have the skills to make them happen, attract the right funding, keep things running well, and be an advocate for the company. This can happen, but as an enterprise grows you will need to work with others. So how do you find the right people? One way is to think about the jobs...
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Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...intelligence can make these encounters more fruitful. In the case of the encounter that you have just considered, try to think about what you might do in a similar situation in the future. Having looked closely at the concept of networking and what makes networking more or less effective, you will now think about how you might approach networking in a practical and...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...intelligent than shooting at zombies? I'd like you to put this kind of knee-jerk reaction in the context of what you would have thought if you had found your girl playing Sudoku, or your boy reading Shakespeare. Most parents would find that great. Well, I'm not going to tell you that playing video games days in and days out is actually good for your health. It's not, and...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Everyday English 1
Languages

Everyday English 1

...intelligence, but people often read a text with lots of spelling mistakes and make a connection anyway. There are many reasons for spelling mistakes, from tapping the wrong key to learning difficulties such as dyslexia. However, there are times when it is vital that your spelling is correct. Exams are a good example of this, but also when writing formally such as in work...
Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...intelligence, affinity for teamwork) not normally associated with this role. In other words, identities, even professional ones, are capable of growth, and it is worth you reflecting on whether you are able to make the most of the diverse identities housed within your organisation - and beyond in your collaborative leadership work. Now watch the following video, an...
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Languages

How to learn a language

...intelligent people can be left exasperated by a problem that can’t be solved through brainpower and hard work alone. How do you react to challenges that can’t easily be quantified and controlled?...Week 2: What is language learning about?: 2 ‘My goal is to speak fluently!’ - Many people are keen to start speaking their new language with native speakers. However,...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs