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Introducing consciousness
History & The Arts

Introducing consciousness

...et al., 2000; Brooks et al., 1998; Humanoid Robotics Group, 2004, online.) [Figure 1] Figure 1 Rodney Brooks and his android robot Cog. Photo by Peter Menzel. Copyright © Peter Menzel/Science Photo Library There are times when we seem to perceive things in a Cog-like way. Psychologists have shown that it is possible to influence a person's behaviour by means of stimuli...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities

...et al., 2022; Larkin et al., 2023). The ‘Tips’ you are developing about planning ahead well in advance, having an emergency care plan in place, thinking about options and taking time over your planning will be useful to you. As mentioned above, you can add to them as you work through the rest of the course and after you have completed the course, for example, when you...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Cefnogi datblygiad plant
Education & Development

Cefnogi datblygiad plant

...et al. (2008) rhwng cyfnodau pontio llorweddol a fertigol drwy eu cysylltu â gweithgareddau penodol. Mae cyfnodau pontio llorweddol yn digwydd bob dydd neu'n rheolaidd, ac, fel arfer, maent yn cyfeirio at symud neu newid mewn trefn. Mae cyfnodau pontio llorweddol yn disgrifio gweithgareddau fel plant yn mynd o'r ystafell ddosbarth i'r iard chwarae (symud) neu'n cymryd...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Matt Ridley - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Matt Ridley - Stories of Change

...et al. 1999, and I thought wow! I was wrong to be sceptical, this is really scary, because it’s clearly unprecedented, it bears no relation to what’s happened at the Medieval warm period and that kind of thing, and so when in the following years I’ve discovered – RH: So you wrote about it at that point? MR: No I didn’t, I wasn’t writing about climate change...
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Audio 5 mins
Listening to young children: supporting transition
Education & Development

Listening to young children: supporting transition

...et al., 2016, p. 443) You can see from this example that listening to children through their learning stories, can support them to make meaning with others about their identity as learners as well as develop an understanding of the role they might adopt in different settings. Summary points Boundary objects are physical items that can be carried between the boundaries of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Work and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Work and mental health

...et al., 2008) Activity 3 Recovery groups for employment Timing: Allow about 1 hour 10 minutes There are two tasks in this activity. You’ll start by thinking through how you could put recovery principles into action to meet Nick and Louis’ needs before looking at a real-life example of a recovery group. Part A Timing: Allow about 30 minutes Working from the recovery...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Introduction to Arabic
Education & Development

Introduction to Arabic

...change. Listen to the following audio to learn more about the pronunciation of ‘Et-Tāʾ al-marbūṭah’ Audio 5 ١- سَيّارَة ٢- اشْتَرَيتُ سَيّارةً جَدِيدَة ٣- مَدْرَسَة ٤- زُرْتُ المَدْرَسَةَ القَديمَة Activity 3 Timing: 15 minutes Rewrite the following words and connect ‘At-Tāʾ al-marbūṭah’ with the pronoun ي as in the example. Example: حَقِيْبَة حَقِيبَتِي ١- مَدْرَسَة ٢- طَاوِلَة ٣- وَرَقَة ٤- مُعَلِّمَة ٥ –شَجَرَة ......
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Language in the real world
Languages

Language in the real world

...et al., 2009) and note any similarities or differences in how these ten linguists define their field of study. Discussion Applied linguistics potentially covers a vast area, and both academic researchers and practitioners necessarily tend to focus on a small area of particular interest. Not all academics use the term ‘applied linguistics’ to describe their work –...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs