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Encouraging book talk in the school library
Education & Development

Encouraging book talk in the school library

...concept of literary criticism. Here's one example of a website with reviews of books suitable for various ages: The Children's Book Review Children often find it easier to write a book review if they have a framework to write to. You can see various examples online, such as this person's template on the TES website. The Toppsta website has lists of recommendations for...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Stefan Szymanski on the business of football
Money & Business

Stefan Szymanski on the business of football

...concept of win maximisation in 1996.) This may just be a reflection of the competitive nature of the European system, but it also reflects a different attitude to the purpose of clubs. Some clubs (notably Barcelona and Real Madrid in Spain and most of the clubs in the Bundesliga) are not businesses in the normal sense but membership associations which elect the management...
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Article 5 mins
Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)
Education & Development

Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)

...concept restricted to issues of placement… Key principles are valuing diversity, entitlement, dignity, individual needs, planning, collective responsibility, professional development, and equal opportunities. (Darlington, 2003, p. 2) Simone Aspis, who describes herself as ‘a special school survivor’ offers the following definition: Inclusive education should create...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
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Money & Business

Personal branding for career success

...concept of personal branding, developing and refining your own brand, and choosing tools and tactics that allow you to present yourself to current and future employers in an authentic and effective way. You’ll consider your own values and strengths, identify the key skills employers look for and learn how to present and evidence those skills appropriately, whether you...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Surfaces
Science, Maths & Technology

Surfaces

...concepts as homeomorphism, orientability, the Euler characteristic and the classification theorem of compact surfaces...Surfaces are a special class of topological spaces that crop up in many places in the world of mathematics. In this free course, you will learn to classify surfaces and will be introduced to such concepts as homeomorphism, orientability, the Euler...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Veiling
History & The Arts

Veiling

...concept of ‘veiling’ is referring to...Veiling: ‘Veils’ and ‘veiling’ - Activity 2 Now read an extract from Fadwa El Guindi’s book Veil: Modesty, Privacy and Resistance (1999). This is Reading 1. As you read this text, consider what kind of pre-conceived ideas you yourself might have regarding the meaning of the terms ‘veil’ and ‘veiling’, and what...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Building confidence in using online forums
Education & Development

Building confidence in using online forums

...concept. Sometimes the words that go with that concept or idea are completely new and hold no other real-world meaning. But sometimes there are different connections to be made (see Box 1). Box 1 Taking on different meanings Consider, for example, the term ‘behaviour’. For new teachers, ‘behaviour’ is often thought about in terms of ‘bad behaviour’ in...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Systems diagramming
Digital & Computing

Systems diagramming

...concept Much can be said about systems thinking. However it is worth reiterating some key points here as they are central to understanding the purpose of the diagrams discussed later in this section. The word system is one that is in regular everyday use. People talk, for example, about ‘the social security system’ and the ‘telephone system’. Gamblers boast about...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs