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Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)

...et al. (2002) found that 91 per cent said they sometimes withdrew children from classrooms. [Described image] Figure 3 Cindy Bhuhi, bilingual teaching assistant, Lee Infants School, Slough There is a further sense in which teaching assistants have needed to find ‘space’ for their work. As part of a relatively new workforce, they have had to integrate their support...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The many guises of the emperor Augustus
History & The Arts

The many guises of the emperor Augustus

...style carpets. The man is wearing a long, sleeved black robe and a red-and-white-checked scarf over his head, held in place with a black band. He wears a short beard.] Figure 6 Portrait of King Abdullah outside the bazaar in Wadi Musa in southern Jordan. Study note: Bedouins Bedouins are nomadic people who are the traditional inhabitants of large parts of the Middle East....
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
An introduction to school librarianship Badge icon
Education & Development

An introduction to school librarianship

...profile of your own school community, and its diverse mix of students with different needs, such as English as a second language, or special educational needs. You also need to be aware of the makeup of your school in terms of things like ethnicity, gender, and prior attainment. Once you've spent some time discovering your school community, it's important to find out...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Making social media work in Higher Education
Education & Development

Making social media work in Higher Education

...et al., 2017) and between staff and students to support general study skills (van Beynen and Swenson, 2016)...Session 3: The most popular social platforms in Higher Education: 1.3 Facebook groups - Anyone, including you, can start a Facebook group. Groups can be limited to the network of students on your module, course, or institution, and the admins of the group can...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...et al. (eds), Mammalian Hibernation III. 1967 Oliver and Boyd Figure 21 (a) A bat in position for thermography (dorsal side uppermost) showing the location of the interscapular region (red), and the major temperatures prevailing at the commencement of thermographic scannings, (b) Thermogram of the dorsal surface of a bat during its arousal from torpor. (The higher the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Succeeding in postgraduate study Badge icon
Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...style and career goals. We discuss some of the benefits as well as the pressures of studying online, and take a look at certain misconceptions around distance and online learning. By the end of this session you should be able to: understand the requirements and demands of academic study at Master’s level understand the nature of distance learning on a Master’s...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Understanding dyslexia Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding dyslexia

...et al., 2024); later on, another two physicians, Morgan and Hinshelwood (based on the work of German ophthalmologist Kussmaul, 1878) used the word to describe a kind of ‘word blindness’ where people had trouble reading. Wolf et al. assert that the first explanations were linked to the visual system. Nowadays, we know that dyslexia is not due to vision problems, but...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Doping in rugby union: a case of papering over the cracks?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping in rugby union: a case of papering over the cracks?

...et al., 2013). An interesting case comparison to demonstrate this is the New Zealand World Cup winning squad of 1987 and the squad of 2015 – favourites to retain the title. In 1987, the average weight was 99.5kg and 79kg for the forwards and backs respectively compared to 113kg and 95kg in 2015. When accounting for the importance of size, strength and power it is...
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