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Global perspectives on primary education
Education & Development

Global perspectives on primary education

...de Korne, H. (2012) Learning first: a research agenda for improving learning in low-income countries. Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution. UNESCO (1998) World Education Report, Paris: UNESCO. Wiggins, G. and McTighe, J. (2005) Understanding by design, Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,...Global perspectives on primary...
Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...de Groot, R. S. and Opdam, P. (2014) ‘Ecosystem services as a contested concept: a synthesis of critique and counter-arguments’, Conservation Letters, 17 February [Online]. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12091 (Accessed 17 July 2014). Senge, P. M., Smith, B., Kruschwitz, N., Laur, J. and Schley, S. (2008) The Necessary Revolution, New York, NY, Doubleday....
Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise

...de-stigmatise the menopause, raise awareness of its impact and remove the embarrassment often experienced when people talk about it (Newson, 2019)...Session 1: What are we are talking about?: 5 Factors affecting the severity of the menopause - On average the menopause starts aged 51; however, the perimenopause that is described as ‘the change before the change’,...
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...de Desarrollo Humano Oportunidades (Human Development Opportunities Programme, referred to as Oportunidades) is an anti-poverty initiative aimed at indigenous women in a remote mountain area in northern Mexico. Previous evaluations confirmed that indigenous people were participating effectively but it was unclear that the project was succeeding in its objectives of...
Introduction to active galaxies
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to active galaxies

...de-excited by collision with another particle before a photon can be emitted spontaneously. Such low densities cannot be achieved on Earth which is why these lines are not observed in the laboratory. When they are observed astronomically, we can be sure that they have been produced in a region of extremely low density. They are prominent in the spectra of active galaxies...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Understanding autism Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...de Villiers, 2000). Autistic people with pronounced language problems are more likely to fail false belief tasks, possibly suggesting that language difficulties cause ToM difficulties rather than the other way round. With much greater awareness of literal-mindedness these days, organisations like the National Autistic Society advocate clear, straightforward language for...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers Badge icon
Education & Development

Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

...DE: International Reading Association, pp.151–167. Hempel-Jorgensen, A., Cremin, T., Harris, D. and Chamberlain, L. (2018) ‘Pedagogy for reading for pleasure in low socio-economic primary schools: beyond “pedagogy of poverty”?’, Literacy, 52(2) Hudson, A. K. and Williams, J. A. (2015) ‘Reading every single day: A journey to authentic reading’, The Reading...
Returning to STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...to create a system or chain of information, contacts and support’ (De Janasz et al., 2009, p. 328). This definition highlights the benefits of belonging to networks. They provide the three key ingredients that a returner needs when looking for a job or re-establishing a career – ‘information, contacts and support’. Returners often say that they don’t have any networks and it is true that it can be hard to keep ......
Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs