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Language of Poverty
Society, Politics & Law

Language of Poverty

...concept, the false dichotomy of a middle class overwhelming majority versus this rump and it has, to a degree, filtered out into popular attitudes in this sense although, in fact, even a very recent poll showed that most people will self-define as working class and actually that has largely remained quite stubbornly high, between 50% to 55%. But one study by the...
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An education in Religion and Worldviews
History & The Arts

An education in Religion and Worldviews

...concepts, language and ways of knowing that help us organise and make sense of our knowledge and understanding of religion and worldviews; the human quest for meaning, so that they are prepared for life in a diverse world and have space to recognise, reflect on and take responsibility for the development of their own personal worldview. (NATRE, CoRE, RE: Today, n.d.) In...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation

...concept of musical pitch by working with examples of folk, popular, and classical music from several world traditions. You will learn how pitch is represented using staff notation and other forms of illustration. You will also practise reading and writing pitch using staff notation, and learn to perform short musical extracts from notation...In this free course, you will...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Internet of everything
Digital & Computing

Internet of everything

...concepts and technologies that enable the IoE and the internet of things...The internet of everything, and all of the connected things on the internet, are here to stay. There is considerable hype in the media – good and bad – that makes it difficult to work out if this connectedness is a good thing or a bad thing. Or, should we be indifferent about the internet of...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...concept of community of practice in relation to schoolteachers’ workplace learning’, International Journal of Training and Development, vol. 8, no.1, pp. 21–31. Tedder, K. and Biesta, G. (2008) adapted from the original paper ‘Learning without teaching? Opportunities and limitations in biographical learning for adults’, written for the European Conference...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Working mathematically
Science, Maths & Technology

Working mathematically

...concepts being viewed as end-of-topic activities rather than being valued as providing meaningful and motivating contexts for learning...Working mathematically: 2.2 Process - Mathematical processes are different from content in that they overarch the subject and are not thought of as hierarchical. You may find that once you have identified and clarified in your mind the...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Visions of protest: graffiti
History & The Arts

Visions of protest: graffiti

...concept of ‘art’ explain the origins and meanings of the concept of ‘graffiti’ and distinguish between different forms of graffiti have a clearer understanding of different attitudes to graffiti and different arguments used in debates related to graffiti have a clearer understanding of the impact particular contexts and techniques can have on the effects and...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Reading visual images
Society, Politics & Law

Reading visual images

...concept of identity. To what extent can the photographs supply us with information about the dimensions of identity (whether of gender, class, nationality, or ethnicity) in the 1890s and the 1990s? Try to look at both photographs in two ways, first, in terms of the information they provide about the people and events being depicted, and second, in terms of any evidence...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs