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...write down a method of arithmetic for a calculation they can do in their head. Nor should they have to: mental calculation is a perfectly good way of working out the answers to number questions, so encourage its use...Week 1: Teaching and learning: whole numbers and decimals: 3 Developing formal written calculation methods - This course mainly focuses on teaching children...

...write CVs and covering letters, and prepare for interviews and their aftermath. You’ll note from Figure 1 that the blocks can be thought of as a continuous process involving taking stock, exploring opportunities, setting goals and taking action. [Described image] Figure 1 The process of planning for a better future Together they amount to approximately 15 hours of study...

...creative interaction around texts is likely to be heard, constraining personal responses to reading. In the Teachers as Readers project, teachers’ talk about self-chosen children’s books was initially dominated by a professional focus: they concentrated on what literacy objectives the book was good for (e.g. teaching character, plot, setting and specific language and...

...Writing about the discipline of education itself, for example, Bridges suggests that: ‘Discipline meant that enquiry was conducted in accordance with some established rules and procedures which provided the basis for among other things distinguishing truth from falsity, warranted from unwarranted belief. The requirement for disciplined enquiry became translated into the...

...write this course, the context for work with young people continues to change. A change of government can bring new priorities, but so too can other events. For example, funding for work with young people is being reduced at the time of writing due to austerity measures, and increasingly being concentrated on targeted work with young people. These three issues suggest...