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Using visualisation in maths teaching
Education & Development

Using visualisation in maths teaching

...write down some of your own thoughts about visualisation and what it means...Using visualisation in maths teaching: 3. What does visualisation mean? - ‘Imagery is a powerful force for perception and understanding. Being able to “see” something mentally is a common metaphor for understanding it. An image may be of some geometrical shape, or of a graph or diagram, or...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner
Education & Development

Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner

...writing style that captures your personal views and relates them to evidence you have collected from elsewhere. Before considering the nature of reflection and the theoretical ideas that underpin it, it is worth considering why reflective practice is considered so important both within ITE and within career long learning in education. Reflection point: Think of a...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Teaching and learning tricky topics Badge icon
Education & Development

Teaching and learning tricky topics

...Writing a trace table Computing/ Technology Polymorphism: Object oriented programming Inheritance, loose coupling and dynamic binding, abstraction, relationships Physics Heat transfer Mathematical formalisation, equations, functions Physics Magnetism Charge distribution Coulomb’s third law Induction Charge and electric field Magnetic field Magnetic force Physics...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Basic science: understanding numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding numbers

...write very big or very small numbers. You'll also cover units of measurement, like kilogrammes, metres, and litres, and how they came about. This week starts with a video about bottled water consumption. It's a short, documentary-style video from the Open University, which uses numbers in a similar way to news programmes and other documentaries. I hope you'll enjoy the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Jorge Luis Borges: A short reading list
History & The Arts

Jorge Luis Borges: A short reading list

...writes, “whose works were selected to fill 33 volumes in The Library of Babel, a 1979 Spanish language anthology of fantastic literature edited by Borges, named after his earlier story by the same name.” Read at OpenCulture: Jorge Luis Borges Picks 33 of His Favorite Books to Start His Famous Library of Babel Borges' fictional Library of Babel was slightly different...
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Article 10 mins
No Pause for Thought? Brexit, Bias and Political Manipulation
Health, Sports & Psychology

No Pause for Thought? Brexit, Bias and Political Manipulation

...writing, this suggests the government is rigidly holding on to particular ideological positions, at the expense of a more moderate and conciliatory approach. What would be a remedy against the effects of groupthink and in-group/outgroup differentiation? Diversity of group membership is a known remedy against in-groups polarisation. In the current context of a national...
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Article 10 mins
Rod Stewart was a 1970s ally
History & The Arts

Rod Stewart was a 1970s ally

...writes “The Killing of Georgie” in tercets (three-verse lines), typically rhyming aab, a technique that puts a decisive emphasis on the opening couplet, and that quickens the overall pace of the lyric, as we (and Georgie) are hurried on after three lines rather than four: Pa said, “There must be a mistake; How can my son not be straight; After all I’ve said and...
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Video 5 mins
What should I expect when I am nearing the end of my life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What should I expect when I am nearing the end of my life?

...writing, practical arrangements, seeing loved ones, friends, pets … saying what they need to say, while they still can. Do this as soon as you can. Ask – am I dying, when will I die, can I stop my medications, what services are available for me and my family and loved ones? What should I or my loved ones expect in the last hours or days before dying? Dying is often a...
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Article 5 mins