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Reading evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Reading evidence

...psychological drama are different not just in content but in form. Genre describes this mix of form and content, as in ‘the genre of tabloid journalism’.) We also need to consider the size and scope of the sample from which qualitative evidence is drawn. How representative is the sample? We also need to ask ourselves what our own instant reaction to the piece is, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner
Education & Development

Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner

...Psychological Science, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 178–81. Lunenberg, M. and Korthagen, F. (2009) ‘Experience, theory and practice wisdom in teaching and teacher education’, Teachers and Teaching, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 225–40. McGregor, D. and Cartwright, L. (2011) Developing Reflective Practice: A guide for beginning teachers, Open University Press. Mezirow, J. (2000)...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction
Digital & Computing

Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction

...psychology is incorrect). (Source: After Lakoff and Johnson, 1999, pp. 552–557) Answer I think the last pair is the most challenging for me and others I encounter – not because I do not accept it on the basis of evidence emerging from over 30 years of cognitive science research, but because it is still difficult to talk about. My experience is that the majority of...
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Level 3: Advanced 75 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching others to coach

...Psychology of Coaching, Leicester, The British Psychological Society, pp. 14–26. Martin, S. (1996) ‘Support and challenge: conflicting or complementary aspects of mentoring novice teachers?’, Teachers and Teaching, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 41–56. Nelson, L., Cushion, C. J., Potrac, P. and Groom, R. (2014) ‘Carl Rogers, learning and educational practice: critical...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
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Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...psychological, social and emotional. Bento and Dias (2017), who are writing in the context of Portugal, suggest that the ‘open and constantly changing’ nature of the outdoors is rich with potential for learning and developing. In addition to the impact on children’s cognitive development, they outline other benefits to include: … being exposed to sunlight, natural...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Everyday English 1
Languages

Everyday English 1

...Psychology course [Book called Introduction to Psychology] Football fans [Newspaper report on a football match] Pop music fans [Magazine called Pop & Rock News] Vegetarians or those cooking for them [Book called 50 Vegetarian Favourites] Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There are 4 items in...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Teaching the First World War
Education & Development

Teaching the First World War

...psychological effect of these troops’ on Germans (Campts, 2004, p. 32). As Tina Campts shows, the French and the Germans had the same stereotypical views of Black soldiers who were believed to possess ‘robustness, endurance, tenacity and instinct for combat, an absence of nerves, and incomparable power to shock [intimidate] their enemies’ (cited in 2004, p. 32). The...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The business of football
Money & Business

The business of football

...psychology researchers and experts. A football club is significantly interested in getting this right since it is the main product of the team. The likelihood is that you and those studying this course with you will be able to develop your own theory of what shapes effective business and football teams. Here we draw on observations from within professional football, where...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs