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Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?
Education & Development

Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?

...de Michelis, G., Simone, C. and Schmidt, K. (eds) Proceedings of ECSCW’93, the 3rd European Conference on Computer-Supported Co-operative Work, pp.77–92, Kluwer (Academic Press), Netherlands. Bernstein, B. and Solomon, J. (1999) ‘Pedagogy, identity and the construction of a theory of symbolic control’, Basil Bernstein questioned by Joseph Solomon, British Journal...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice
Education & Development

Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice

...de-emphasise a relationship between literacy acquisition and wider power relationships or social inequalities. Programmes designed to develop functional literacy place the emphasis on the individual decoding text rather than on the wider social and cultural environment. In her paper, Perry critiques the functional literacy approach. She specifically highlights how it...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Succeed with learning Badge icon
Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...maths here, but you do need to total your scores. If maths isn’t your strong point, it’s probably easiest to add up all your pluses first and then take each of your minuses off in turn. (In this example, it comes to 14 – 7 = 7.) Or you can work out each column as shown below. If your final score is positive, it is fair to say that your goal looks promising. If...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...maths in school, the chances are you use numeracy skills on a daily basis when undertaking tasks around the house, travelling to and from work, in your job and, of course, when you are involved in sport. You might have seen the film Moneyball, based on a true story about Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team. Faced with a limited budget,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

...de Vil, villains are often the most thrilling aspect of a story and can be more exciting than the hero. It is argued that ‘villainy is integral in narratives that reflect the innermost fears of the human psyche and is often a significant part of the construction of loss whether it is loss of innocence, loss of loved ones, loss of power, or loss of self and/or...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing ICT systems
Digital & Computing

Introducing ICT systems

...maths program is mentioned; the children play music, which involves manipulating sound files...Introducing ICT systems: 15 Computers and communication systems working together - The combination of communication systems and computers has produced powerful new systems not possible when these technologies are used separately. In section 15–19, I'll be using an ICT system...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development

...math. We're going to be looking at the power of mistakes and struggle, rich mathematical tasks, and assessment for a growth mindset. Learning walk participants' role is to observe what's happening and know that they're going to get an opportunity to talk about those things later, but to avoid making judgments and to reframe any kind of thinking along those lines into...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting
Money & Business

Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting

...maths, you should find this material helpful. The directions and symbols used will be those found on most standard calculators. (If you find that any of the instructions contained in this material do not produce the answer you expected, please follow the instructions of your calculator.) There are four basic operations between numbers, each of which has its own notation:...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs