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Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...style of communication is needed to reach people. Activities are designed to help go beyond a dry intellectual knowledge of climate breakdown to enable some familiarity with the psychological challenges of recognising it as a serious threat to humans and millions of other species. The climate and ecological crisis is situated historically in three ways: deep (geological)...
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...style have been found in Britain and Ireland, for example. Figure 10 A Romano-Celtic mirror It is uncertain what languages were being spoken in the British Isles at the time, but it is likely that Celtic was already among them. By the 3rd century BC, the Celts had spread across a large part of continental Europe, from modern Portugal to Belgium and Germany, into northern...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Exploring languages and cultures
Languages

Exploring languages and cultures

...Et voilà! Dave Myers: Et voilà! Shop assistant: Bye. Dave tries out his French 1 How does the shopkeeper respond to Dave’s efforts to address her in French? Answer The shopkeeper consistently replies to Dave in English. 2 Why do you think the shopkeeper answers the way she does, despite the fact that Dave addresses her in French? Answer We can only speculate why...
Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings

...et al., 2015) prisoners tend to have higher levels of difficult emotions, such as anger, and more trouble regulating such feelings. Mindfulness can be particularly helpful with emotional regulation (Chambers et al., 2009) prisoners also tend to have higher levels of substance abuse, which mindfulness can help to treat (Bowen et al., 2010) linked to the above, there is...
Exploring innovative assessment methods
Education & Development

Exploring innovative assessment methods

...et al. (2018) indicate that, since 2006, in Britain generic work-based skills such as using a computer and complex problem-solving skills have increased continually whereas literacy and numeracy skills have stagnated. Further, from 1986 to 2017 jobs that required no qualification upon entry moved from 38% to 23% and jobs requiring higher level qualifications moved from...
Why use literature reviews in health and social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why use literature reviews in health and social care?

...et al., 2018). Balancing this, the internet allows non-professionals to find evidence with which they can challenge health and social care practitioners. Professionals can no longer simply rely on the status of being a ‘professional’. Consumers’ rights and citizens’ rights imply that the services we receive or practise should be evidence-based. For all...
Essay and report writing skills
Education & Development

Essay and report writing skills

...style. I find that I write in one way for one tutor, and that's acceptable to her, but then the next tutor says I should do it differently. What is right?...Essay and report writing skills: 2.2 Developing writing styles - If any of the statements on the previous page rings true, let us reassure you: many other students are feeling the same as you. Writing skills can be...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Am I ready to be an apprentice distance learner?
Education & Development

Am I ready to be an apprentice distance learner?

...styles (2004). In the box below, note the learning style that most closely aligns with your own approach to learning. Example: I am more of a pragmatist because I like to try out new things and just get on with it. I am practical and I can apply what I have learned to my own situation. Activity 5 Timing: Duration 20 mins In Rosewell’s article you will have seen a...