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Supporting physical development in early childhood
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting physical development in early childhood

...conception, the ear begins to form and by 28 weeks of pregnancy the baby can begin to hear some sound. At birth, once the fluid has drained from the ear canals, babies begin to hear much more clearly. Yet before birth, babies respond to their mother’s voices and they can hear the wombs internal rhythms. Figure 4 below shows the different parts of the ear. [Steps to show...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
An introduction to school librarianship Badge icon
Education & Development

An introduction to school librarianship

...concepts, it’s also important that the library reflects and supports the unique policies, demographics and mission aims of your school. Whether a primary or secondary, state or independent, the location, size, demographic and nature of your school will shape its strategic direction. If your library is to be an integral part of your school, its provision must likewise be...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)
Education & Development

A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)

...concept of mentoring as a continuum, as discussed in Week 2. Over time, the relationship between mentor and mentee will change and develop. As part of this change, the mentor may move towards a coaching role. This is seen as a role more aligned with supporting someone who is beginning to take on the role and identity of a teacher: a beginner teacher who is towards the...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Introducing International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing International Relations

...concepts are statism, self-help, and security. According to statism, states are the central actors in IR, with non-state actors (e.g. non-governmental organisations, terrorist networks) exercising limited influence self-help, states must rely on their own resources for survival due to the anarchic nature (not to ‘chaos’ or ‘disorder’ as in common use of the term)...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM

...concepts, ideas and practices. Moving around the course In the ‘Summary’ at the end of each session, you will find a link to the next session. If at any time you want to return to the start of the course, click on ‘Full course description’. From here you can navigate to any part of the course. Alternatively, use the session links at the top of every page of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Rural entrepreneurship in Wales
Money & Business

Rural entrepreneurship in Wales

...concepts and models that will help you work out what you want to do with your business idea and to consider the impact of living in a rural location...What are the important issues to consider when starting up or running a small business in a rural environment? This free course, Rural entrepreneurship in Wales, will introduce you to some concepts and models that will help...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...with the two sections on conflict in practice, you will be introduced to the basic concept of conflict for voluntary organisations and a perspective known as ‘agonism’ as a useful way for thinking about the issues ahead...Week 5: Generating good conflict in collaborative leadership: 2 Introducing agonism - The idea of agonism originates in political studies (Connolly, 2002 and 2005; Honig, 1993; Mouffe, 2009 and 2013),......
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...concepts such as principled, conscience, duty, justice, rights and fairness are often associated with law and their relevance in Scotland today...This free course, Law and change: Scottish legal heroes, explores the legal system in Scotland and considers how individuals, institutions and organisations have made a difference by challenging the law or legal system. You...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs