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Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner
Education & Development

Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner

...thinking about sequences of events that led to a certain conclusion, or thinking about how you felt or reacted at a point in time. At this level, we are quite used to the idea of reflecting on our own actions. Reflective practice is a term strongly associated with learning in professional contexts such as teaching, nursing or social work and can be thought of in a number...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Teaching secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Teaching secondary mathematics

...think, hairdressers must use equations and proportionately when dyeing hair and nurses have to use mathematics accurately every day in their job. Given the prevalence of mathematics concepts in an effectively functioning society it should be a surprise that mathematics teachers are asked, “why do we have to do this?” But it is asked in every classroom, most days....
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Discovering the dark side of the Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

Discovering the dark side of the Moon

...and has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers in journals of high-scientific standing. He currently chairs the UK-node of the NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) comprising of over 100 members from 15 UK higher education institutions. In the video below, Mahesh discusses the far side of the moon and why we need samples from it. Transcript...
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Video 40 mins
Why has English taken over academia?
Languages

Why has English taken over academia?

...system Some solutions to these problems have focused on devising language policies which are meant to safeguard local languages. For instance, many Nordic universities have adopted a “parallel language policy”, which accords equal status to English and to the national language (or languages, in the case of Finland, which has two official languages, Finnish and...
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Article 5 mins
Spectre and Meltdown: What do you need to know about the chip security flaws?
Digital & Computing

Spectre and Meltdown: What do you need to know about the chip security flaws?

...systems. What’s more, because the flaw is located in such a fundamental part of the computer, there’s no way to know whether or not a machine has been targeted and what data might have been accessed. Both the main flaw (Spectre), and the Intel-only flaw (Meltdown) have been created by a design technique intended to enhance the chips’ performance known as...
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Article 5 mins
Speed of Arctic changes defies scientists
Nature & Environment

Speed of Arctic changes defies scientists

...system. “The rate of change is challenging the current scientific capacity to monitor and predict what is becoming a journey into uncharted territory.” The WMO is the United Nations’ main agency responsible for weather, climate and water. Its president, David Grimes, said: “The Arctic is a principal, global driver of the climate system and is undergoing an...
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Article 10 mins
Does the rural idyll really exist?
Nature & Environment

Does the rural idyll really exist?

...think I need to put my city experience into perspective. Can you explain to me why growing up in Coventry was such a dismal experience for me? [ever wondered, environment, lincoln alison, inline ] Dr Lincoln Allison: I think I can yes. I mean if you cast your mind back to 1945, they rebuilt this city as a modern city, with its precinct and its ring-roads and so on and I...
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Article 15 mins
Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach
Education & Development

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

...system lost value and I slipped through the net. And I think I missed out on that part, that final stage, of my education because I probably would have gone on to college and then maybe on to university, who knows? Mark Williams: I think that one of the essences of good teaching is the same as good acting – is you’ve got to have some politics with a small ‘p’....
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs