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An introduction to school librarianship Badge icon
Education & Development

An introduction to school librarianship

...educational landscape is subject to constant change. Being aware of this and responding accordingly is, therefore, key to the success of the librarian’s role and their library. All who work in school libraries, whatever their level of qualification, will benefit from learning about ways in which they can ensure their library provision is current and relevant. By...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive
Education & Development

Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive

...education, yet many educators still feel unsure how to support neurodivergent learners. Cora Beth Fraser shares five practical, compassionate ways to make your digital classroom more inclusive...I’ve been working in Online and Distance Education for twenty years, and in that time I’ve watched online teaching take shape as a mainstream mode of distance education. One...
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Opening up history: teaching transatlantic slavery in British schools
History & The Arts

Opening up history: teaching transatlantic slavery in British schools

...educators at the Institute of Education, UCL to develop a teacher training programme and a book based around a series of key principles for teaching. We hope it will start a dialogue about how and why we teach this history. 5. Why did you decide to pursue this project? There are a lot of public misconceptions about the history of transatlantic slavery, especially in an...
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Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...Education-associated transitions are less obvious and refer to the less formal changes in children’s lives and routines that occur outside an institutional setting. These changes may occur in everyday life away from school but can affect and shape children’s lives and well-being. Divorce would be an example of this sort of change...Developing and managing...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining

...educates on what food allergies are and how they can severely affect health and wellbeing, and restrict social freedoms such as eating out of the home...While food allergies were once thought to be more common in children, they are now more prevalent in adults. With 1 in 20 adults in the UK with a confirmed food allergy (Food Standards Agency 2024), we hear from the food...
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Audio 2 hrs
Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...technology’, ‘providing a new solution to the problem’, ‘solving the problem’ and so on. Equally, many innovations have been linked to major environmental consequences: oil distillation, the combustion engine, pesticides, urbanisation and nuclear energy, to name but a few. Innovations may not be as environmentally positive as the word innovation suggests. All...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Primary science: supporting children’s learning
Education & Development

Primary science: supporting children’s learning

...Technological Education, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 79–96 [Online]. Available at dx.doi.org/10.1080/02635140120046240 (Accessed 16 May 2016). Vosniadou, S., Ioannides, C., Dimitrakopoulou A. and Papademetriou, E. (2001) ‘Designing learning environments to promote conceptual change in science,’ Learning and Instruction, vol. 11, no. 4-5, pp. 381–419. Watts, D. (1998)...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Secondary learning
Education & Development

Secondary learning

...educational setting and are interested in learning more about some of the theory that underpins good teaching. At the heart of education are knowledge and learning. Both are complex but how they are viewed has profound effects on what happens in formal educational settings such as classrooms. Together they are manifested in classroom ‘pedagogy’, defined as ‘the...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs