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Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...styles and models. Activity 2 Timing: Allow approximately 30 minutes The following animation outlines in summary the varying approaches which have been taken to understanding leadership. As you watch the video, identify the main models of leadership it mentions and how each might be distinguished from the other. NARRATOR In this animation, we’ll be exploring four...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
Health, Sports & Psychology

From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language

...et al., 1980). Thus quite different associations are being evoked in the vervet brain. But in this course, the vervet monkey example will mainly be used as an illustration of how different human language is from the communication system of any other primate. The computational task for the human brain in understanding a single sentence is vastly more complex than the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...et al., 1993). The scene is a typical household kitchen. On the kitchen counter is a plate of biscuits. Lily is in the kitchen. Lily is hungry and can see the biscuits. Which of these assumptions, if any, do you think are reasonable to make: Lily likes eating biscuits Lily would be happy if she ate the biscuits Lily would be unhappy if she could not eat the biscuits Lily...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Physical and mental health for young children
Education & Development

Physical and mental health for young children

...et al., 2014, p. 4). This term is used to describe a variety of conditions children may experience, including mild, moderate to severe, and ensuing conditions ranging from anxiety or depression through to bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and eating disorders. Health promotion The World Health Organisation (2018) define health promotion as the process of enabling people to...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Exploring career mentoring and coaching Badge icon
Money & Business

Exploring career mentoring and coaching

...profile research, you will be contributing to scientific knowledge about adult skill development and how we can develop successful future careers. Participation is confidential, voluntary and we will not pass on your details to others....Week 1: Where am I starting from?: Introduction - Welcome to Week 1 of this free badged course, Exploring career mentoring and coaching....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Young children, the outdoors and nature Badge icon
Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...styles would be very similar to those I was used to, however, there were some key differences, some of which I had difficulty getting used to and there was certainly a pressure to parent in a ‘certain Danish way’. Some of this was around the use of dummies and when to stop breastfeeding but there was also an expectation that young babies would sleep outside during the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
What is happening in Brazil?
Society, Politics & Law

What is happening in Brazil?

...profile politicians and owners of construction companies. What Are the Charges Against Lula? Construction companies implicated in the Petrobras corruption scheme have renovated two properties allegedly owned by Lula: a beachfront apartment and a country retreat. Both pieces of real estate are registered under the names of personal friends, but investigators found evidence...
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Article 5 mins
Attacked but not hacked: How secure was the US election?
Society, Politics & Law

Attacked but not hacked: How secure was the US election?

...profile data breaches. In recent months, government agencies and experts (including myself) have recommended improvements to the electronic security of our hodgepodge collection of voting systems. Among our suggestions are that states ensure their voting systems are modernized, properly updated, tested and secured from both physical and network-based tampering. States...
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Article 5 mins