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Listening to young children: supporting transition
Education & Development

Listening to young children: supporting transition

...educators developed portfolios for children, consisting of learning stories to highlight children’s competence, learning and dispositions. Collaboration resulted in the adoption of the same approach by school educators. These portfolios accompanied the children to school, and were used both as ‘icebreakers’ in discussions about school readiness, and as the basis for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Applying social work law with children and families
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law with children and families

...education, right to a family life and the right to express an opinion and be listened to. At an individual level, taking on the messages of the UNCRC can have major implications for all practitioners in their work − such as the extent to which children are enabled to have a say in decisions that affect their lives (e.g. the design of services). This can be challenging...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
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
Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision

...education, but that’s going to be monitored for a good few years I imagine. You know, our clients do believe that we will get new audiences as well as ones that are outside their world. You can see that in some of the comments, for instance, that are on our Facebook page. It depends on the film, so naturally some films we do are for business and for the green world of...
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Goal-setting for a better world: Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda
Society, Politics & Law

Goal-setting for a better world: Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda

...education, health and gender. In all, for the post 2015 agenda emphasis is made on the need for goal setting on national governance and institutional levels, where responsibilities are to be defined, accountability systems put in place, and human capacities built. In conclusion... Despite the challenges in goal-setting and assessment of progress made, MDG’s have helped...
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Here's how we can save the car – and the planet at the same time
Science, Maths & Technology

Here's how we can save the car – and the planet at the same time

...educating consumers, especially those from older generations who are unfamiliar with sharing systems. Not all cars will survive into the future, but if we are better stewards of what we have now and learn to cherish products in a more subjective way than the market does, cars can definitely last for longer. [The Conversation] Alexandre Rodrigues, PhD candidate, ,...
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Article 10 mins
Referendum Rhetoric: keeping a-hold of nurse or leaping into the dark?
Society, Politics & Law

Referendum Rhetoric: keeping a-hold of nurse or leaping into the dark?

...educated to see before it a new Federation rising like a majestic temple over the tomb of war, emulating the transatlantic Federation in prosperity and unity but surpassing it by far in all the riches of culture, manners and science, and consecrated with all the traditions and reliques of the ancient world.’ Whether or not next week’s vote leaves the European temple...
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How can statistics bring dead languages back to life?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can statistics bring dead languages back to life?

...educated guess is that it will be hardly any different from today!” For the team, the excitement of the research includes unearthing some gems of archival recordings of various languages that had been given up for dead, including an Old Prussian word last spoken by people in the early 1700s but ‘borrowed’ into Low Prussian and discovered in a German audio archive....
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