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Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers Badge icon
Education & Development

Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

...maths table but to our core text box and taken Ruby’s Worry by Tom Percival which I read aloud yesterday. He has settled near Gus (who also has a copy) and appears to be reading it aloud, his intonation is similar to mine. How can I capitalise upon this? Aafiya, aged 10 years old. It’s library time and he’s chatting to Cassius about the football. When reprimanded,...
Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...maths easier! Because the circumference is 2πr, and the wheel turns 2π radians in the same time that the circumference is 'moved' this distance, the angular velocity in radians is simply: For our two wheels with radii r 1 and r 2, we have that and Since at the point of contact v 1 = v 2, combining these two expressions gives The fraction r 1/r 2 defines the gear ratio...
Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...maths and literacy scores; on infant mortality rates; homicide rates; proportion of the population in prison; teenage birth rates; levels of trust; obesity; mental illness, which in the standard diagnostic classification includes drug and alcohol addiction; and social mobility. We put them here, all in one index. They're all weighted equally. Where a country is is sort of...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Coaching others to coach Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching others to coach

...De Bruyckere et al. (2015) present evidence that PBL is appropriate when applying existing knowledge to new problems; it is not an effective approach for acquiring new knowledge. Having considered these aspects of PBL, you will now look at two examples where this approach to teaching might be used...Session 5: Developing your teaching repertoire and skills: 2.1 When would...
Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Getting started on ancient Greek
History & The Arts

Getting started on ancient Greek

...de/deed.en Figure 2: Leemage; Getty Images Activity 6: Cuckoo: Rajukhan Pathan; Pexels; Sheep: Pixabay; Pexels; Dog: Pixabay; Pexels; Owl: Pixabay; Pexels; Frog: Mali Maeder; Pexels Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity....
Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Vaccination
Science, Maths & Technology

Vaccination

...de Quadros, C.A. (1979) ‘Global eradication of poliomyelitis’, Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 127, issue 2, pp. 156-158, American College of Physicians; Figure 2.2 Reprinted from Infectious Diseases by Armstrong and Cohen, Vol 1, p.22.3 by permission of the publisher Mosby; Figure 3.1 Dr Alan Cann; Figure 3.2 Reproduced by permission of Jean-Yves Sgro; Figure 5.2...
Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
The moral equality of combatants
History & The Arts

The moral equality of combatants

...de Vitoria, subjects must fight – the guilt falling, as in Henry V , on their leaders. Vitoria’s argument suggests how firmly political life is set, even in the pre-modern state, against the very idea of volition in time of war. ‘A prince is not able,’ he writes, ‘and ought not always to render reasons for the war to his subjects, and if the subjects cannot...
You and your money
Money & Business

You and your money

...Des Jenson/Photoshot; Figure 10: Courtesy of the Advertising Archives; Figure 11: Copyright © Marcus Clackson/iStockphoto.com; Figure 12 left: Courtesy of Consumer Credit Counselling Service www.cccs.co.uk; Figure 12 right: Courtesy of Citizens Advice Bureau. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs