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Assessment in secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary mathematics

...et al. (2003) established that formative assessment can make a huge difference to students’ attainment as well as to their attitudes towards learning. This course will ask you to question what it means to make progress in mathematics, to consider what and how to assess, and to challenge assumptions about assessment. Most importantly, you will learn how to use assessment...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Can renewable energy sources power the world? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Can renewable energy sources power the world?

...et al., 2010; IEA, 2010b; BP, 2010) So what is the chain of events that cause climate change on a global level?...Week 1: Introducing renewable energy: 5.1 What are the causes of climate change? - The surface temperature of the Earth establishes itself at an equilibrium level where the incoming radiative power energy from the Sun balances the outgoing reflected amd...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Education & Development

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

...et al., 2015). Children who did not conform to the expected norms of behaviour were often marginalised from society, punished harshly and labelled in pejorative ways. The next section includes a timeline of some of the key events relating to societal views and developments in relation to children’s mental health. The sources used for this timeline include historical...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
History & The Arts

John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi

...et it also testifies to the enduring popularity of those plays. Shakespeare had many gifted colleagues in the play-writing business, but only two – Webster and Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) – are graced with roles in this enormously popular mainstream movie about the late sixteenth-century theatre scene. This course will look at Webster’s most well-known play,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Essay and report writing skills
Education & Development

Essay and report writing skills

...motivating when you no longer feel in control of your studies because – for whatever reason – you have fallen behind. So it is extremely important to meet the deadlines set by the course team in your course calendar whenever possible. Activity 6 Look ahead to the submission date of your next assignment. How much time can you allow yourself to go through all the...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Changing cities
Society, Politics & Law

Changing cities

...significant things should be observed, analysed and explained to others (see Pryke et al., 2003). Of course, there are different ways of thinking about theory itself. For many researchers and thinkers, ‘theory’ is not simply a set of operations and assumptions that are brought to an exterior reality, as if from beyond. Working with theory, couching new theories or modifying received theory are all seen as practices: they ......
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Working with young people: roles and responsibilities
Education & Development

Working with young people: roles and responsibilities

...motivation, can meet their goal. The term ‘scaffolding’ is sometimes used, meaning that the worker provides a support structure around the task. If the young person wobbles, the scaffolding can keep them on track. The support structure can be gradually dismantled as young people develop their own skills and are able to work with less or no support. Issues: There are...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
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Education & Development

Ewch â’ch addysgu ar-lein

...et al. (2008) fod yr un faint o wahaniaeth o fewn defnydd o dechnoleg gan y cenedlaethau iau, yr ystyriwyd eu bod yn ‘frodorion digidol’, ag yr oedd rhyngddynt hwy â’r cenedlaethau hŷn o ‘fewnfudwyr digidol’. Yr hyn sy’n bwysig yw bod sgiliau technoleg y brodorion digidol yn aml yn gyfyngedig. Felly, mae’n ymddangos na ddylem dybio bod rhywun yn hyderus...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs