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Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings

...writing are: Headspace Stop, Breathe, Think The Mindfulness App. If you don’t want to use an app, the following websites are run by some of the major mindfulness researchers and practitioners in the UK and the USA. These pages include a number of audio meditations that you can play: Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World mindful: taking time for what matters Pick...
Retail marketing
Money & Business

Retail marketing

...write a brief statement explaining what a retailer does for its customers: Figure 2 Zara – a multinational chain of fashion stores, Wood Shop – a small independent shop selling locally made merchandise, Galeries Lafayette – a chain of French department stores. Activity 1: Defining retailing Timing: Allow 15 minutes for this activity Purpose: to get you to start...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...writing about slavery, we usually talk about ‘enslaved people’ rather than slaves. This language is important because it acknowledges the humanity of enslaved people, instead of using the description forced on them by their enslavers. This course also uses language that accurately describes people’s experiences and complex identities within their own political and...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Young children, the outdoors and nature Badge icon
Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...writing of various early childhood pioneers. The next section includes a timeline of some key thinkers and their ideas about young children’s engagement with nature and the outdoors...Session 1: Taken for granted practices with young children and the outdoors: 1.1 Voices from the past - Those who work with, and study, young children often look backwards to think about...
Accessibility of eLearning
Education & Development

Accessibility of eLearning

...write for them. Similarly, although smaller devices like smartphones can have accessibility issues, some disabled people became early adopters due to their power for portable text-to-speech and later speech recognition capabilities. Some of these disabled early adopters became very knowledgeable about what could be achieved and used their knowledge to become independent...
Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Understanding children: babies being heard
Education & Development

Understanding children: babies being heard

...write the number beside any statement below which you think disproves it. We have made a start with point (1) for you. View document Discussion From this extract you can see the range of things babies are capable of. In contrast with the statements you considered in Activity 1, you can see that babies have very sensitive skin, they are startled by sudden noises and they...
Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner
Education & Development

Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner

...writing style that captures your personal views and relates them to evidence you have collected from elsewhere. Before considering the nature of reflection and the theoretical ideas that underpin it, it is worth considering why reflective practice is considered so important both within ITE and within career long learning in education. Reflection point: Think of a...
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: Course image: Homer Sykes / Alamy Stock Photo ICAN logo:...