Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) has been shown to be effective in minimizing challenging behaviour and improving the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. Training in PBS is an important factor in achieving good coverage in the use of PBS. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of training managers of social care services in PBS.. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
This paper describes the stages of doing a research project for such a masters or diploma, and describes in detail how to write a minor thesis. The paper is designed to provide a practical approach for junior researchers, and their supervisors. Colleges differ in their formal requirements of a minor thesis (word count, line spacing, referencing style), but this paper outlines the principles and practical issues rarely covered elsewhere.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
The evaluation report of our first MOOC, ICT in Primary Education, has now been published under the title Anatomy of a MOOC for Teacher CPD - read on for a download link. The MOOC recently received backing from President Barack Obama and was jointly developed under the leadership of Prof Diana Laurillard by the London Knowledge Lab at the UCL Institute of Education, the UNESCO Institute for IT in Education, and the University of London International Programme.
Metadata is an unsung hero of the modern world, the plumbing that makes the information age possible. This course describes how Metadata is used as an information tool for the Web, for databases, and for the software and computing applications around us.
T. Laferrière, и F. Gervais. Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators, 2, глава 9, Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC, (2008)
J. Macdonald, и A. Hewling. Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators, 2, глава 5, Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC, (2008)