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Different cultures, different childhoods
History & The Arts

Different cultures, different childhoods

...adults, how they are different and what expectations are placed on them, change according to the society in which they live. Social anthropologists have shown this in their studies of peoples with very different understandings of the world to Western ones. Canadian Arctic: Acquiring understanding Jean Briggs has worked with the Inuit of the Canadian Arctic and has...
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Article 10 mins
What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?
Languages

What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?

...adults is judged by different yardsticks, fluency will seem different for different people and different contexts. To be ‘fluent’ while shopping is different from being ‘fluent’ when undertaking university studies; to be ‘fluent’ as a supermarket check-out operator is different from being ‘fluent’ as a university student. Overall, the key point here is...
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Article 5 mins
Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice
Education & Development

Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice

...adult literacy seem to highlight the connection between economic development and low adult literacy rates. [Described image] (UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2014) Figure 1 World youth literacy map However, we also noted that, as indicated by Leach (2014), developing literacy for all in an empowering way and for social betterment is not a straightforward, unproblematic...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
A reader's guide to Holes
History & The Arts

A reader's guide to Holes

...adults and children. A film adaptation was released in 2004, with Sigourney Weaver as the sinister Warden and Jon Voight playing an odious guard, Mr Sir. The author has said that his main aim in his books is to make them enjoyable. The moral element has to be secondary to the pleasure provided. Certainly, despite the suffering it describes, ‘Holes’ manages to be a...
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Wellbeing and mental health collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Wellbeing and mental health collection

...was funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales. It was delivered by The Open University in Wales in partnership with Wrexham Glyndŵr University, Addysg Oedolion Cymru | Adult Learning Wales and The Open University Students’ Association. The contents of the collection were guided by full and part-time students across all three education providers....
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Article 10 mins
Enduring Love
Society, Politics & Law

Enduring Love

...adult couple relationship in the UK, how couples perceive love and commitment, and the 'relationship work' that people do to sustain their enduring love... Finding 'The One' - and Keeping Them Couples describe their experience of meeting ‘the one’ and staying together. 1+1=3: Relationships and Children Couples reflect on how children affect their relationships. Love...
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The Psychological Risks in Reality TV and How Aftercare Should be Done
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Psychological Risks in Reality TV and How Aftercare Should be Done

...adults, some of whom, if not many, will have vulnerabilities and little understanding of the risks they will encounter when taking part in broadcast shows. The risks identified for children apply also to adults, and recent events have shown this clearly. Desensitisation A further issue, not yet widely discussed, is the impact on audiences of viewing scenes such as those...
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Article 10 mins
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Norway
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Norway

...adults in Norway. Skolebrod is a small cake with vanilla cream, powdered sugar and coconut. My special treat when I'm visiting Norway is skolebrød with afternoon coffee! Image: roboppy under Creative Commons license Lefse Lefse is a traditional soft, Norwegian flatbread made from potato, milk or cream and flour. It’s cooked on a griddle with special long turning sticks...
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