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Looking at, describing and identifying objects
History & The Arts

Looking at, describing and identifying objects

...classes, have hit the Royal Family. Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, a cousin of the Queen, announced yesterday that he is having to sell a large selection of property to pay the inheritance tax bill on the estate of his father, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester. In what is tantamount to a Royal Household clearance sale, Christie’s will auction family heirlooms in...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Assessment in secondary music
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary music

...class to learn about. Identify the concept, then describe how you might use formative and summative assessment in support of young people’s musical learning. Table 4 Something to explore with your class MUSICAL CONCEPT/IDEA USES OF ASSESSMENT Words: 0...Assessment in secondary music: 2 Key issue 2: What are we assessing in music and how should we assess it? - You can...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Can talking two languages keep your brain healthy?
Languages

Can talking two languages keep your brain healthy?

...class with 12-year-olds being taught by two teachers: one speaking English, the other Chinese. The children are engaged but quiet, concentrating on the task of learning multiple ideas. When they speak it is often in Chinese – and there is something rather surreal about watching young people in the UK discussing British graffiti artist Banksy in Mandarin. The children...
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Article 10 mins
Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver
Education & Development

Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver

...classed as child labour, the chores and responsibilities, I believe, implanted in me a deep sense of accountability which put me in good stead for the path my life would take. At the age of 12, I finished my primary school education but remained at school an extra year to mature as a primary school teacher. I applied for a teaching job and was successful so, at the age of...
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Article 15 mins
Critical criminology and the social sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Critical criminology and the social sciences

...class, ethnic and gender discrimination. The official discourses about crime, like other areas of social life, are viewed by critical criminologists as constructed through contexts of racism, sexism, classism and heterosexism. Being critical is about much more than suggesting cosmetic or surface-level changes to existing crime-control regimes. To be a ‘critical...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840
History & The Arts

National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840

...classes, behind a single cause. However, not everyone living in the United Kingdom could enjoy the spoils of this victory. The Reform Act mainly benefited the middle classes. The vast majority of adult males, and indeed the vast majority of working-class men in Britain’s industrial towns, were still not able to vote as they did not meet the required property...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study

...de France. 1968 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) issues a list of banned substances. First ever testing at Mexico City Olympics results in Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, a member of the Swedish modern pentathlon team, being stripped of his bronze medal. 1972 Blood doping method is invented in Sweden: removing blood, increasing the concentration of red blood cells in a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...class you come from-- what you see, how you make meaning, and the choices that you make? Let me take that a step further. In fact, if that socioeconomic class was to be stripped away, that is, if you were to take out the glasses of the class that you come from, you might find that the other is just like you. In fact, it's another you. And what would you get by discovering...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs