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Wales and rugby
Society, Politics & Law

Wales and rugby

...working class presence in the game in Wales, certainly started in the 1870’s and 1880’s when the game arrived in England from the English public schools and universities and it initially made an impact at the public school Llandovery, Lampeter college, Brecon College, at that level in Wales but in less than a decade it spread out into the society which was at that...
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Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...social factors which coalesced to invest these ‘canonic’ works with great cultural capital, while others – including music written by women – were excluded. Cultural capital is a concept developed by the influential French sociologists Pierre Bourdieu and Jean-Claude Passeron in the second half of the twentieth century (Bourdieu and Passeron, 1977). In their...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...work or develop a social linguistic sensitivity to why people speak differently and then they can negotiate with these speakers. So I think two things are happening. One is people, I at least am thinking in terms of developing language awareness. On the other hand we can also teach students negotiation strategies. So I'm thinking of moving away from grammar to strategies....
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?
Education & Development

Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?

...work schedules. My research findings were based on interviews with 12 young people aged between 14-19 years old, originally due to sit exams in Summer 2021. I interviewed the students six weeks before the new teacher assessments were due in May. I completed a parent survey alongside the interviews which received over 400 participants. It showed EHE students typically had...
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Childhood in the Digital Age
OpenLearn Ireland

Childhood in the Digital Age

...social media changing the way that children form relationships? How is technology changing the way that children think, and how will it shape the classroom of the future? The amount of technology available to children today is greater than in any previous generation, and it is more specifically designed to capture their imaginations. There is heated debate as to how the...
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How Spanish sounded across its history
Languages

How Spanish sounded across its history

...works of literature written by authors from different eras and origins. More information about them and the corresponding transcripts can be found below. The middle ages - Glosa emilianense One of the earliest written examples of a form of Romance similar to Spanish can be found in the notes that a monk wrote in the margins of a religious text in Latin. These notes...
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Charles Dickens and the dinosaurs
History & The Arts

Charles Dickens and the dinosaurs

...work of Richard Owen in this review of Gowan Dawson's Dickens, Dinosaurs, and Design in Victorian Literature and Culture 44.4...[Charles Dickens meets a dinosaur] Although he is more likely remembered for coining the term “dinosaur,” Richard Owen also influenced the writings of his friend Charles Dickens. Gowan Dawson offers an historical overview of Owen, noted...
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Ageing well by connecting and learning about nature outdoors
Science, Maths & Technology

Ageing well by connecting and learning about nature outdoors

...social aspects associated with ageing well?...Age-related natural decline happens in both physical and cognitive aspects. Ageing affects our muscles, bones, joints, our brain and all other organs. Despite its relatively small size (2% of our body weight), our brain takes around 20% of all glucose and 20% of all oxygen consumed by the whole body. So, it is no surprise when...
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