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Global perspectives on primary education
Education & Development

Global perspectives on primary education

...determine the main characteristics of these successful education systems. Are teachers in these systems paid more? Are classes generally larger or smaller? Do individual schools get to decide what their teachers teach, or is the curriculum determined by a central government authority? Once the profile of a successful system emerges, it can be used as a model for others....
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus
History & The Arts

Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus

...determined by the metre which, as we have just seen, is more regular at some points than others, but it is also affected by punctuation, which can slow the verse down (if there are a lot of stops and pauses) or speed it up (if there are few of these). Everyone has their own way of reading, but I would suggest, especially if this is your first encounter with Renaissance...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...Determinants of transnational new product development capability: testing the influence of transferring and deploying tacit overseas knowledge’, Strategic Management Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 359–378. Teece, D.J. (1986) ‘Profiting from technological innovation: Implications for integration, collaboration, licensing and public-policy’, Research Policy, vol. 15,...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Studying mammals: The opportunists
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The opportunists

...determination to further scientific knowledge. Little wonder that so much more is known about hibernation in the hedgehog than in the grizzly...Studying mammals: The opportunists: 4.2 Other members of the bear family - Other omnivorous species of bear include the Asian black bear, the North American black bear and the Andean spectacled bear. Although polar bears spend...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Studying mammals: Return to the water
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Return to the water

...determine the size, shape and distance - even the internal structure - of objects as much as 800 m away. It is also powerful enough to allow them to stun, or even kill, their prey with a well directed burst of sound. As well as travelling faster in water, sound also travels further and with less distortion than in air. The other suborder of cetaceans - the baleen whales -...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Applying to study for a PhD in psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Applying to study for a PhD in psychology

...determine where you apply to do a PhD (i.e. which university’s psychology department or school or faculty) and who will work with you as your supervisor(s). The development of your topic from your first possibly vague idea to your application to study will probably not be straightforward and may take some time. However, there are a few initial points to consider....
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Start writing fiction
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction

...determine – that were not painful to look at. She wore night-sheer stockings. I stared at them rather intently, especially when she crossed her legs and held out a cigarette to be lighted. ‘Christian Dior,’ she said, reading my rather open mind. ‘I never wear anything else. A light, please.’ Discussion Source: Raymond Chandler (1958) Playback, Harmondsworth:...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing technology and innovation management
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing technology and innovation management

...determinant of ‘success’. An innovation is an idea, practice or object that is perceived as new by an individual or other object of adoption. It matters little, so far as human behaviour is concerned, whether or not an idea is ‘objectively’ new as measured by the lapse of time since its first use or discovery. (Rogers, 2003 p. 12) [Described image] Figure 6:...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs