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Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...physical and biological elements; (e) context or ‘space’. In each case the word environment or environmental seemed to be used in a broad sense so I didn’t find it easy to find substitutable words. However, there were different emphases and adjectives in each paragraph so I deduced that the words had different meanings, dependent on the context within which they...
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Education & Development

Teaching and learning tricky topics

...physics class might be: Work done is measured in: a.Joules b.Watts c.Coulombs d.Newtons Having just finished the class, most students will be able to select the correct response, a). However, this does not necessarily mean that they have a deep understanding of what ‘work done’ represents, nor how to calculate it. They may have memorised terms or equations well enough...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Discovering chemistry

...physical behaviour. Next you will consider chemical reactions, specifically how atoms combine with other atoms to form molecules, and how molecules combine with other atoms or molecules to form bigger molecules. You will meet simple (tried and tested) theories to explain the bonding in molecules and at how their shapes may be explained, and indeed predicted. And in a...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment
Society, Politics & Law

Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment

...physical force to colonise, occupy and control foreign territories and resources. This process is sometimes referred to as imperial expansion. Indeed, the Russian revolutionary and political theorist, Vladimir Lenin, famously described imperialism as the ‘highest stage of capitalism’ (Lenin, 2015). While colonial powers have retracted physically from most parts of the...
An introduction to geology
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to geology

...physical properties and, importantly, crystal form...Week 1: Building stone: 1.1.1 Igneous rocks - [Described image] Figure 1.1 Igneous rocks Igneous rocks are defined as having formed from a molten state; that is, when liquid rock (called ‘magma’) cools to form a solid rock. Cooling of magma can happen deep inside huge mountain chains such as the Andes, where granite...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
An introduction to social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to social work

...physical environment in which families live can be sources of both support and stresses. In addition, individuals respond differently to these environmental ‘protective factors’. Jack breaks down protective factors into three areas: social support resilience social capital. Social support refers to supportive social relationships in the family or the community....
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...physical, biological, mental and cultural systems and that our ecological unconscious has been repressed through industrialisation. The role of ecopsychology then is to ‘awaken the inherent sense of environmental reciprocity that lies within the ecological unconscious’ (Roszak, 1992 p. 320). The idea that we have an ‘ecological self’ was first proposed by the...
Assessing risk in engineering, work and life
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing risk in engineering, work and life

...physical or non-physical) to a person due to an accident illnesses – any detriment to a person’s well-being from accidents, exposure to harmful substances, poor working conditions, mental stress, etc. (generally speaking, illness covers longer-term issues than injuries, but the two areas do overlap) near misses – any incident that could easily have resulted in harm...