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Decolonising the Curriculum through the History of Mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Decolonising the Curriculum through the History of Mathematics

...communities of mathematicians whose presence in archives and historical records are more obscure. Using the example of the West Computing Group at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in the USA, expertly treated by Margot Lee Shetterley in her book Hidden Figures, we showcased the benefits to mathematics students of engaging with historical materials. Students...
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Rastafari in Israel
History & The Arts

Rastafari in Israel

...communities and groups. I see my approach as one that focuses on religion in motion, and it is an approach I began to develop when I decided to investigate Rastafari in Israel for my Master’s Thesis. In March 2014, I conducted two weeks of fieldwork in Israel, where I was hosted by a Rastafari family living in Ashdod. [Home with Rastafari symbols] Upon my arrival, I was...
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Introducing environment
Nature & Environment

Introducing environment

...community in Hockerton. Audio tracks 18-20 explore the microscopic activity inside a compost heap, debate the role of blood sports for pest control, and give tips on how to write about science. This material is from The Open University Course Y161 Introducing environment... Introducing environment A short introduction to the album. Unseen impacts Find out more about the...
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Strategic planning for online learning
Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. To complete a course you need to be able to find about 24 hours of study time, over a period of about 8 weeks. However, it is possible to study them at any time, and at a pace to suit you. Badged courses are all available on The Open University’s OpenLearn...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Children’s perspectives on play
Education & Development

Children’s perspectives on play

...communicating their perspectives on their experiences (Mardell and Carpenter, 2012). When children have freedom to choose, they are highly self-motivated and ‘active’ in their engagements with everything around them. You are asked to put yourself in ‘young children’s shoes’, listening to what they think, noting their responses and taking their perspectives...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Is cleaning a route to a better life for migrants?
Society, Politics & Law

Is cleaning a route to a better life for migrants?

...community. At the same time, he was isolated also from his own work community, and did not meet his co-cleaners regularly. Kifibin had no longer time to take any language courses as he cleaned from 6 am to 2 pm in this workplace and, besides, worked all evening for another cleaning company. That is why he tried to learn Finnish during the workdays, despite his isolation....
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Why Bernie Sanders could determine the shape of America for years to come
Society, Politics & Law

Why Bernie Sanders could determine the shape of America for years to come

...community. For Sanders, that has been driven by the white-liberal-identifying community and young voters. In a milder reprise of the 1968 new left and youth revolt (largely driven by arguments around the Vietnam War), which resulted in riots outside the Democratic Convention in Chicago in 1968 that rendered Vice President Hubert Humphrey unelectable and Richard Nixon...
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Better regulation or austerity politics? Undoing social protection
Society, Politics & Law

Better regulation or austerity politics? Undoing social protection

...Communities and Local Government has been impacted most of all. Moreover, analyses of the distribution and impacts of these cuts indicate overwhelmingly that they impact most heavily upon poorer Local Authorities. As one calculation in 2014 put it, “Councils covering the 10 most deprived areas of England – measured according to the index of multiple deprivation –...
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