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Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice
Education & Development

Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice

...research approaches and methodologies do you think have underpinned Graff’s research and development of the concept of the ‘literacy myth’? How do you think Graff’s research methodology differs from the approaches of economists interested in the relationship between literacy and economic growth? How could Graff’s research methodology explain the different views...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Sporting women in the media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sporting women in the media

...research on gender in sport today. Thanks for joining me today, Katie. KATIE BARAK: Oh yes. Thank you for asking me. I’m really excited to talk about this. HELEN OWTON: I just wanted to start by asking your view about gender? KATIE BARAK: Gender plays in the- I mean pretty much every aspect of everyone’s everyday life. It affects how we engage with each other. It...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?
Science, Maths & Technology

We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?

...researchers started to take an interest in the health effects of pet ownership, they began to find all sorts of beneficial consequences, physical as well as mental. Though somewhat debated, these include reductions in distress, anxiety, loneliness and depression, as well as a predictable increase in exercise. Pets seem to reduce cardiovascular risk factors such as serum...
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Mastering systems thinking in practice Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...research such as the International Federation for Systems Research, the nearest practitioner example is the Systems Thinking Practitioner occupational standard approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education in the UK in 2020. So, systems thinking and systems practice are here to stay, but why is it becoming so important for so many? [Described...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
How has Teddy Kinyanjui taken plastic out of reforestation?
Nature & Environment

How has Teddy Kinyanjui taken plastic out of reforestation?

...Research Institute (KEFRI), which certifies seeds. This photo gallery shows Kinyanjui’s ingenuity in using the seed balls instead of the usual plastic bags. When tree seedlings are grown in plastic bags in a nursery, he explains, the roots get squeezed and this limits their ability to grow fast. The seed ball method enables roots to adapt easily, with less disturbance.....
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Article 5 mins
Palaeobiology: Solving the Riddle of the Gastroliths
Nature & Environment

Palaeobiology: Solving the Riddle of the Gastroliths

...It is possible that gastroliths had a dual function, or even different functions in different creatures. Even palaeontologists disagree on the matter; some prefer the idea that they were used for ballast, others that they were used in digestion. Future research may reveal new clues to help us solve this mystery, but for now it remains the ‘riddle of the gastroliths’....
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Article 5 mins
Finding creativity in orbit?
Science, Maths & Technology

Finding creativity in orbit?

...research, Ronson met up with Trevor Beattie, who mused about what this might mean for all of us: I am at a table towards the back of the hangar, listening to the speeches with future astronaut Trevor Beattie. He's the working-class Birmingham boy who made his millions as an ad man – famous for Wonderbra's Hello Boys posters, and French Connection's FCUK campaign, as...
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Harry Potter and death and bereavement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Harry Potter and death and bereavement

...research. Harry loses his parents when he is a mere baby – the focus of my interest is in parents who lose their baby – either before birth or very soon afterwards. But there are clear connections. Harry grieves for two people that he cannot remember as being two living, breathing people. The bereaved parents that I interviewed, had no time with a son or daughter who...
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Article 10 mins