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Children’s perspectives on play
Education & Development

Children’s perspectives on play

...busy lives, and to reconsider their personal beliefs and actions that can affect their children’s lives. Listening to children in order to better understand their perspectives on play and playing, the researchers urge, is an essential dimension of respecting children’s human rights to be heard and for their opinions to be respected (United Nations, 1989). The Italian...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Taking your first steps into higher education Badge icon
Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...Business School. Week 4...Week 5: Work, inequality and diversity in families: Introduction - First watch this video in which Jonathan introduces Week 5 and the first quiz to count towards your badge: Jonathan Hughes - Author Welcome to Week 5 of this course, the second of the two social science weeks. Last week you were looking at identity. Who’d have thought Popeye...
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...business, I have many kind of people. Moreover, even though I have a son. I will still teach him how to drill. Because I want continuity. INTERVIEWER So you say, you are proud to hand over this profession to your– JAMES ALABAMA ADEJARE Confirm. I am proud about it. I’m a borehole man. INTERVIEWER Thank you much Mr Adejare. (SINGING) Ladies and gentlemen, boys and...
The law-making process in England and Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The law-making process in England and Wales

...busy woman. So the main two are the House of Commons and the House of Lords. And together, they are responsible for making new laws and repealing old ones. Sounds fairly easy. I’m a dictator. I’m going to try and revolutionise the country. I need some rules, some laws. What would your first rule be if you were in charge of the country? MAN AT MARKET: Stop pollution....
Succeeding in postgraduate study Badge icon
Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...busy lives which conflicts with their study plans, and everyone suffers from the occasional lapse in motivation, even when they are not busy. Students often find that they will use several different approaches to time management, depending on other demands and their experience of what works best. There are many resources and tools available on the internet, and a number...
Does counting calories work?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does counting calories work?

...business of counting calories. That precision is illusory. The trouble begins at source, with the lists compiled by Atwater and others. Companies are allowed to incinerate freeze-dried pellets of product in a bomb calorimeter to arrive at calorie counts, though most avoid that hassle, says Marion Nestle. Some use the data developed by Atwater in the late 1800s. But the...
Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...business locations were made in London. The idea was that if people have their legs pulled in this way they will re-examine their spatial biases and make more informed decisions in the future. [Map 5] Map 5 How Londoners see the North – at least, according to the Doncaster and District Development Council (Source: Gould and White, 1974, p.40) I hope you will look for...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture
History & The Arts

Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture

...busy lives of work and leisure, inviting people to inject meaning or value by occasionally participating in ceremonies. [This is a colour photograph of a group of children dancing around a tradition Maypole on a village green.] Questions for discussion Is there anything you or your family do that is part of your ‘culture’ that might fit within this discussion of...