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Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?

...care but does not express those overtly. Internalising is a particularly important concept to understand in autism, as some autistic people tend to internalise their difficulties, meaning that their needs may not be detected as early as the needs of autistic people who present with a more externalising profile and accompanying learning disabilities, for example. The...
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Opening up history: eighteenth century ideas of national independence
History & The Arts

Opening up history: eighteenth century ideas of national independence

...sovereignty, empire, race, and revolution in lecture halls filled with future lawyers, clergy, and politicians. Teaching such material required careful judgement, especially when classroom discussions touched on live political controversies. It is another way of exploring the relationship between political theory and political reality, and how the two shape one another....
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Chinese education: How do things work?
Society, Politics & Law

Chinese education: How do things work?

...adult education. Basic education comprises pre-school education, six years of primary schooling; three years of junior secondary schooling and then three years of senior secondary schooling. The numbers involved are huge: 192,000,000 children enrolled in over 400,000 primary and secondary schools with 10,000,000 teachers. Pre-school education is becoming increasingly...
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The science of sleep
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of sleep

...adults it is most prevalent in the developing foetus, leading some to suggest that its dreams act as a cinema: the brain is kept active to stop it becoming bored, either during sleep or with the relative lack of external stimulation within the uterus. Try proving that one. Sleep inertia That's the scientific name for the grogginess felt after waking. One to five minutes...
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Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...Careful. SCARLETT [HUMMING] GRANDMOTHER Look, there’s a lot more down there, isn’t. SCARLETT These are your ones. GRANDMOTHER Those are my ones. Why are they my ones, Scarlett? SCARLETT Well, these are big. GRANDMOTHER Oh, they’re big because they’re my ones, OK. Put them in the bucket. SCARLETT [INAUDIBLE]. Scarlett, father and grandmother Watch the ‘Scarlett,...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning from sport burnout and overtraining

...caring professions (e.g. nurses and teachers) became exhausted while dealing with the chronic strain associated with their roles. They reportedly felt ‘burned out’. The workers reported emotional exhaustion, a loss of empathy towards their clients and feelings of being inept at work. Research into athletic burnout commenced in the 1980s, four decades ago. Three broad...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
A Victorian Christmas: Christmas in Dreamthorp
History & The Arts

A Victorian Christmas: Christmas in Dreamthorp

...care haunt me, I throw it off the scent in Spenser's forests, or seek refuge from it among Shakspeare's men and women, who are by far the best company I have met with, or am like to meet with, on earth. I am sitting at this present moment with my curtains drawn; the cheerful fire is winking at all the furniture in the room, and from every leg and arm the furniture is...
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Studying mammals: Plant predators
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Plant predators

...adults all can be functional simultaneously. SAQ 3 Reread LoM p. 29 and p. 122 to identify two very different herbivores that exploit this delayed eruption. Write a few sentences to explain how they do so, making clear the similarities and the main difference between them. Answer The two animals are the kangaroo, which is a marsupial, and the elephant, a placental mammal....
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs