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Beyond the Babble: A conversation about the art of listening
Society, Politics & Law

Beyond the Babble: A conversation about the art of listening

...working it out - they may not have really thought like that until they are in this sort of conversation; so it’s the asking little questions to get people to reflect. It’s almost becomes a monologue, it’s like thinking out loud… Giota: You mention that this is about inviting and getting people to reflect deeper about certain things, moving away from the...
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Education & Development

Teaching mathematics

...work. This is known as procedural understanding. It is also important that the underlying mathematical concepts of number are understood. This is known as conceptual understanding. Richard Skemp, the late educational psychologist, described two different ways to learn about and understand mathematics (Skemp, 1973). The procedural and conceptual understanding described...
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Surplus Value
Society, Politics & Law

Surplus Value

...work liberates’) and is a 1:1 replica of a sign that was stolen from Auschwitz. It was initiated by an artist and cultural organisation and encourages people to participate through a special event. Suplus Value is global in orientation and concerned with anti-discrimination, equality and social justice, democracy, politics and representation and peace. It was launched...
How is the IPCC helping scientists talk about climate change?
Nature & Environment

How is the IPCC helping scientists talk about climate change?

...scientists take into consideration when talking about their work and research to a non-specialist audience. And although aimed at climate scientists, the advice holds good for any scientist looking to engage more widely. You can download the full handbook - and read more about the thinking behind it - at climateoutreach.org, the UK charity which created the materials....
What is the difference between distributive and commutative justice: A one minute guide
History & The Arts

What is the difference between distributive and commutative justice: A one minute guide

...work rights and so on are shared fairly within a community] [Commutative justice - members of a group are treated equally - for example, by the law] [But each society or group will have its own ideas about what is just or a right, and these ideas will be a source of debate and conflict between and within different groups in society] This basic explanation of how...
Great Ancoats Street, Manchester: cottonopolis to urban village
Society, Politics & Law

Great Ancoats Street, Manchester: cottonopolis to urban village

...working class housing in Great Ancoats Street as ‘ruinous’ rows of ‘back-to-backs’ amongst the towering mill buildings. In the 20th century, industry declined and housing deteriorated further into slums amongst the derelict factories. But 21st century Great Ancoats Street is rising again above the rubble, with many of the great mills converted into apartments and...
Weather derivatives - the financialization of weather
Society, Politics & Law

Weather derivatives - the financialization of weather

...work is linked to the Environment and Society course - DD213, which studies the entanglements between society and the environment. And explores how financial markets are being a solution to some of the risks to firms and their profitability presented by nature. It broadly looks at how weather such as severe drought, too much rainfall, unusually warm winters and so on, can...
How do we measure personality?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How do we measure personality?

...there’s been a lot more consensus, we seemed to have converged around five as a number that works well. Again, there’s nothing magic about that number. Some people are arguing we could add one in, but now there is this idea that we do seem to capture the core essence of people’s personality using those five dimensions. Brendan Burchell on personality Find out more...