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Social problems: Who makes them?
Society, Politics & Law

Social problems: Who makes them?

...care, vandalism, road rage, lone parenting and divorce. This brief list was drawn up from news items on television and radio and in newspapers in the month that this course was being written. As you read this course, some of these may still be issues, some may have disappeared, while new problems may have attracted attention. It is not obvious what they have in common,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...adult without too much difficulty, but that it possesses a powerful attractiveness to people outside its traditional community, who will bring with them new energy and vision...Gaelic in modern Scotland: 3.1.1 I do! - ‘Mise’, in answer to the question ‘Who speaks Gaelic?’, means ‘I do’. ‘Mise’ is pronounced ‘mish-uh’. It also means ‘I am …’, when...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision

...as big a problem as it might well pan out to be, this is something we really need to take care of and pay attention to. At the same time I started going out with a girl who was very passionate about environmental issues, so it was a kind of combination of the political and the personal, and those two together were a pretty powerful driver. Television, natural history and me In terms of television and natural history I am a ......
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Video 30 mins
Cognition and gender development
Education & Development

Cognition and gender development

...adults and peers there is a clear motivation for the child to behave in a gender-stereotyped manner. However, there is also evidence of choice and flexibility in children’s behaviour, and this is where cognitive processes come into play. Once children have begun to internalise the standards of behaviour appropriate for males and females, based on the social experiences...
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Article 15 mins
Creating open educational resources
Education & Development

Creating open educational resources

...adults who may feel have felt in the past that mathematics is not for them. Activity 2 Has your institution been involved in any OER projects? What lessons can you draw on from other projects to inform colleagues and further promote your use of OER? How might you collaborate with other institutions to create and use OER? You can complete this activity in a downloadable...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Scottish courts and the law Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish courts and the law

...care and explain, this decision was reported in session cases for the year 2010. Let's have a page number. COUNSEL: My Lord, my learned friend referred to the case of Sutherland against Campbell, which is to be found at 2004 Session cases, page 179. LORD EASSIE: That's the easy bit. The more difficult bit is knowing whether you should cite the case. LADY DORRIAN Sometimes...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Secondary learning
Education & Development

Secondary learning

...adults view the world. (New case study.) David Elkind Where is yours? Where’s mine? Now do we both have the same to drink or does one of us have more? Girl I do. (New case study.) David Elkind But isn’t this higher than this one? I mean, this is up here and this is way down here – doesn’t that make this one more? Girl Well, this one may be taller but this one is...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
What is poetry?
History & The Arts

What is poetry?

...careful examination of the clues laid by the poet may lead to more questions than answers. You’ll start this course, then, with a question: is poetry simply about expressing feelings? People do turn to poetry in extremis. Prison inmates, often famously, have expressed loneliness and communicated with absent loved ones through poetry. Maybe this accounts for the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs