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Early modern Europe: an introduction
History & The Arts

Early modern Europe: an introduction

...physics, astronomy and anatomy. For example, Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564), professor of anatomy at Padua University, published De Humani Corporis Fabrica (‘On the fabric of the human body’) in 1543 (Figure 10). Where medieval anatomy texts drew the human body in ways that fitted with humoral theory, Vesalius based his illustrations on observations made during the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Social care in the community
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social care in the community

...physical help getting upstairs. Needs understanding of the experiences and difficulties he faces. Needs moral support. Ann needs help with the physical task of supporting Angus. Needs moral support. Bob needs to be greeted, to relax after work, have his tea, then go off to play football. Zoe needs to be greeted – to talk about implications of failing English – have...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Michael Jacobs - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Michael Jacobs - Stories of Change

...physics, and ultimately it doesn’t really matter what level you want to stabilise the temperature at, any level of stable temperature requires greenhouse gas emissions ultimately to fall to zero, and that clear statement by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, by the scientists, has gradually been understood. And the G7 in its statement in the summer of this...
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EPQs: finding and using evidence
Education & Development

EPQs: finding and using evidence

...physics, mathematics and engineering. Journal websites [A screenshot of the results of searching for the term "ecology journal" on Google. ]Figure 7 Results of searching for "ecology journal"Show descriptionA screenshot of the results of a search for the term "ecology journal" on Google. The titles of nine journals with the word ‘ecology’ in the title are shown, and a...
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School geography: Exploring a definition
Education & Development

School geography: Exploring a definition

...physical sciences, a number of educational deficiencies have resulted. It is, for example, unhelpful to overemphasise the idea that human behaviour is predictable and subject to immutable and universal ‘laws’. It is now commonplace to ‘reduce’ migration to an essentially mechanical process of ‘push’ and ‘pull’ factors. The topic becomes disconnected from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Who belongs to Glasgow?
Society, Politics & Law

Who belongs to Glasgow?

...physical things, with buildings. For example I think they would identify much more with Merchant City than many ordinary Glaswegians who had never heard of Merchant City until the image makers had created it. Jean Forbes: And then we're just passing on either side here ones which are nineteenth century buildings ... . . . I like what has been done to the Merchant City....
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)
Education & Development

Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)

...physical or mental impairments need not prevent us from being able to live perfectly good lives. It is society’s unwillingness to employ these means to altering itself rather than us which causes our disabilities. (Rieser and Mason, 1992, p. 15) Many ‘learning difficulties’ can be conceived as ‘learning differences’, merely requiring a different pedagogic...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Difference and challenge in teams
Money & Business

Difference and challenge in teams

...physical forces shaping the course of the river – pulling the water together. Activity 1 What are the major ‘forces’ driving your team and its direction? Are you all, ultimately, travelling together? Figure 1 Waterfalls draining into a smooth flowing section of river To extend the metaphor a little further, think about what’s happening upstream. Water is gathered...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs