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Understanding society: families
Education & Development

Understanding society: families

...caring for children and other dependents and less regular and non routine house maintenance and DIY work. However, our focus here is a more limited one which will nevertheless introduce you to some of the key ideas and debates involved in studying family life. We will begin with a summary of how work in the home has changed over the last fifty years or so, and look at the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Picturing the family
History & The Arts

Picturing the family

...careful interpretation understand the importance of contextualisation in analysing photographs...Picturing the family: 1 How to avoid damage when handling photographs - Remember to treat your photographs with the consideration demanded by their age and fragility. Careless handling and storage will cause damage. Handle photographs at the edges: the skin carries chemicals...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding dyslexia Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding dyslexia

...adult education. The definition also notes the importance of phonological short-term memory (verbal memory) and reveals a significant correlation between the speed of naming letters and digits and reading ability. Specific learning difficulty: the third sentence defines dyslexia as a specific learning difficulty, not an intellectual deficit. Traits like poor working...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...adult and child households were most likely to fall victim of burglary, as well as some form of violence’ (Social Trends, 2002, pp. 154–5). One of the most intriguing pieces of evidence, combining quantitative and qualitative evidence, comes from an earlier British Crime Survey (BCS). For the first time in 1982, the BCS asked people how at risk they felt from street...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...Careful financial planning not only helps us to keep on top of our finances today; it also helps to make sure we're matching our resources to our personal objectives in the future. Over the next two weeks, you'll look at household income and expenditure - the two component parts of a household budget. This week, you'll look at income, wealth and assets. You'll examine the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...aware of the risk of burnout for activists find out what might be involved in self-care develop your own personal action plan for living with the climate and ecological crisis. Figure 1 is a simplified model suggesting that in order to live with the reality of the climate crisis, three broad elements need to be present and in balance. Too much emotional engagement can lead to overwhelming eco-distress; too much action ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Studying mammals: A winning design
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: A winning design

...care in the monotremes are distinctly mammalian. Neither monotreme species is genuinely primitive or unsuccessful. They are specialist feeders; the platypus feeding on invertebrates (e.g. 'freshwater shrimp, an insect larva or a small mollusc' [p. 18]) living in the bottom of streams, while echidnas are terrestrial carnivores. The word 'primitive' implies a similarity...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Presenting information
Digital & Computing

Presenting information

...ADULTS, IN GREAT BRITAIN IN APRIL 2004, WHO HAD USED IT IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS PURPOSE OF ACCESS % Finding information about goods or services 78 Searching for information about travel and accommodation 68 Using email 85 Telephoning over the Internet / video conferencing 7 General browsing 65 Finding information relating to education 37 Buying or ordering tickets /...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs