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Games, Geeks and the Parent's Dilemma
Languages

Games, Geeks and the Parent's Dilemma

...Learning. In the first five tracks we hear first-hand accounts from a number of perspectives, and in the final track, Angela Saini chairs a discussion about the points raised... Introduction to games, geeks and the parent's dilemma Angela Saini, Dr Victoria Cooper and Dr Kieron Sheehy discuss the social and educational impact of video games in their experience. Games...
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Audio 1 hr 14 mins
Water Treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Water Treatment

...learned. Consulting The Public The value of consistent, timely communication through the media when taking action in a time of drought Is Recycling Water Good? People on the streets of Essex tell us what they think. The panel outline what we can do to help ourselves. Fresh Water Filtration The multi-stage treatment process river water goes through before it comes out of...
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Audio 44 mins
Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...learn about the main debates on its role in achieving economic success. You will also have the opportunity to put yourself in the shoes of a prime minister and explore what can be done to make economies less unequal...This free course, Understanding economic inequality, explores the causes of economic inequality in modern times and its consequences for success for the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Introducing Homer's Iliad
History & The Arts

Introducing Homer's Iliad

...learning about the wider cycle of myths of which the narrative of the Iliad was a part. You’ll then look more closely at the story of the poem itself and its major theme of the anger of Achilles, in particular in the opening of the poem. Using this opening, you’ll examine some of the characteristic features of the text: metre, word order (and its effects on...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...Learning writing and critical analysis skills is a core part of professional development across the social work career. [Photograph showing a young woman studying in home environment.] Figure 1 The course is organised in four sections about professional writing for social workers: Writing in social work The functions of writing Writing style Writing about yourself and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Leadership: external context and culture
Education & Development

Leadership: external context and culture

...Learning outcomes - By the end of this course you should be able to: understand how the concept of culture impacts on educational leadership practice critically reflect on the relationship between external context and culture at societal and local levels evaluate how external context and culture influences educational change in an organisation critically reflect on the...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials
Languages

Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials

...learning!...Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials: Introduction - China is the world’s most populated country, with a continuous culture stretching back 5000 years. The country’s name, Zhōngguó (中国), literally ‘the Middle Kingdom’, shows how Chinese people have traditionally identified their land as the centre of the universe. [Described im...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Do boys need male role models?
Education & Development

Do boys need male role models?

...learn adult roles primarily by observing and copying behaviour in others, as ‘social learning’ theories imply? In practice, academic approaches to gender development have moved on, placing much greater emphasis on the ways in which children’s understandings of masculinity and femininity are actively shaped by diverse and changing social contexts. The evidence that...
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Article 10 mins