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Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?
Education & Development

Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?

...write Jenny Radesky and her colleague Barry Zuckerman in their study of digital play. Children this young are still developing the ability to choose what to pay attention to and what to ignore, and they have trouble generalising from symbolic representations to the real world. Preschool-aged children need to interact with actual physical objects in order to develop their...
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The moral equality of combatants
History & The Arts

The moral equality of combatants

...write that ‘the most basic … architectonic distinction that structure[s] the law of war is the radical separation of Jus ad Bellum and Jus in Bello . The lawfulness of war has no bearing on the proper conduct of war’ (2008, p. 20). It is often suggested that the JaB and JiB conditions also apply most directly to different groups of people. Statesmen and politicians...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...writing about slavery, we usually talk about ‘enslaved people’ rather than slaves. This language is important because it acknowledges the humanity of enslaved people, instead of using the description forced on them by their enslavers. This course also uses language that accurately describes people’s experiences and complex identities within their own political and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Understanding autism Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...writing some quick notes summarising your current knowledge and understanding of autism. Maybe you already know quite a bit, or maybe you know very little at all, but you will almost certainly come to this course with some ideas. Activity 2 How accurate is your current knowledge? Timing: Allow about 10 minutes Now take the interactive quiz at this link: ‘What do you...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Teaching the First World War
Education & Development

Teaching the First World War

...writing for a male audience is also significant. Traditional notions of masculinity emphasised a man’s role as a protector of his country and of his family (including women and children). Pope’s words were therefore more powerful coming from a woman than they would have been if written by a man. Women were not able to fight in the war, but many still had a sense of...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Financial methods in environmental decisions
Nature & Environment

Financial methods in environmental decisions

...write down some commons in the context of sustainable resource management. Answer Your list will no doubt reflect your own concerns about the environment, but the commons that I am most concerned about at present are: the global atmosphere and the build-up of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases the local atmosphere and vehicle exhaust fumes in the high street of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Social science and participation
Society, Politics & Law

Social science and participation

...Writing a letter, voting, attending a public meeting or going on a protest march might all fall into this category: forms of participation in which people seek to express their ‘voice’. Activity 3 Having a voice Timing: Allow 5 minutes for this activity From the list above, identify the activities that you think have expressing one’s opinion or voice (expressive...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Advanced Spanish: Language in context
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Language in context

...writing. The course focuses on the many ways in which living languages - notably Spanish - adapt to the contexts in which they are used...This free course, Advanced Spanish: Language in context, will develop your knowledge and understanding of the societies and cultures of Spain and Latin America and extend the practical skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing....
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs