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Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...everyday effects of living in a civil conflict. It also emphasizes that, even in a modern, wealthy society such as the UK, war affects children's lives. As you read through it, note the various forms of violence that children suffer, both physical and emotional. Discussion In this extract, Cairns looks at both the physical and the psychological effects of war on children....
Introduction to making political and social change
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to making political and social change

...English, Welsh and Scottish Gaelic. The UK is experiencing multiple crises: environmental, economic, political, social and health-related. This free online course outlines some of the key citizenship skills and information needed to intervene in the world as it changes. It explores how to make change politically and socially by giving essential background information to...
The First World War: trauma and memory
History & The Arts

The First World War: trauma and memory

...English towns and cities, including London, causing casualties and, of course, instilling fear. It is clear that the killing of innocent civilians had a profound impact on public attitudes in Britain. The bombing of the school in East London provided further evidence for many of Germany’s barbaric aggression, as the following extract from The Times indicates: A hard...
The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present
History & The Arts

The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present

...English ‘theatre’), a term which expresses their responsibility to watch the festival events on behalf of their community. As well as witnessing the festival, theoroi liaised with local leaders, represented their state in the official procession and sacrifice, and carried out a further sacrifice on behalf of their community. They also looked after the interests of...
Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency
Society, Politics & Law

Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency

...English riots of 2011 and reflect on whether the comparison at stake is between types of behaviour or types of people. ‘An excessive sense of entitlement’ was what the mayor of London ascribed to those looting their way across our sceptred isle – but he could have been referring to himself. In the mid-to-late 80s, Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson – not to...
Public health approaches to infectious disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Public health approaches to infectious disease

...English NHS hospitals have been reported to the Health Protection Agency since April 2007 via a web-based Surveillance Data Sheet. So-called ‘lab returns’ on the number of positive blood cultures (MRSA bacteraemia), and CDI-infected stool samples, are collected from each location. Patients are now routinely screened for nasal carriage of MRSA before and at admission...
Secondary learning
Education & Development

Secondary learning

...English Dictionary, 1983, p. 938). Leach and Moon (2008, p. 6) defined pedagogy as ‘a dynamic process informed by theories, beliefs and dialogue but only realised in the daily interactions of learners and teachers and real settings’. Pedagogy is essentially, therefore, what goes on in the classroom, underpinned by a complex mixture of the values, beliefs and past...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...everyday use have been subject to innovation by development. You can see the results in the motor industry, in aeroplanes, trains, mobile phones, computers, fridges, cookers, plastics, household implements … it's more difficult to think of something that hasn't been subject to innovation by development! Box 2 Innovation by development – an example explores a typical...