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Archive course extract: Attachment theory
Education & Development

Archive course extract: Attachment theory

...family. Starting during his first months in his relation to both parents, he builds up working models of how attachment figures are likely to behave towards him in any of a variety of situations, and on all those models are based all his expectations, and therefore all his plans, for the rest of his life.” Bowlby (1973, p.369) Thus, in typically bold fashion, Bowlby set...
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An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher
Languages

An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher

...family business in Chinese culture, especially when “one-child” policy is in practice. Not only do Chinese parents get involved in their children’s education, but they also take responsibility for their children’s academic success. They believe that they have the obligations and responsibilities to help build their children’s success in education. They take...
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Fighting hard while flying high: the personal story of a BA cabin crew trade unionist
Society, Politics & Law

Fighting hard while flying high: the personal story of a BA cabin crew trade unionist

...families and the salary was relatively good by comparison with other sectors of the airline industry, so a lot was on the line. Management bombarded us with letters, glossy leaflets, even videos designed to frighten and drive home the real threat of dismissal for taking part in the action. I was then and remain so proud of the majority who withstood the bullying and...
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Culture and Connections: The Scots-Irish experience in America
OpenLearn Ireland

Culture and Connections: The Scots-Irish experience in America

...family groups rather than as indentured servants. In some instances, entire congregations, led by Presbyterian ministers, departed for America. One of the most notable examples of this took place in 1772, when the Reverend William Martin led five shiploads of Ulster Presbyterians, approximately 1,200 people, from the ports of Belfast, Larne and Newry to South Carolina...
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Intuitive eating: a new relationship with food, or another fad diet?
OpenLearn Ireland

Intuitive eating: a new relationship with food, or another fad diet?

...family, work colleagues and friends can result in ‘fat’ shaming ourselves. In fact, the desire to be thinner will result in many of us engaging in a diet at some point in our lifetime. Despite there being a lack of evidence to support the effectiveness of diets, one in four will diet in their lifetime. According to a poll conducted in the UK, the average person will...
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Dancing to the rhythm of cultures
Languages

Dancing to the rhythm of cultures

...family and friends but also into formal shows for the wider public in the cafés cantantes, where the castanets were also introduced. Eventually, in the second half of the twentieth century, flamenco proliferated within the walls of tablaos, a folk version of nightclubs. More than a natural expansion, the relocation of flamenco in this new context has been explained as an...
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Children and young people’s participation
Education & Development

Children and young people’s participation

...families, communities and institutions Openness and honesty Forum for children to think for themselves while expressing their views – shared decision making Information gathering and sharing Effective interaction among children and with adults involved in projects or activities in a positive way Empowerment for children as individuals and as members of society Spaces...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
The distance between us
History & The Arts

The distance between us

...family and friends would hate me:” Anticipating vegan stigma as a barrier to plant-based diets’, Appetite, 135, pp. 1-9. Merskin, D. (2018) Seeing Species: Re-presentations of animals in media and popular culture. Peter Lang. Piazza, J., Ruby, M.B., Loughnan, S. et al. (2015) ‘Rationalizing meat consumption. The 4Ns’, Appetite, 91, pp. 114-128. Presser, L. (2013)...
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