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Chinese at the tip of your tongue: Culture behind the numbers
Languages

Chinese at the tip of your tongue: Culture behind the numbers

...system, which centres around an eight-sided diagram called bā guà. Bā guà was designed by Chinese philosophers about 5,000 years ago, in which the eight elements represent constant changes in the universe. There are eight diagrams in bā guà representing eight related concepts, such as heaven, lake, fire, water. At the centre of bā guà is the yin and the yang...
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Viento en popa: upper intermediate Spanish
Languages

Viento en popa: upper intermediate Spanish

...systems to water their crops. Water acquired a religious symbolism in their culture. The idea of living in harmony with nature persists to the present day. Historic open air theatre: Corral de Comedias A documentary about the Corral de Comedias, a famous, historic open-air theatre in Almagro. The actors discuss the origins of their troupe, the special architecture of the...
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Planning a better future
Education & Development

Planning a better future

...system. Although you can use the alternative formats offline for your own convenience, you do need to work through the online version of the course for full functionality (such as accessing links, using the audio and video materials, and completing the quizzes). Please use the downloads as convenient tools for studying the materials when away from the internet and return...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Supporting climate action through digital education
Education & Development

Supporting climate action through digital education

...systems around travel? You might think about cultures and systems within your institution, your local community or the global community. 4. How could you encourage the learners in your context in taking their own individual actions and developing their own ‘carbon handprint’?...Session 1: Preparing to teach the climate emergency: 4 Summary - In Session 1 you’ve...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Assessment in secondary music
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary music

...systems. And the demands of these systems can lead to assessment which is inherently unmusical. For me it is important then that music teachers understand what assessment in music education is for and how it is best carried out in the classroom. Music teachers need to make the case for approaches to assessment in music that support young people’s musical development and...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Money & Business

First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...think when they see them, they’re so majestic. They’re like sculpture. And I think that, hopefully, it’s reassured a lot more people. [MUSIC PLAYING] BOY: Yeah. LIZ DALE Now, are you ready to play with the kite? [MUSIC PLAYING] MIKE BLANCH The wind farm generates about 12 gigawatt hours a year, which equates with income of about a million pounds a year. And that...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
What is sleep paralysis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is sleep paralysis?

...think. In a recent UK study, nearly 30% of respondents said that they had experienced at least one episode of sleep paralysis in their lifetime. A smaller percentage, around 8% of the 862 participants, reported more frequent episodes. A systematic review of over 30 studies from a variety of countries reported a more conservative estimate, of around 10%. Sleep paralysis is...
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Science doesn't know how free divers do it
Health, Sports & Psychology

Science doesn't know how free divers do it

...system. In the very early days of free-diving, physiologists were pretty convinced that people couldn’t go beyond about 30 or 40 metres. They’d drawn their graphs as scientists and they’d worked out what they saw. They worked out what they understood about the human body and the effects of pressure on it and they said: “Well, look, your lungs are going to be...
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