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Secondary learning
Education & Development

Secondary learning

...mental growth that makes Piaget’s a truly genetic of his termology. The first two years of life make up the sensory-motor period. (New case study.) David Elkind I’m gonna put them under here, watch me – OK? She wants them and it disappeared, but she doesn’t think to look under the cloth – yes, that’s too bad – OK, OK. Here they are, here they are – see?...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Sporting women in the media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sporting women in the media

...mentally tough’ attitude. The cultures surrounding sport need to be understood in order to appreciate women’s and men’s behaviours in sport. Consider whether you think men ‘own’ masculinity and whether you feel it’s acceptable for a woman to show ‘masculine’ traits, such as a ‘win-at-all-costs’ mentality. This goes against traditional views of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Ian Kershaw on Hitler's Place In History: The Lecture Podcast
History & The Arts

Ian Kershaw on Hitler's Place In History: The Lecture Podcast

...mentality. It highlighted his conviction that another war would, somehow, bring about the destruction of the Jews. He’d go on to invoke his ‘prophecy’ more than a dozen times between 1941 and 1945, as the Jews of Europe were engulfed in the ‘Final Solution’. And he’d always misdate it to 1 September 1939, the day of the German invasion of Poland, the day the...
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Audio 45 mins
Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...Health Service (NHS). Second, the UK’s tax and state benefits system also has the effect of some redistribution of income – some of the taxes raised collectively are transferred back to individuals and households. Of course, the people receiving benefits will often be different from those paying taxes such as Income Tax, but many people will pay tax and receive...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Organisations and the financial system
Money & Business

Organisations and the financial system

...Health Service, which provide services free of charge or below cost price that benefit society as a whole. In the UK, the size and scope of the public sector has varied over time, featuring prominently during the period from the end of the Second World War to the late 1970s. After this, various rounds of privatisation generally reduced the scope of influence of public...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...health risks and potential harm from drink-fuelled crime, that’s the more insidious aspect of Peak Booze: the mental baggage it has left us with. I wouldn’t say any of my close friends are alcoholic, but a fair few of us are more dependent than we’d like on that cold glass of white wine or cheeky gin and tonic at the end of the day. It’s important to me to know...
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Article 10 mins
The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...mental picture of Glasgow entertained by non-Glaswegians, particularly those from south of the Border. This alerts us to the fact that the city's image is something which is socially constructed. And, like all social constructions, it is contested. So what does the trajectory of Glasgow's image look like in historical terms? Before even answering this question, think...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers Badge icon
Education & Development

Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

...mental health, and has a myriad of personal, social and emotional benefits, for children as well as adults. A study by the National Literacy Trust (NLT) found that: Children and young people who enjoy reading very much and who think positively about reading have, on average, higher mental wellbeing scores than their peers who don’t enjoy reading at all and who hold...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs