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Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching
Education & Development

Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching

...Heritage Month. Critics of multiculturalism have called it the 3 Ss: saris, steel drums and samosas. It’s argued that it gives us a false idea of culture as simply about colourful artefacts. It doesn’t engage in a critique of the underlying discriminatory processes that can make education exclusive rather than inclusive. It’s argued that [multiculturalism] gives us...
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Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...world. How would you introduce the foreign sector into the diagram? Answer A second sector that can be introduced into the circular flow diagram to make it a more representative model of the economy is a foreign sector. The income flows discussed so far take place within our simple economy but income flows may also take place between economies. Some of the income that...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Sporting women in the media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sporting women in the media

...world and, importantly, how the world engages with us in return. So, for me, I see gender as a social construction. Yes, we’re born with the bits- all the physical attributes and pieces that dictate our sex, but all that other stuff about how men and women should act, how they should dress, how they should speak, how much space they’re entitled to take up on a train,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Social psychology and politics
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social psychology and politics

...world that many people may have taken for granted. For example, in the United Kingdom, this could be seen in the ‘Brexit’ vote (i.e. the referendum vote in favour of Britain leaving the European Union) and, in the USA, in the unexpected election of Donald Trump as President. These are not just changes to political worlds; they also represent profound changes to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Art and the Mexican Revolution
History & The Arts

Art and the Mexican Revolution

...World uprising against American economic penetration and control’ (Hart, 1989, p. 18). The nationalism mobilised by the post-revolutionary regimes was, however, largely rhetorical in that at key points they looked to the United States for military support to contain the revolution (Hart, 1989, pp. 283, 290, 294, 299, 311 and 345–6). This struggle also framed the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...world. We can still cherish our own heritage, lineage, and culture, but we must liberate ourselves from the illusion that they are separate from everyone else’s. (Gerzon, 2010) Now go to Week 2...Week 1: Thinking about culture and communication: References - Hall, E. T. and Hall, T. (1959) The silent language. New York: Anchor books. Harari, Y. N. (2014) Sapiens. A...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Talk the talk
Education & Development

Talk the talk

...world without digital being part of their life, then shame on us if we think we can sit still, put our head in the sands and deliver a teaching experience for them that not only doesn't map to the world that they live in, doesn't map to the jobs and prosperity we wish for them and their families for the generations ahead. Quite convincing, isn’t he? But how exactly does...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare

...world experience: simulations cannot fully replicate the unpredictability and complexity of real-life clinical situations. This can limit students’ ability to develop critical thinking and decision-making skills in a real-world context. Technical issues: simulations rely heavily on technology, which can sometimes fail or be difficult to use. Technical glitches can...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs