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Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works
Education & Development

Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works

...families show many adverts to children. They may use manipulative features to keep children on screens without teaching them anything new. This technology is here to stay and will remain a significant part of how children learn – so knowing whether it works is imperative. Assessing and addressing the quality of EdTech is a significant task, especially when it is already...
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When the skeletons won’t go home: what the law says after Halloween
Society, Politics & Law

When the skeletons won’t go home: what the law says after Halloween

...family members of the property where the skeleton or dead body has decided to remain as to what to do with it. Along with the fact that the location of the skeleton or dead body’s grave may not be known! [Halloween skeletons sitting in beach chairs on a porch outside a house.] As a lawyer I would normally say ‘let’s look at what the law says’ to help with...
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Campaigning for refugee and migrant women
Society, Politics & Law

Campaigning for refugee and migrant women

...family, they are often isolated and disbelieved. In the interview below, Meena Patel describes the work of SBS; set up in 1979 during an anti-racist movement, after two South-Asian women died in Southall, West London from their partners abusing them. SBS felt it was important to break the silence about gender-based violence within communities and set up a service for...
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Nine top tips on talking about sex… for young people with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nine top tips on talking about sex… for young people with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition

...family member or carer. It could be a teacher or tutor. It could even be a nurse or a doctor. It will be easier to discuss things if you find someone that you can talk to. 3: It’s OK to ask questions Transcript Never feel afraid to ask questions and never let someone shut you down. If you want to find out more about sex, intimacy and relationships then remember that you...
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12 famous Confucius quotes on education and learning
Education & Development

12 famous Confucius quotes on education and learning

...family." 9: [When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.] "When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self." 10: [An image of four highlighter pens laid down on paper with markings of each colour on the paper and a quote showing...
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Who makes the difficult decisions about children’s treatment?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Who makes the difficult decisions about children’s treatment?

...that most of the time these difficult and complex decisions are made with skilful negotiation between medical staff, parents and children – sharing information and trying to balance rights of children and responsibilities of parents. The day to day reality of this is illustrated in this series of programmes. Why not try a free course on children's and family health?...
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Adaptation and Assimilation: The Irish Catholic Experience in America
OpenLearn Ireland

Adaptation and Assimilation: The Irish Catholic Experience in America

...history, the United States privileged immigrants who were Protestant and white European. As historian William van Vugt points out, in a chapter on American immigration before 1870, British Protestant migrants were generally viewed as ‘invisible immigrants in the sense that they had a comparatively rapid assimilation and were not seen as true foreigners’ (van Vugt,...
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How I wrote Frankenstein
History & The Arts

How I wrote Frankenstein

...family, occupied my time; and study, in the way of reading, or improving my ideas in communication with his far more cultivated mind, was all of literary employment that engaged my attention. In the summer of 1816, we visited Switzerland, and became the neighbours of Lord Byron. At first we spent our pleasant hours on the lake, or wandering on its shores; and Lord Byron,...
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