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Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...systems, dishwashers and coffee machines that form part of everyday routines, or entertainment devices such as music systems, wireless headphones, surround sound speakers, electronic keyboards, DJ decks or drum kits. Not to mention the increasingly large range of electronic toys on the market, from simple light and sound toys to build-your-own-robot kits and toy drones....
Introducing mammals
Nature & Environment

Introducing mammals

...systems (which can be difficult to assess), and the number of individuals of a particular species or broader group that exist in total. Scientific data are often presented in the form of a table, with the data arranged in columns and rows. Table 1 below is a very simple example. You will study a more complex one later in the course. Table 1 Number of species of mammals...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom
Society, Politics & Law

Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom

...system is apparent. (Hand, 1901, p. 54) [Described image] Figure 12 Weighing up evidence Advocates appear similarly nervous about cross-examining experts, and the Law Commission (2011) has suggested that they tend to focus on undermining the credibility of the expert rather than challenging the substance of their opinions. Yet judges and juries routinely undertake this...
Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...system will record that you have finished your attempt, and your score. As this is a practice quiz, this is just for your learning, so you can identify areas you might like to revisit. The score won't be counted towards your badge...Week 1: Your digital life: 6 Summary - Well done! You have completed the first week of Succeeding in a digital world. This week you have...
Assessment in secondary geography
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary geography

...system, AfL can foster a sense of interdependence in the classroom and help to empower and engage students (Sidhu, 2011). In terms of how to assess, you need to have a long-term strategy to integrate AfL and AoL related to progression within the geography curriculum. Medium- and short-term assessment can then be devised to give all students the opportunity to demonstrate...
Different types of business
Money & Business

Different types of business

...systems have been developed to help government agencies to classify industry groups; others have been developed by financial ratings agencies to help financial investment companies make investment decisions. There is no need to go into detail on any of these classification systems here. What is important, however, is to be aware that the industry a business is in will...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
The secret history of teenage bedrooms
Education & Development

The secret history of teenage bedrooms

...systems, games consoles and so on – this is the sort of technology that parents were then buying up to create a mediated bedroom or a media centre, as Jason refers to it in his book. Laurie Taylor: So I mean in a way Jason we’re back to the thing, aren’t we again, about the Beach Boys, the idea that it was their place, that it could be of loneliness but they’re...
Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision

...systems and governments that are telling us to consume more and to have more and to grow our economies when we know inside that that’s not sustainable, when we know that the Earth can’t keep on giving in a never-ending way. So we know that’s not sustainable, but can we get out of it; who can step off this mad bandwagon first? No government’s going to say, ‘Us,...