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Cognition and gender development
Education & Development

Cognition and gender development

...world along sex-role dimensions” (p. 82). In Kohlberg’s view, boys think “I am a boy, therefore I want to do boy things, therefore the opportunity to do boy things (and to gain approval for doing them) is rewarding” (p. 89). His emphasis, then, is on gender role development as being self-socialised; certainly, there is plenty of information about gender roles in...
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Diversity in religion: Islam
History & The Arts

Diversity in religion: Islam

...world about a range of issues - homosexuality just being one of them. But there is a problem of access to these interpretations and there is a problem of what is the interpretation that gains currency in certain Muslim states that are endorsed by different Muslim governments. So these, I have encountered more relaxed or inclusive interpretations of sexuality, but...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
People, automobiles and statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

People, automobiles and statistics

...world about physical sizes. Now we’re not so interested only in stature. We really are thinking about people’s back length to stature or their leg length. We’re thinking about people’s proportions and we have significant data on that from people all around the world. And we can then begin to get a data set that really describes the population so we can start...
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Quantitative and qualitative research in finance
Money & Business

Quantitative and qualitative research in finance

...world from these people’s points of view; that only then will it be possible to understand what they were intending to do and why, how their actions fit into, and perhaps follow from, what they take to be the reality of their situation, their sense of identity and of past life. What is assumed here is a world in which people have complex inner perspectives that must be...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
What does the US election mean for Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the US election mean for Europe?

...world. [Graffiti reading 'don't blame Trump, blame yourself' painted on a Dutch shop window] Graffti reading 'don't blame Trump, blame yourself' in a street in Amsterdam Europe’s support for Clinton Europeans have generally oscillated between incredulity, anxiety, consternation and apprehension when commenting on the consequences of the election. There has been a steady...
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Article 10 mins
How did Trump win the White House?
Society, Politics & Law

How did Trump win the White House?

...World War II and had unrivaled expertise in foreign affairs. So how did Trump make his lack of government experience an asset in the campaign? The answer lay in the intense and widespread public hostility to the political, media and business establishments that lead the country. Trust in institutions is at an all-time low and a majority of Americans believe the country is...
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The String Quartet
History & The Arts

The String Quartet

...world! Also in jolly old fishwives, squatted under arches, obscene old women, how deeply they laugh and shake and rollick, when they walk, from side to side, hum, hah! "That's an early Mozart, of course——" "But the tune, like all his tunes, makes one despair—I mean hope. What do I mean? That's the worst of music! I want to dance, laugh, eat pink cakes, yellow cakes,...
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The Rise and Fall of the Slave Trade
History & The Arts

The Rise and Fall of the Slave Trade

...World. A "triangular trade" operated, whereby ships carried European manufactures to Africa and exchanged them for slaves, who were then taken to the Americas, where they were traded for sugar, molasses, cotton, tobacco, indigo and other goods, which were brought back to Europe. It is estimated that, between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, over twelve million...
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