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Introduction to making political and social change
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to making political and social change

...system, the groups are a useful place for external stakeholders, including organisations and members of the public, to discuss issues of relevance with MSPs, share information, and raise awareness of issues, which can in turn impact the wider political agenda. There is more information on CPGs here. Giving your views to Committees Committees want to know the views of...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The mother of the American Athens
History & The Arts

The mother of the American Athens

...system of hot-water heating, which he said was better fitted to resist the cold of the Boston winters. He was not a very conversable man, but so much we screwed out of him, with the added fact that the tuition of that school was no longer free. It came to some five guineas a year, no great sum, but perhaps sufficient to keep the school, with the other influences, select...
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John Napier
Science, Maths & Technology

John Napier

...system of proportions, and the measures of proportions, treated at considerable length in a number of propositions, which are fully and chastely demonstrated by genuine mathematical reasoning, and illustrated by examples in numbers. This part contains and demonstrates both the nature and the principles of the structure of logarithms. And in the second part he applies...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Teaching secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Teaching secondary mathematics

...system? Can you teach the ‘content’ of the curriculum in your country using John Mason’s ‘essentials of thinking mathematically’? These include: specialising – trying special cases, looking at examples generalising – looking for patterns and relationships conjecturing – predicting relationships and results convincing – finding and communicating reasons...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Exploring family health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring family health

...system http://www.bbc.co.uk/ news/ uk-18198380 (Accessed 09 January 2013). Beaumont, J. (2011) Households and Families, Office for National Statistics. Barnardo’s (2012) ‘Young carers’ [Online]. Available at http://www.barnardos.org.uk/ what_we_do/ our_projects/ young_carers.htm (Accessed 12 April 2012). Becker, S. (2000) ‘Young carers’, in Davies, M. (ed) The...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

The Moon

...System and at all scales. In fact, very few recognisable craters on the Moon are volcanic. Section 2.6 describes long, winding valleys interpreted as collapsed lava tubes that indicate the paths along which lava flowed to fill the mare basins, but only one example (Hadley Rille) is illustrated (Figure 6.6). This photograph is part of the panorama of Moon41. It is unlikely...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
School geography: Exploring a definition
Education & Development

School geography: Exploring a definition

...systems around the world do not have geography with the status of a separate subject. Schools in England and Wales are different. Here, geography is a national curriculum subject (5–14 years) and the former Minister for Schools (Stephen Twigg) has asserted the subject's importance in several speeches in 2004. For example, he says: ‘The unique contribution of geography...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...system was designed to teach. (Prensky, 2001, p. 1) Activity 3 What is your opinion? Should parents, education and other services adapt to children’s eagerness to embrace new technologies? Think about your answer and make notes of your views...Week 1: How different is a digital childhood?: 2.3 Digital natives: fact or fiction? - [Described image] Figure 6 If the idea of...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs