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Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system
Science, Maths & Technology

Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system

...learning communities will be part of such system change as designers collaborate with ecologists and others creating green spaces and habitats for BND. [Brown wooden house for insects surrounded by green plants’]Brown wooden house for insects surrounded by green plants These are but a few ways that living systems design can help us think and act differently about food...
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A brief history of the lens
Society, Politics & Law

A brief history of the lens

...that appeared through a lens. The arrival of photography did not solve the challenges of understanding what we could now see, but it extended the possibilities of what we could explore. Explore further: To learn more about the impact lenses have made in our lives, check out our 'Life through a lens interactive' where you will get to explore the history of lenses and more....
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Child spirituality
Education & Development

Child spirituality

...learning needs social and environmental needs emotional and affectional needs behavioural presentation. Government guidelines assist social workers considering the needs of children looked after by local authorities across a range of these fields (health, education, identity, family and social relationships, social presentation, emotional and behavioural development,...
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Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?

...learning to ride a bike. But the question remains why do some people seek out extreme and high-risk sports while others are content to avoid risk at all cost? Does personality play a part? Research examining personality in high risk sport frequently reports that those who participate tend to score more highly in three key personality characteristics, extroversion,...
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Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies
Money & Business

Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies

...Management Learning & Education, 17(2), pp. 137–54. Maldonado-Torres, N. (2017) 'Frantz Fanon and the decolonial turn in psychology: From modern/colonial methods to the decolonial attitude'. South African Journal of Psychology, 47(4), pp. 432–41. Quijano, A. (2000) 'Coloniality of power and Eurocentrism in Latin America'. International Sociology, 15(2), pp. 215–32....
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Bias in ADHD and autism diagnosis
Education & Development

Bias in ADHD and autism diagnosis

...learn that there are social expectations for girls to be ‘well behaved’ ‘quiet’ or ‘helpful’ and they, therefore, adapt their behaviours to fit these norms. This then makes their needs much less visible in formal environments like classrooms or assessment rooms. Often challenges are visible at home when they feel able to ‘drop’ the mask. This all means...
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Why Design Education needs Black and Women of Colour Feminist Thinking
Education & Development

Why Design Education needs Black and Women of Colour Feminist Thinking

...learned from the seminal 1971 book Design for the Real World by designer and educator Victor Papanek, which argues that designers must think about their moral responsibilities and the ‘real world’ to design in more equitable ways. Exactly fifty years later, such issues are as urgent as ever in the context of climate change, increasing social inequalities and racial...
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When Edward met Bertha: Mental Health, Colonialism, Race and Patriarchy in Jane Eyre
History & The Arts

When Edward met Bertha: Mental Health, Colonialism, Race and Patriarchy in Jane Eyre

...learn that the history of mental ill-health was kept from Edward before they married, but that she was beautiful and ‘the boast of Spanish Town’, and he thought he loved her before he married her. Alas for Bertha. The marriage breaks down, and Edward has all the power in a patriachial society. His story is of a woman whose excesses have driven her to madness and who...
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