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What are the benefits of creative play at home?
Education & Development

What are the benefits of creative play at home?

...concepts and a tolerance for ambiguity.Creative play can also reveal interesting insights into children’s thinking and their concerns. They might express some of their anxieties through an imaginary world; for example, choosing to roleplay being a doctor or nurse looking after a family, might be an indication of their inner thoughts relating to COVID-19. When children...
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What is forensic science?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is forensic science?

...concepts and ideas, but it may also require the development of technology and new experimental approaches. The term forensic comes from the Latin word forensis, which refers to a Roman business place known as the forum. The forum was a busy site where civic meetings were convened and criminal matters were debated. People accused of a crime, and their accuser, would go the...
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Rhieni a gwarcheidwaid: Ateb eich cwestiynau
Education & Development

Rhieni a gwarcheidwaid: Ateb eich cwestiynau

...De Cymru yma i ateb eich cwestiynau. ...Cyngor ar gyfer y broses ymgeisio A ydych chi’n pendroni sut allwch chi gymryd rhan a chynnig cefnogaeth yn ystod y broses ymgeisio? Yn y fideo hwn, mae Alexandra yn cynnig cyngor ymarferol mewn perthynas â sut allwch chi gynorthwyo eich person ifanc yn ystod o broses o wneud penderfyniad, o fynychu dyddiau agored i geisiadau...
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Why Study Philosophers?
History & The Arts

Why Study Philosophers?

...concepts into simpler components. To take a typical philosophical example, one might start to wonder what ‘knowledge’ is. That is, what would the world have to be like for it to be true that I know that Tony Blair is Prime Minister? After a great deal of cogitation, philosophers returned the answer that three different things would have to be the case. First, it would...
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The sharing economy
Society, Politics & Law

The sharing economy

...concept coined by J. K. Gibson-Graham (2008) and refers to a range of economic forms outside the mainstream economy, including alternative markets (ethical fair trade markets, barter, local trading systems and alternative currencies) and non-market economies (household flows, gift giving and exchanges, gleaning and gathering). It was these alternative market and...
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En rumbo: intermediate Spanish
Languages

En rumbo: intermediate Spanish

...de En Rumbo, el curso de español de nivel intermedio de la Open University. Personal information part 1 We’re going to listen to street interviews with eight people from different parts of the world giving basic personal information. Personal information part 2 Here are three examples of people introducing themselves and giving basic personal information. What are...
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Teaching secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Teaching secondary mathematics

...concepts in an effectively functioning society it should be a surprise that mathematics teachers are asked, “why do we have to do this?” But it is asked in every classroom, most days. Often mathematics seems to be a chameleon. It hides against the background of the real world. It is a maths teacher’s role to help their students to see the mathematics that is there....
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
60 second adventures in economics: The Invisible Hand
Society, Politics & Law

60 second adventures in economics: The Invisible Hand

...concepts in sixty seconds apiece. Which is pretty economical in itself, if you think about it... Transcript: An economy is a tricky thing to control, and governments are always trying to figure out how to do it. Back in 1776 economist Adam Smith shocked everyone by saying that what governments should actually do is just leave people alone to buy and sell freely among...
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