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Impossible Peace 2: Tea for two
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Tea for two

...public confidence and to conclude this as quickly as possible. We have invited two independent witnesses, from the Protestant and Catholic churches, to testify to this. The Army Council took these decisions following an unprecedented internal discussion and consultation process with IRA units and Volunteers. We appreciate the honest and forthright way in which the...
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What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?
Languages

What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?

...public debates about linguistic shirkers – migrants who fail to learn English and are assumed to do so because they are too lazy, too obstinate or too antagonistic towards their new country – have been around since the 18th century. Ironically, for a long time German immigrants were seen as the most notorious linguistic shirkers of them all; Benjamin Franklin famously...
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Different cultures, different childhoods
History & The Arts

Different cultures, different childhoods

...public life and consumption instead of production. Yet this is all relatively recent. A hundred years ago, a twelve-year-old working in a factory would have been perfectly acceptable. Now, it would cause social services' intervention and the prosecution of both parents and factory owner. American colonial families: Industrious girls treated with respect The differences...
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Why teach art?
Education & Development

Why teach art?

...public authority do influence both parental and student value judgements. This may explain why, according to some critics, disciplines such as art and music have been given a comparatively marginal status within many school curricular including topics in the National Curriculum for England. The following activity might be useful in testing and reflecting on this...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Employee engagement
Money & Business

Employee engagement

...health problems … and lots of others Vincent, 42 Meat industry since 1989 I work in the meat-cutting sector. For reasons of hygiene the temperature must be between 4 and 6 degrees. But the humidity level remains around 60% These two constraints together with the fast production rate mean that we end up sweating heavily in a cold, damp atmosphere. So, either you get used...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...health of workers and the general public, and safety issues. One of the earliest examples of incorporating these concerns into the development of software was the ETHICS (effective technical and human implementation of computer systems) method (Mumford, 1983). ETHICS looks at using participative methods to explore organisational issues such as goals, values and sources of...
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Level 3: Advanced 35 hrs
Looking at, describing and identifying objects
History & The Arts

Looking at, describing and identifying objects

...public and some of the curators may have witnessed the object’s arrival in the museum. An identification From your work on the collections database of the British Museum, you will have correctly identified the object. Further research in the museum and elsewhere could doubtless reveal more information...Looking at, describing and identifying objects: 5 Life cycle:...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research
Education & Development

Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research

...public If the output is public then it can contribute to the ‘sum of knowledge’. However, if the results of the piece of work are to be made public, people need to be confident that this new knowledge is based on reliable evidence, that the conclusions are valid and that the research has been carried out properly. The advantage of conducting research is that it is...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs