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A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis
Languages

A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis

...social media platforms (such as Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp) are part of a trend over the past few decades towards more informal communication, resulting in a more conversational style of writing than used to be the case. In this way emojis are an example of the way that human communication adapts to the contexts and technologies with which it’s used – a process which...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Textiles in Ghana
History & The Arts

Textiles in Ghana

...social office and is more of a wealthy person’s status symbol. Adinkra is associated with funerals and thus important occasions in the lives of everyone. Kente is designed to be felt (‘beautiful’, like silk) as well as for appearance. Adinkra is designed to be looked at. Media Kente uses imported rayons. Adinkra requires local materials for the dyes. (An additional...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Assessment in secondary science
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary science

...interactive task that encourages students to reveal how they see a topic. Activity 4 Planning to use formative assessment techniques Timing: Allow about 90 minutes Watch these two video clips: ‘Assessment for learning in KS3/ 4 Science – Andy and physics’ (YouTube link here. Alternatively, you can read a transcript.) ‘Assessment for learning in KS3/ 4 Science –...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...social effects of wildfires can be devastating, as you saw in the previous video, fire is also an important natural ecological phenomenon, regulating and influencing community composition and ecosystem function in many parts of the world. At present, the type of community (e.g. whether grassland or forest) and the relative abundance of species present on over half the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Human rights and law
Society, Politics & Law

Human rights and law

...social and economic upheavals saw the emergence of new democracies with written constitutions. Documents such as the American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen began to lay the framework for the recognition of rights such as the freedom of speech and assembly. In these documents the development of modern human...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Health and wellbeing in the ancient world
History & The Arts

Health and wellbeing in the ancient world

...Social Care. Welcome. MATHIJS LUCASSEN Thank you. HELEN KING It's really good to have you here, because what we want to talk about today is health. What do we mean by health? How has that changed over time? And also we want to have a little look at a particular disease, which was known in the ancient world and which I don't think is known today-- lovesickness. So that's...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Working with young people: roles and responsibilities
Education & Development

Working with young people: roles and responsibilities

...social worker, or education welfare worker, many of those working with young people view their work as largely on the young people's terms. Young people are not required to see a youth worker; they do so of their own volition. This is a key factor in being able to play the role of an ‘ally’. However, this does not mean that boundaries do not need to be set. Being an...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Companies and financial accounting
Money & Business

Companies and financial accounting

...social context of company financial accounting so far. [Described image] Figure 5 The market, legal and social context of companies...Companies and financial accounting: 2.1 Sources of company finance - Sources of company finance include equity capital, debt capital, and retained earnings. In this section you will look at share capital in the form of ordinary and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs