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A global dimension to science education in schools
Education & Development

A global dimension to science education in schools

...T I’m a British Asian Muslim I have trained here at the department of education here at Oxford and I have been teaching now for three years with the special needs in Physics. Q OK, so now I am going to ask you why you think…. Next what I would like to ask you is why you feel a global perspective is important in science teaching? T Yes, the way I do this to answer this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Play, learning and the brain
Education & Development

Play, learning and the brain

...T. (1999) ‘In search of … brain-based education’, Kappa Professional Journal, Phi Delta Kappa International: http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kbru9905.htm Chipongian, L. (2004) Brain Based Teaching and Learning. Ellers, F. (2004) ‘New research spurs debate on early brain development’, The Courier-Journal [Online]. Available at
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...T. and Bankhead, T. (2014) 'Hair It Is: Examining the Experiences of Black Women with Natural Hair', Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2, pp. 86–100. Kelley, R. (1997) 'Nap time: historicizing the afro', Fashion Theory, 1, pp. 339–52. King, V. and Niabaly, D. (2013) 'The politics of Black women's hair', Journal of Undergraduate Research at Minnesota State University,...
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Article 5 mins
Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease

...T lymphocytes (or ‘T cells’) develop. (You have already encountered lymphocytes in the blood smears.) After their initial development in the thymus, T cells distribute to other lymphoid organs, including lymph nodes, the spleen and Peyer’s patches. The tissues where lymphocytes initially develop, thymus and bone marrow, are referred to as primary lymphoid organs,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The gut microbiome: balancing the body
Science, Maths & Technology

The gut microbiome: balancing the body

...le Paslier, D., Yamada, T., Mende, D.R., Fernandes, G.R., Tap, J., et al. (2011) ‘Enterotypes of the human gut microbiome’, Nature, 473, pp. 174–180. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09944 Aune, D., Chan, D.S.M., Lau, R., Vieira, R., Greenwood, D.C., Kampman, E. and Norat, T. (2011) ‘Dietary fibre, whole grains, and risk of colorectal cancer: systematic...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...T. (2003) ‘Patterns in the seed germination response to smoke in plants from the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa’, South African Journal of Botany, vol. 69 (4), pp. 514–25. Grafe, T. U., Dobler, S., Linsenmaier, K. E. (2002) ‘Frogs flee from the sound of fire’, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, vol. 269, pp. 999–1003, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2002.1974 Kelly,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom
Society, Politics & Law

Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom

...T,Footnote 24 which we will look at in a bit more detail towards the end of the course. In that case, footprints from the crime scene showed that the culprit’s trainers had damage that did not match the trainers later recovered from the accused. However, the expert assigned this evidence a ‘likelihood ratio’ of 1 (meaning that the evidence was neither exculpatory...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...Les Bleus won the World Cup. A moment that was celebrated throughout the country. And it seemed to be a breakthrough for French multiculturalism as well since several players were either immigrants themselves or children of immigrants who came to France in the 20th century. The team was called Black Blanc Beur, meaning Black white Arab, a spin on the three coloUrs of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs