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Why there's still faith in the Spanish education system
Education & Development

Why there's still faith in the Spanish education system

...source of conflict for many years. The Second Republic of 1931 to 39, blown to pieces by the Civil War which started with the military coup in 36, was partly torn apart by the opposing stances on religion in society and even more specifically in the public education system. Although the church going population has dropped since then to near zero proportions, with fewer...
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What did Voltaire think about Buddhism?
History & The Arts

What did Voltaire think about Buddhism?

...sources for Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d’Alembert’s seminalEncyclopédie. The contents of the letters were various, but the Jesuits’ mission being what it was, it is perhaps not surprising that religion figured prominently, with many accounts of what would one day be called Buddhism. Well into the nineteenth century, Europeans divided the population of the world...
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Women in sport: stories from grassroots cricket
Health, Sports & Psychology

Women in sport: stories from grassroots cricket

...sources of local financial backing and a significant volunteer workforce that keep clubs going. Without this type of historical support, the women’s game is often starved of both finance and voluntary labour to sustain female participation. This is exacerbated by the local County support for clubs mostly funded directly by the ECB, as one local ECB employee stated: …...
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Reframing Self-Limiting Beliefs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Reframing Self-Limiting Beliefs

...10.1037/1528-3542.5.4.476. Olson, M. A. and Fazio, R. H. (2002) ‘Implicit acquisition and manifestation of classically conditioned attitudes’, Social Cognition, 20, pp. 89–104, doi: 10.1521/soco.20.2.89.20992. Rudman, L. A. (2004) ‘Sources of implicit attitudes’, Current Directions in Psychological Science, 13, pp. 79–82, doi: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2004.00279.x....
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An introduction to music theory
History & The Arts

An introduction to music theory

...Open University course A224 Inside music. It covers ground similar to that found in the syllabus of the Associated Board Theory Grades 1–3 (ABRSM, 2018). Sound files have been provided for all the music notation examples as it is important for you to be able to listen to the sounds represented by the notation. There is an audio bar below each notated example; click on...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Intermediate French: Holiday plans
Languages

Intermediate French: Holiday plans

...Open University course L120 Ouverture: intermediate French. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in French...Intermediate French: Holiday plans: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand spoken descriptions of holiday resorts understand people talking about where and when they take their holidays and why write an...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Abbie Barnes - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Abbie Barnes - Earth in Vision

...Open Water Diver, personal trainer and fitness instructor, and bushcraft leader. Transcript Earth in Vision Project My name is Abbie Barnes, I’m a semi-professional filmmaker based in the Southwest of England and I make films based on wildlife, conservation, adventure, pretty much anything that goes that’s to do with the outdoors. What got me interested in the natural...
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‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury
Education & Development

‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury

...Open University's Social Sciences courses. What makes asking people from Black and minority ethnic communities about their origin so offensive? In recent years this basic expression of interest seems to have been behind a host of conflict, upset and tumultuous argument. Some say the question is simply a harmless expression of curiosity, a basic demonstration of interest...
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