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A brief history of evolution
History & The Arts

A brief history of evolution

...concepts first appeared in early Greek writings, for example, in the work of Anaximander and Empedocles. Anaximander proposed that animals could be transformed from one kind to another, and Empedocles speculated that they could be made up of various combinations of pre-existing parts. However, evolutionary theories were subsequently prevented from developing and...
Teaching citizenship: work and the economy
Education & Development

Teaching citizenship: work and the economy

...concept was highlighted by the work of the famous theorist of social citizenship T.H. Marshall (e.g. see Marshall 1965). Activity 4 This activity is organised around the role of social reformers and of legislative reform in the gradual regulation of conditions of work and employment during the nineteenth century. In it you will look at two authors who were influential in...
Teaching secondary music
Education & Development

Teaching secondary music

...concepts that beginner teachers in secondary schools need to understand so they can plan their teaching to support the musical development, understanding and skills of all the young people they teach. These include: what it means to teach and learn musically the musical knowledge(s) teachers teach where and how young people are taught and learn music the pedagogies that...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...concept of community empowerment as follows: Community empowerment refers to the process of enabling communities to increase control over their lives. Communities are groups of people that may or may not be spatially connected, but who share common interests, concerns or identities. These communities could be local, national or international, with specific or broad...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?

...concept of the Animal-Industrial Complex...Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?: 1 Language, imagery and the animal turn - The animal turn examines why the social sciences have historically largely ignored harms against nonhuman animals. Anthropologist Barbara Noske provides part of the answer: ‘modern animal industries tend to be regarded as technically inevitable...
Language and creativity
Languages

Language and creativity

...concept (e.g. Pope, 2005; Carter, 2011; Pope and Swann, 2011), and it is an area studied in a number of disciplines. Psychologists and neuroscientists are investigating creativity to find out more about its relationship with the mind and the brain; ethnographic work is being done to explore its role in society; linguists are exploring creative language to understand more...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner
Education & Development

Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner

...concept. An unanalytical approach might just say that they weren’t ready to understand the concepts being taught. A more critically analytical approach might break down the issue into a number of factors that might have influenced the pupil’s inability to understand. These might include: the pupil’s previous learning and understanding the way the concept was...
Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?

...concepts that are vital to these athletes whose physical successes may identify them as being superhuman individuals. For Batman, genius level intelligence was one of his unique characteristics allowing him to be a master detective. Interestingly, the literature suggests that personal intelligence is a key factor in promoting resilience. Transcript Science and Technology...