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Teaching secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Teaching secondary mathematics

...De Sautoy. Which of the above might they give as their primary reason for why people should learn mathematics? Use your preferred search engine to find out something about these two people and to explore further. Now consider your own motivation. Why do you think that students should spend time learning mathematics? Try to give an honest answer. Should they spend so much...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...la force / Vivre libre ou mourir / Il n’y a de véritable liberté qu’avec la religion, les loix … constitution’ (’Unity is strength / Live free or die / There is no true liberty without religion, laws … constitution’). Discussion This painting seeks to immortalise the union of Black and mixed-race slaves that allowed Haiti to defeat the French Republic and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...de La Mettrie (1709–1751), a physician with detailed knowledge of human anatomy, stated baldly that '... the human body is a self-winding machine, a living representation of perpetual motion'. SAQ 3 If human and animal bodies are essentially just machines, do you think anything follows from this? Answer If human and animal bodies are indeed merely very complex machines...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Dutch painting of the Golden Age
History & The Arts

Dutch painting of the Golden Age

...de Hooch and Jacob van Ruisdael seem to offer a faithful picture of life in the Netherlands at the time. In studying this free course, Dutch painting of the Golden Age, you will discover that there is much more to Dutch painting than meets the eye. You will explore scholarly debates about the possible meanings that might be attributed to this type of picture and learn how...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Advanced German: Language, culture and history
Languages

Advanced German: Language, culture and history

...des Hörberichts an. Beantworten Sie dann die Fragen. Welcher Aspekt der ostfriesischen Landschaft wird von mehreren Personen in diesem Teil des Hörberichts erwähnt? Die Flachheit der Landschaft wird durch zwei Witze illustriert. Wie lauten diese beiden Witze? Welchen Nachteil hat diese flache Landschaft für Sehgeschädigte? Einer der Interviewten vergleicht den...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials
Languages

Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials

...Feedback In the video, Adichie says: The consequence of a single story is this: it robs people of dignity. It makes our recognition of equal human dignity difficult. It emphasises how we are different rather than how we are similar. (Adichie, 2009, quoted in TED, 2009, 13:54) If you are not aware of the different practices and beliefs of people you work with who are from...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Some thoughts on Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Some thoughts on Brexit

...class. An obvious scapegoat is excessive immigration, and this in my view is what has driven the Brexit movement in England. The situation in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a bit different, which in itself points to both long-standing and growing divisions between the nations of the UK, but I’ll not go into it here. What we are seeing in England, and to a...
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Article 10 mins
Finding creativity in orbit?
Science, Maths & Technology

Finding creativity in orbit?

...class Birmingham boy who made his millions as an ad man – famous for Wonderbra's Hello Boys posters, and French Connection's FCUK campaign, as well as the 2001 and 2005 New Labour election campaigns for his friend Peter Mandelson. "Some say Nasa sent the wrong people into space," Trevor tells me quietly. "Nasa sent scientists and engineers. When they came back, they...
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Article 5 mins