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Teaching citizenship: work and the economy
Education & Development

Teaching citizenship: work and the economy

...class to think critically about this in more detail. The document Defining global corporate citizenship gives two definitions to begin with. Click ‘view document’ below to download Defining global corporate citizenship View document...Teaching citizenship: work and the economy: 3 ‘Acts’ and ‘status’ citizenship - We aim at no less than a change in the...
Colour in Byzantine Art
History & The Arts

Colour in Byzantine Art

...De Sensu considers sight as the most important among the senses, while in De Anima he states that ‘The purpose of sight is colour’. The significance of colour as the ultimate manifestation of sight was developed further in Byzantium, where colour was associated with both earthly and heavenly powerfulness; as such it was discussed extensively in patristic and...
Can natural infrastructure help Brazil beat its water crisis?
Nature & Environment

Can natural infrastructure help Brazil beat its water crisis?

...de Janeiro, Brazil] The Ilha Grande, near Rio Serious water crises have plagued Brazil’s major cities in recent years.Severe pollution in Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay is jeopardizing sailing and other water sports at the upcoming Olympic Games. A historicdrought from 2013 to 2015 in São Paulo dramatically slowed farm and factory production, threatening the national...
Exploring innovative assessment methods
Education & Development

Exploring innovative assessment methods

...class question and determining what they understand by the responses. It might also involve learners engaging in a group discussion regarding a topic. In contrast, summative assessments are used to determine what has been learned. For example, a summative assessment could be an exam where the mark achieved determines the grade a learner is awarded in a subject. Or, an...
Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?

...class but that the school was a hierarchy and becoming a senior leader was about personal progress. These comments, particularly those associated with distributed leadership, can be seen to link to notions of a flexible, collaborative community. However, both videos talked about people having this space because they played a key role or were leading a pre-determined area...
Reading visual images
Society, Politics & Law

Reading visual images

...de la Photographie, Bordas S.A., Paris. Collection Michel Frizot; Figure 3: Peter Hamilton, 1997; Figure 4: Courtesy of Barclay's Bank plc and J. Walter Thompson plc; Figures 5 & 7: James Ravilious/Beaford Archive; Figure 6: Susan Hamilton; Figure 8: Joe Rosenthal, © Associated Press; Figure 9: Hulton Getty Picture Collection; Figure 10: Martin Parr/Magnum. Don't miss...
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Assessment in secondary geography
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary geography

...classes can build student motivation. Remember there are different types of question that elicit different types of response. Try to stretch and challenge all of your students. Try not to put a ceiling on what they might be able to achieve with a little support (or scaffolding). Activity 5 Dimensions of questioning Timing: Allow about 45 minutes Part 1 Print Figure 2 and...
Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact
Science, Maths & Technology

Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact

...classed as rare diseases, despite being far more well known. How many rare diseases are known? At the time of writing, around 7,000 rare diseases have been described. Over 80% of those affect less than 1 in 1 million people (so they are very rare). However, new rare diseases are constantly being described, so this number is continuously increasing. In the UK, around 3.5...