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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...
Algorithmic Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Algorithmic Design

...variability and randomness is something you will explore throughout this course. Aleksandra observes that algorithmic design is starting to include natural, tactile, and figurative designs as well as abstract geometric patterns. This course involves learning to play with algorithms by tweaking code. But it will not attempt to teach you to program! That is too big a task...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Ada Lovelace Day
Science, Maths & Technology

Ada Lovelace Day

...de Prony who had been commissioned to draw up new books of tables for the French government. De Prony’s task was immense; he would need to create logarithms for all of the numbers from 1 to 10,000 – accurate to nineteen decimal places, and the sines of angles to no less than twenty-five decimal places! De Prony’s solution was to create three teams of mathematicians....
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...
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...
An introduction to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to software development

...classes of object in our models should be chosen to correspond to natural categories of things in the real world – such as ‘customer’, ‘invoice’, ‘payment’, ‘bill’ – so that there will be a structural similarity between the real world and the software. This approach can lead to good traceability from problem descriptions and requirements through to...