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History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past

...adults, and indeed in the past it was often the first book a child was given to read. In her Autobiography, written in 1855 and published in 1877, the feminist writer Harriet Martineau recalls her incessant early reading and study of the Bible (UK RED: 6622), describing how she made ‘Harmonies’ of the four gospels, and how much she was influenced by ‘the moral...
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What happens to the poorest in a cashless society?
Science, Maths & Technology

What happens to the poorest in a cashless society?

...adults worldwide used a bank account to make or receive payments over a 12-month period. When cash disappears So what happens when 86 percent of a nation’s currency suddenly disappears? When I returned in December 2016, a month after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that all 500 and 1,000 rupee bills would cease to be legal tender, a scrap collector I knew...
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Is Tinder changing the way the world dates?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Tinder changing the way the world dates?

...adults in Western society seek and pursue romantic and sexual partners. A recent study by Mitchell Hobbs, Stephen Owen and Livia Gerber (2016) asks whether that assessment is really true. The project explores the experiences of dating app users and investigates how the technology has influenced their sexual practices and views on romantic ideals and long-term...
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What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?
Society, Politics & Law

What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?

...adult trauma, or directly or indirectly through work’ (Gillespie-Smith et al., 2018, p. 35). Being informed about trauma Trauma can happen at any stage of the life cycle. It is the result of an incident or series of incidents or circumstances that are traumatic in nature. They are ‘physically or emotionally harmful or life threatening and … [have] lasting adverse...
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Festival of Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Festival of Psychology

...adult ‘other,’ coupled with a sometimes-hostile sociocultural context, can exaggerate tensions or facilitate interactions in the parent-child relationship. The young people’s views and experiences illuminate how they navigate these complexities. Online Interventions for the Treatment of Movement Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease [Dr Joshua Payne] Dr Joshua Payne...
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The historical and ongoing persecution of Europe’s gypsies
History & The Arts

The historical and ongoing persecution of Europe’s gypsies

...adults from both communities died as a result of barbaric ‘medical’ experiments and they were murdered in its gas chambers. It’s estimated that 500,000, 25% of the Roma pre-war European population, perished as a result of Nazi persecution. The genocide is known as the Porrajmos; the ‘devouring’. Since the war, the Roma have continued to be discriminated against...
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Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?

...adult or to someone in authority is considered to be rude and children are actively taught not to do this. Yet, not maintaining eye contact is widely considered to be an autistic trait and something most, if not all, professionals will be looking out for when offering a diagnosis of autism. In the UK, it has been found that Asian school pupils (Indian, Pakistani,...
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What does ‘inclusive education’ mean to you?
Education & Development

What does ‘inclusive education’ mean to you?

...adults with low literacy skills, for example, those who have been excluded or prevented from completing the level of education they want, or those in prisons or other secure settings. But once we identify who should be included in education, we are still left with a lot of questions, such as: What does inclusion in education really look like? Does it mean the same thing...
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