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The impact of technology on children's physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of technology on children's physical activity

...account of the use of fitness trackers in a family. Activity 6 A family account of fitness trackers Timing: Allow 25 minutes Read the short article Electronic activity trackers encourage family fun and fitness. This is a peer-reviewed article presenting previous academic research alongside a first-hand account of using fitness trackers as a family and therefore providing...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective
Society, Politics & Law

The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective

...account in which a person is ‘reduced’ simply to their body or biology or, alternatively, to their mind. Instead, they argue that people need to be viewed in a way that recognises the biological, the psychological and the social. From this point of view, mind-body dualism and simple physical reductionism emerge as both simplistic and unhelpful. The sense of personhood...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Children’s perspectives on play
Education & Development

Children’s perspectives on play

...account by Michael, the father of William (five years) and Megan (three years), both of whom are being home-educated. Finally, Section 4 focuses on children’s street play. The street was a place that children once fairly freely occupied and adapted for play in various spontaneous and imaginative ways. Today, of course, streets are, in the main, claimed by moving and...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
What is sleep paralysis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is sleep paralysis?

...account of a real experience – told as part of a project on sleep paralysis. This is an unusual condition where one wakes up in the night, unable to move, and often experiences a wide range of bizarre and terrifying hallucinations. On October 9 a new documentary, The Nightmare, directed by Rodney Ascher, is being released in the UK. The film tracks eight people’s...
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Article 5 mins
Who was Mary Magdalene?
History & The Arts

Who was Mary Magdalene?

...accounts that describe the life, death and resurrection of Jesus – and often leads the list of Jesus' female followers, who defied the idea that philosophical disciples were typically male. She is also mentioned five times in the Passion story, which includes some of her finest moments marked by sorrow. She supports Jesus when he is crucified by the Romans and mourns...
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Article 5 mins
How can authorities plan for an unexpected terrorist tactic?
Society, Politics & Law

How can authorities plan for an unexpected terrorist tactic?

...account their own blind spots...[Flowers on Carriage Gate following the attack in Westminster, 22nd March 2017] Flowers left at Carriage Gate, scene of the attack in Westminster on March 22nd 2017 In its own ghastly and callous fashion, terrorism is an innovative force – constantly ushering in new ways of implementing death and destruction so as to convey a political...
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Article 5 mins
How did music influence Virgina Woolf?
History & The Arts

How did music influence Virgina Woolf?

...account of a performance of Wagner’s Siegfried resists the composer’s notorious anti-Semitism, using the opera to embed more sympathetic attitudes towards Jews in the novel. In a famous letter of 1940, Woolf wrote that ‘I always think of my books as music before I write them’; recent criticism has started to explore the implications of the relationship between...
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Article 10 mins
Should we be worried about the US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we be worried about the US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement?

...account. By contrast, Nicaragua is ahead of the game and has put in place plans to meet 90% of its energy needs from renewable sources by 2020 and is even considered a “renewable energy paradise”. Renewable energy initiatives in most other countries are pale by comparison. The US has very different reasons to withdraw from the Paris climate deal. Trump wants a deal...
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Article 10 mins