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Principles and practices of peace education
Education & Development

Principles and practices of peace education

...perception of peace in the quote above is related to that struggle. Similarly, the image and writing from the child who wishes to share with their sisters reflects life in their family and what makes them feel peaceful there. The last image of a peace banner at a demonstration might feel a little less ‘peaceful’ but some people might associate peace with activism for...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Working with charts, graphs and tables

...perception that tailored short courses are growing as a form of business...Working with charts, graphs and tables: 4.2 Interpreting percentages - Many articles give information in the form of percentages. In such articles, tables and other numerical information are also often presented in terms of percentages. Percentages are used so often because they enable comparisons...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...perception of victims. Very often, it is assumed that victims of trafficking are only women and that they are trafficked only for sexual exploitation. Another myth is that trafficking happens only in Eastern Europe or in poor and third world countries, and that Western countries are not facing this problem. Finally, victims are often perceived to have consented to being...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Astronomy: images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy: images of the Universe

...perception for unaided human eyes. [Described image] Figure 2 An illustration of apparent magnitudes. Note that although stars of different magnitude are conventionally indicated as having different sizes, as they are here, in reality almost all stars appear to us as pinpoints of light. There are two reasons why different stars may have different apparent magnitudes: they...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring
Money & Business

Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring

...perceptions of training, not whether it will have any impact on behaviour or performance. This subjectivity is both a strength and a limitation. On the one hand, such surveys can capture rich, often qualitative, data on the student experience, sometimes revealing aspects of the training that course designers and facilitators may not have been aware of. On the other hand,...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...perception of children. If you believe that children are innocent, both of bad intent and of ideological motivation, then stone throwing is simply game playing. If, however, you believe that it is possible for children to be politically motivated and committed to a cause, then young people throwing stones are taking part in political violence. There may also be another...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
A Europe of the Regions?
Society, Politics & Law

A Europe of the Regions?

...perception that EMU would lead to a centralisation of economic power. It downplayed the difficulties faced by peripheral economies, particularly in times of economic depression when ‘core’ and ‘periphery’ generally diverge; and it provided a counter-balance (at least ideologically) to the neo-liberalism of the SEM and the threat it held for weaker regions,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael
History & The Arts

Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael

...Perception as a function of desire in the Renaissance’, in Hendrix, J. S. and Carman, C. H. (eds) (2010) Renaissance Theories of Vision, Farnham, Surrey and Burlington, VT, Ashgate, pp. 99–115. Jacobs, F. H. (1997) Defining the Renaissance Virtuosa: Women Artists and the Language of Art History and Criticism, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Koerner, J. (1993)...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs