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Milton Keynes and the roots of 'Smart' transport
Society, Politics & Law

Milton Keynes and the roots of 'Smart' transport

...history of transport innovation, and how The Open University has been a part of the experiment. ...Professor Stephen Potter has studied and lived in Milton Keynes since the 1970s. In the following interview, he explains how Milton Keynes was built, the unique vision of the Milton Keynes Development Corporation, and how the New Town’s culture of social radicalism is...
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Chinese education: How do things work?
Society, Politics & Law

Chinese education: How do things work?

...families - place their hopes in the educational success of their single offspring. The children are aware (perhaps too aware) of the responsibility on their shoulders and the importance placed on their educational achievements. Almost forty years after the founding of the People’s Republic a policy of reform was adopted opening China to the outside world, and with it,...
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David Allen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

David Allen - Earth in Vision

...history films, science, so landmark television, and we have a theatrical release arm that makes bigger theatrical release documentaries. Natural history: How I got started We had a small house in the woods and I was a teenager and I was three miles from anywhere and I was bored rigid and the only way I could possibly get any interest was sitting round trying to take...
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World-Changing Women: The Trung Sisters
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: The Trung Sisters

...history here... The Trung Sisters Vietnam ? - c. 40AD Armed Resistance [A Statue of the Trung sisters is Ho Chi Minh City] A statue of the Trung Sisters in Ho Chi Minh City In 111 BC the Han Dynasty of China conquered what is now Vietnam. As Chinese rule became increasingly more punitive there was frequent unrest among the Vietnamese people who protested against the...
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Celebrating festivals from the past and present
History & The Arts

Celebrating festivals from the past and present

...history is far richer. Music festivals have certainly gained popularity in recent decades, but many festivals can actually be traced back to ancient times. To explore the video content on this page, click on the individual sections below to uncover the festivals. Enjoy! The Compitalia, Parentalia, Panathenaia, Amphiaraia, Lenaia and Vinalia festivals Festivals were the...
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Protest Banners: Trade Union
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Trade Union

...history of protest from a mass strike of unskilled and skilled workers in the late 1880s (the struggle against casualization and for a daily living wage, the Dockers’s tanner). The leaders of the union at that time were taught to read by Eleanor Marx, daughter of Karl Marx and they bucked the trend of elaborate designs on banners and membership certificates for the...
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Harry Potter and Parenting
Education & Development

Harry Potter and Parenting

...family, tell us about parent-child relationships?...The orphaned child is a familiar figure in children’s literature. Getting parents out of the way is often a necessary precursor that enables child protagonists to embark on adventures without adult interference. But in J.K.Rowling’s Harry Potter series, the young hero’s parentless state is more than a mere plot...
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Methods in Motion: The middle children
Languages

Methods in Motion: The middle children

...family and friends who don’t speak the local language. Termed ‘child language brokers,’ their rapid language learning at school means they often linguistically mediate on behalf of family very soon after arrival — they also find themselves acting as cultural mediators as they navigate different institutional practices, norms and values. The brokering, which takes...
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