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Understanding ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding ADHD

...mathematical concepts. The second most common comorbid condition is conduct disorder, which you may be less familiar with (although it was also mentioned by Dr Iris Rathwell in Activity 1). This is a condition associated with high levels of antisocial behaviour. From Figure 2, can you identify any common features of the comorbid conditions shown? They are all related to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...podcast, a blog, a cartoon strip or a poem. But, we don’t always have the luxury of deciding our format. If you have a reporting form that you are asked to complete, you may need to either adapt this storying to fit within the prescribed template or find an innovative way to attach it or make small changes to the form to allow you to tell the story as you want. This...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...mathematical calculation of probabilities. For the rest of the world, for the general public, it generally means uncertainty. So as John Lanchester said in his recent book, it’s ‘the more profound unknowabilities of life and history’. I think the financial sector brings together those two, very different, understandings in an effort to help people make investment...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Supporting physical development in early childhood
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting physical development in early childhood

...mathematics. Whilst becoming literate in these areas is undoubtedly important from a quality-of-life perspective, being physically active and developing ‘physical literacy’ is the only literacy that can have a direct impact on health and life expectancy. Physical literacy can be defined through combining movement competency elements and the psychosocial and cognitive...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...mathematical perspective with its carefully placed ‘fallen’ weapons and soldiers receding to a single vanishing point just to the right of centre, leading the eye on to the second picture in the series. It is the first of three paintings representing a famous victory of Florentine troops over the Sienese in 1432, led by the condottiere Nicolò da Tolentino. The second...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...mathematics, printing, medicine, electricity, flight and computing are all aspects of far-reaching innovations in human history. With regard to organisations, even the briefest of internet searches on innovation should reveal that there are many thousands of management videos, gurus, books and journal articles exploring and exhorting innovation and how organisations,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Microgravity: living on the International Space Station Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

...mathematics of motion it is quite common to use the letter s to denote distance. Watch out for also using the same letter as an abbreviation for seconds. When it is used for the unit of time, then it should be an upright symbol, s, if it means distance in an equation it will look like s. That means you have to be especially careful in handwriting! Table 1 Results of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...mathematics (STEM), and how these images might affect the perception of children and young people...Assessing contemporary science: 2.1 The applications of contemporary science - One of the reasons this course focuses on contemporary science is because of the potential influence and impact that new knowledge can have on wider society. This can come in the form of novel...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs