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Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...perception about risk supports the need for improved consumer education on the subject. SHARON COLLARD What are the risks related to saving and investing, and how do consumers understand them, or what do they understand? I think the first thing that struck me, very forcibly, from the research is that risk has different meanings, as Sue alluded to in her introduction, to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...perception that Gaelic was of little or no financial value, which in its turn led to schools ‘educating children for exile’ and to parents opting against passing the language on to their children...Gaelic in modern Scotland: 3.2.3 Education and cultural influences - Although the private, mostly church-based, organisations which had run school education in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Start writing fiction: characters and stories
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...perceptions can be subtly altered. Think up some examples of stereotypes that might be made less stereotypical – less flat and more round – by adding an aspect which is contradictory...Week 5: Creating convincing characters: 5.2.3 Challenging expectations - Figure 7 The challenge now is to write your stereotype in a more complicated fashion. Gauging your characters in...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Global perspectives on primary education
Education & Development

Global perspectives on primary education

...perception (by both parent and child) of its functioning and ambiance. It may be possible to tap into the views and experiences of any known children who are currently attending the school. Finally, there are measures in the form of publicly available examination scores and performance tables, and also reports from school inspection services. Which of these sources of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...perception of reality. After examining how information is made available to you on the web via search engines, in the next two sections, you will find out more about how information is stored on your computer. You will join Gloria and Rupert and learn about some of the technical details of how data is stored on your computer...Introducing computing and IT: 5 Hard disk...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise

...perceptions of the menopause to those of the people interviewed in the film. Discussion Different people will have a different understanding of the menopause but seeing it as the change is useful as hormone levels change so how the person feels changes and this can affect what they do and how they behave around other people. Also, looking at the menopause as ‘puberty in...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Microgravity: living on the International Space Station Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

...perception within the frame of reference (or place) we are in at the time. The microgravity environment on board the ISS describes the condition in which things, like the astronauts, experiments and objects all appear to be weightless. The perception that objects are weightless arises due to the orbital motion of the ISS, and the ‘balance’ between the two key forces...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to interaction design
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to interaction design

...perception works in the real world. [Described image] Figure 16 Leonardo da Vinci, Madonna of the Yarnwinder, c. 1501. Oil on canvas. New York: Private collection. Leonardo da Vinci was the first to highlight, when discussing the art of painting landscapes, that the further away objects are, the blue-greyer and lighter they appear. This is a physical phenomenon due to the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs