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Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents

...change. Making such assessments requires both knowledge and particular skills. This includes knowledge of the impact of parental substance misuse on the family on parenting capacity and the requisite skills and approaches required to explore this. It is also important to gain access to the wishes and experiences of the children concerned and to understand the parents’...
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Video 10 mins
Participatory development in action
Society, Politics & Law

Participatory development in action

...changes engineered by development agencies can start to show a way out of poverty. Meanwhile, Tanzanian rural schoolchildren are instrumental in bringing about positive long-term change within their communities. However, development in practice is very complex and sometimes controversial. The audio tracks delve into the dilemma of how to incorporate the value systems of...
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Audio 1 hr 36 mins
World in transition: Managing Resources
Nature & Environment

World in transition: Managing Resources

...changes engineered by development agencies can start to show a way out of poverty. Meanwhile, Tanzanian rural schoolchildren are instrumental in bringing about positive long-term change within their communities. However, development in practice is very complex and sometimes controversial. The audio tracks delve into the dilemma of how to deal with the different values...
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Audio 1 hr 35 mins
Teaching secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Teaching secondary mathematics

...change teaching so that students are happy to be lifelong learners and users of mathematics understand how can mathematics be creative...Teaching secondary mathematics: 1 Key issue 1: Why do people learn mathematics and how can it be taught effectively? - As a teacher, you will have to deal with attitudes towards mathematics and explain the mathematics that you expect...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Does the US have a legal obligation to accept refugees?
Society, Politics & Law

Does the US have a legal obligation to accept refugees?

...change misogynistic laws on abortion. However, a country as powerful as the US can easily set aside international legal obligations to which they had previously adhered. So I would be surprised to see any “punishment” from the international community. If the international community is genuinely outraged by this decision, other countries need to start planning to...
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Is America better than this?
Society, Politics & Law

Is America better than this?

...better. It has never come to terms with its past. It is unlikely that the incoming Congress and President will be able to mend these divisions, within a divisive climate encouraged by mainstream and social medias. The only salve will be a wholesale change of political culture. This article is republished from Sinead McEneaney's personal blog. Read the original article....
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Article 10 mins
Can science make you a better leader?
Money & Business

Can science make you a better leader?

...climate, and in the UK the lengthy period of instability and change the country faces as it moves towards Brexit, it is likely that the pressures will only increase. This will pose further challenges to the ability of leaders in all sectors to act “with purpose”, yet the requirement to do so has never been more pressing. This article was originally published on The...
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Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...changing climate, so that the ground is still covered with snow when the marmots arouse from hibernation (earlier than used to be the case), making food hard to find. Summary of Section 1 Hibernation is a physiological and behavioural adaptation whose function is to maximize energy efficiency in animals remaining in the same area the whole year round. It is an alternative...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs