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Methods in Motion: The things we don't know
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: The things we don't know

...work was based in the UK for many years, more recently I have welcomed opportunities to research aspects of children’s lives in China, and family experiences of death in Senegal. In these projects, I’m driven by the need to step outside the perspectives of the minority, affluent worlds in which I live, to find out what it is ‘we’/I don’t know. Knowledge needs to...
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Apollo 11 and 50 years of research on Moon rocks
Science, Maths & Technology

Apollo 11 and 50 years of research on Moon rocks

...work which has taken place with the Moon rocks taken from that mission...President Kennedy’s famous “We choose to go to the Moon” speech to a crowd of 40,000 people on 12th September 1962 resonated widely with the American population and dampened some of the disquiet about the cost and value of the Moon-landing effort. It also started the space race with the Soviet...
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The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education
Education & Development

The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education

...work of Jerome Bruner, Catherine Snow and Kathy Sylva...There are a lot of things to remember at the start of a new school term. Uniforms, sports kit, stationery equipment, activity clubs … Often forgotten are the names of the people behind the learning which actually goes on once pupils arrive in the classroom. Not the teachers who do the teaching – but the academics...
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How Spanish sounded across its history
Languages

How Spanish sounded across its history

...works of literature written by authors from different eras and origins. More information about them and the corresponding transcripts can be found below. The middle ages - Glosa emilianense One of the earliest written examples of a form of Romance similar to Spanish can be found in the notes that a monk wrote in the margins of a religious text in Latin. These notes...
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Winchcombe Meteorite: Insights from the First Scientist on the Scene
Science, Maths & Technology

Winchcombe Meteorite: Insights from the First Scientist on the Scene

...working for the UK Fireball Alliance, together with colleagues in Australia and France, were able to define a well-constrained zone in which any surviving fragments from the fireball might be found. The region turned out to be close to Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, centred around the picturesque town of Winchcombe. An appeal went out to members of the public to look out...
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Transitioning from home education to employment
Education & Development

Transitioning from home education to employment

...working world” (Hal) through home education having enabled them to develop a unique set of experiences that sets them apart from their schooled peers. Several of the participants expressed how being immersed in the adult world since an early age allowed them to develop relationships with a range of different adults of varying ages and backgrounds. [B]eing able to meet...
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A school reaches for the stars with an online astronomy course
Science, Maths & Technology

A school reaches for the stars with an online astronomy course

...working with the images, so it was important to get this right. Here at The Open University in Scotland we are very fortunate to have good links with local schools and are very grateful to the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) teacher and pupils at Denny High School for helping us in the developmental testing of the course." Science – it’s all...
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Charles Dickens and the dinosaurs
History & The Arts

Charles Dickens and the dinosaurs

...work of Richard Owen in this review of Gowan Dawson's Dickens, Dinosaurs, and Design in Victorian Literature and Culture 44.4...[Charles Dickens meets a dinosaur] Although he is more likely remembered for coining the term “dinosaur,” Richard Owen also influenced the writings of his friend Charles Dickens. Gowan Dawson offers an historical overview of Owen, noted...
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