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Teaching secondary geography
Education & Development

Teaching secondary geography

...determine how they teach. Like Lambert (2011), Brooks advocates an approach that distinguishes between but integrates world knowledge, key concepts and procedural knowledge. You will have to determine which geographical concepts you wish to focus on, how best to help students to understand these concepts and how to support them as they develop their own conceptual...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...determines how crowds perceive themselves. d) All social scientists are apolitical when it comes to studying crowds. a. a) There is no relationship to speak of. b. b) Politics are often a concern for crowds or groups – any social scientific analysis should take this into account. c. c) Politics always determines how crowds perceive themselves. d. d) All social...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Library of Alexandria
History & The Arts

Library of Alexandria

...determine whether they tell us anything reliable about the fate of the library. The brief account in Plutarch’s Life of Caesar appears to be a straightforward assertion that the library was destroyed as a (presumably unintended) consequence of a fire started by Julius Caesar, in 48 (or perhaps 47) BCE. Caesar had become embroiled in a conflict between Ptolemy XIII and...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Developing your skills as an HR professional
Money & Business

Developing your skills as an HR professional

...determinants of performance (CIPD, 2010). These include the ability to manage yourself and in particular to manage stress, and to work effectively in groups and teams; they also include the skill of managing your learning. Learning may come from formal learning situations such as seminars, training courses or studying for educational qualifications. However, most of your...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Reading visual images
Society, Politics & Law

Reading visual images

...determine what is produced? Images can be used to express uncertainties and as examples of change and of social and cultural diversity...Reading visual images: 1.2 The immediacy of the still photograph - Let's begin with an example that links an historical event to a photograph. Take a moment to think about the pictures you keep in your ‘mind's eye’. Now think about...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Understanding dyslexia Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding dyslexia

...determined condition, not due to intellectual inadequacy or lack of socio-cultural opportunity. However, these definitions overlooked individuals with lower intelligence scores or socio-cultural disadvantages. Vellutino (1979) argued for a definition that accounted for extrinsic factors leading to reading failure and focused on subjects of average or above-average...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...determines, in English law, the age of being held responsible for a crime. Activity 5 Brains and minds Timing: Allow approximately 40 minutes for this activity Returning to another part of the BBC’s Law in Action programme, now listen to the views of psychologist Dr Eileen Vizard who offers reasons for thinking that raising the age of criminal responsibility is not only...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change

...determine the vulnerability and the impact on regional and local communities and ecosystems. RH: So tell me, when you look at the scenarios now, which are the areas of the climate that give you greatest concern? TS: Everything that concerns resources. The two most fundamental resources of humankind and ecosystems are water and land. Both are challenged by climate change....
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