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An introduction to European crime fiction since 1945
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to European crime fiction since 1945

...levels | Books | The Guardian Good e-Reader (2022) Book sales in the United Kingdom are booming - Good e-Reader (goodereader.com) BePolar (2019) Les chiffres et le palmarès des ventes du genre Polar dévoilés par l'Observatoire de la librairie (bepolar.fr) Acknowledgements Image of Andrea Camilleri Image of Georges Simenon Image of Hercule Poirot Image of Maj Sjöwall...
Understanding autism Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...double check which sections you've visited at any time on the Course progress page...Week 1: Introducing the autism spectrum: 1 Your understanding of autism - In the following activities you will evaluate your own knowledge of autism. Activity 1 What do you know about autism? Timing: Allow about 10 minutes To start with, spend about 10 minutes writing some quick notes...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope

...Double refraction - Anisotropic crystals have a remarkable property: when plane-polarised light enters such a crystal, it splits into two rays. The explanation for this involves complex crystal physics, which is well beyond the scope of this course. Nevertheless, the consequences are profound. The two rays are each plane-polarised, but their planes of polarisation (i.e....
A global dimension to science education in schools
Education & Development

A global dimension to science education in schools

...circulation of blood in human bodies 2200 years ago, well before William Harvey. To find out more about historical non-Western contributions to science try the following sources. The homepage of educationalist Xiufeng Liu. Scroll down to and click on ‘Multi-Cultural Science Education’ and then click on ‘Ethnic Scientists’. University of Princeton website. Click...
An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...et al. in Wall, Beck and Scott, 2020). This is the form of inquiry that borrows language and processes from research (including assumptions about the nature of this). Adopting an appreciative approach to inquiry arguably straddles both these definitions. We can adopt an appreciative stance towards our practices as a constant process of identifying opportunities to build...
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...et al, 2006) COUNTRY/REGION SOME OF THE DRIVING FORCES France Trying to control a powerful catholic church. Prussia Supporting the development of the protestant faith. Scandinavia Supporting the development of the protestant faith. Japan Developing industrial and military competitiveness; reorganising national institutions; creating national solidarity, a central...
Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...circulated a paper (now lost) on the subject of machine intelligence. The question of the possible construction of machines capable of playing chess was also freely discussed among the code-breakers. In 1948, Turing set out his ideas in an extraordinarily far-sighted paper 'Intelligent Machinery', which not only anticipated Symbolic AI, but also built on cyberneticists...
What is heritage?
History & The Arts

What is heritage?

...circulate the values on which particular visions of nationhood are established. Creation of a class of ‘things’ that are seen to be the greatest expressions of culture promotes, in turn, narratives about the set of values that are seen to be the most worthy in the preservation of a particular form of state society. The heritage list, like the literary or artistic...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs