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Home education as a provocation for the future of education
Education & Development

Home education as a provocation for the future of education

...system and families’ expectations In recent years, the shifting landscape of home education (Jolly and Matthews, 2020), has witnessed a notable increase in the number of ‘accidental home educators’ (English, 2021), warranting additional attention. Many families are opting for home education not for a deliberate choice, but as the ‘last resort option’, especially...
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How do children learn the concept of race?
Education & Development

How do children learn the concept of race?

...system of racism still exists, seeping into society's ideas and conversations.Parents are not the only sources for modelling and imparting racial attitudes to young children. There is evidence suggesting that children's racial attitudes and early prejudices actually reflect the widespread racial attitudes embedded within the larger society. In contemporary societies,...
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Introduction to computational thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to computational thinking

...system builders? The good news is that one doesn’t necessarily need to exclude the other! The grand vision behind this quote is that learning to program, build large systems, and so on, allows you to develop something which is much more valuable than any of these on their own, namely the ability to think like a computer scientist. Over the past decade or so, Jeannette...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introduction to critical criminology
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to critical criminology

...systems...This free course, Introduction to critical criminology, provides a brief introduction to critical criminological thinking. It defines the ways in which critical criminologists take a 'critical stance' on the fundamental concepts, practices and institutions associated with crime and criminal justice systems....Introduction to critical criminology: Introduction -...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Babylonian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Babylonian mathematics

...system and a sexagesimal one; appreciate the advanced understanding of mathematics in Ancient Mesopotamia in relation to anyone in medieval Christian Europe 3000 years later...Babylonian mathematics: 1 Babylonian mathematics - In Mesopotamia, the scribes of Babylon and the other big cities were impressing on clay tablets economic and administrative records, literary,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Social psychology and politics
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social psychology and politics

...system (such as when residents of a neighbourhood collectively organise a collective clean-up of their streets). The SIMCA proposes that there are three core motivations for people to engage in political action: Group identification: the degree to which people feel that they are part of a group Group-based injustice: the perceived and felt unfairness related to the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting

...system. They serve as the basis for: Classifying actual costs incurred. Preparing budgets for planned costs. Comparing actual costs with budgeted costs (for management control purposes). In addition to cost centres, there are several other types of centres: responsibility centres profit centres revenue centres. You can read more about the types of centre in the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Why could phosphorus depletion leave us all hungry?
Society, Politics & Law

Why could phosphorus depletion leave us all hungry?

...prevented famine. But thinking about phosphorus as a human right does highlight that the right to food cannot be enforced by simply mandating access to an end product. It will also necessitate developing agricultural systems that are managed in a way that is both equitable and sustainable. This article was originally published by SciDevNet in 2014 under a CC-BY licence...
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