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Clickety Clack: a railway poem
Society, Politics & Law

Clickety Clack: a railway poem

...History courses. [A women worker on the railways, first world war, sitting in front of a cargo vehicle, uniform, wearing a cap and smiling.]Clickety Clack Clickety Clack The rhythm of the railway track. With all the men folk off to war. It’s women left to do the chores Corsets and skirts are cast aside Whistles, trousers, gold buttons worn with pride. Clickety Clack...
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Do sperm whales speak with local accents?
Science, Maths & Technology

Do sperm whales speak with local accents?

...families, which belong to clans. Whitehead, along with his colleagues, has elegantly shown over the past two decades that it is hard to explain the differences we observed between sperm whale clans without invoking culture. In their new work, they show these clans are not just a passive aggregation of genetically related families. We need to invoke the influence of...
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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

...families and relationships, my primary approach has involved qualitative methods ever since I discovered how much I didn’t know, and how much more I could learn if I listened empathetically using open-ended methods. Without such an approach, there was no chance of my knowledge becoming something that stood outside the preconceptions with which I began. This started a...
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Keeping Mum: learning how to be a father
Society, Politics & Law

Keeping Mum: learning how to be a father

...family lives have been discussed, it’s usually their relationship (or lack of relationship) with their fathers that has been the main concern...This was borne out by another research study that I carried out, exploring boys’ relationships with their mothers. Recent years have seen a growth in research about young men and young masculinities, but most studies have...
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A guide to developing trust with home-educating parents
Education & Development

A guide to developing trust with home-educating parents

...families continues to grow, how can professionals improve how they work with parents who may have had a negative experience of previous local authority support?...Find out more about The Open University’s Childhood and Youth Studies qualification. Background Elective home education is becoming an increasingly popular choice for parents who are seeking a more suitable...
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What pressures are young men feeling?
Education & Development

What pressures are young men feeling?

...family, peers, teachers, media – encouraging them to conform to certain models of masculinity. One said: “There is pressure everywhere to tell you what man you should be.” Another added: “You have to be a young man who’s got a nice house, who’s got a nice car, who’s got a family with kids, who’s got a good job.” At the same time, many felt that these...
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The rural dimension – after rundale
OpenLearn Ireland

The rural dimension – after rundale

...family farm did not provide a good income. Many of the farms depended as much on money sent home by migrant members of the family, working in cities in North America such as Boston and New York, than on income from agriculture. This represents another set of interdependencies within a wider geographical context. The apparently isolated farm in the West of Ireland remained...
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Autism quiz text
Health, Sports & Psychology

Autism quiz text

...families Is the answer TRUE, FALSE or DEBATABLE? Answer... TRUE In some families, autistic conditions may affect more than one person, though this isn’t always true. Parents and siblings of children on the autism spectrum may also show mild autistic traits, without actually meeting the criteria for an autism spectrum diagnosis. These facts point strongly to a genetic...
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