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Looking globally: the future of education Badge icon
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...Psychology and Education’, The Philosopher, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 1–6 [Online]. Available at http://www.the-philosopher.co.uk/ 2016/ 08/ individual-psychology-and-education-1934.html (Accessed 15 September 2017). Did you know in 2028… (2014) YouTube video, added by The Centre Online [Online]. Available at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=QpEFjWbXog0c (Accessed 31...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families

...psychological, social and spiritual needs. * Life story book ‘A life story book is an account of a person’s life, including stories and memories of past events and relationships – all the kinds of experiences that make us who we are. In addition to helping the person with learning disabilities, these books also enable others to see beyond the ‘client’ identity...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...psychological research of David Farrington (1994). Farrington's argument has two core components. First, he argues that criminal offending is part of a larger syndrome of anti-social behaviour. A syndrome is a medical term for a set of symptoms indicating the existence of a condition or problem. This syndrome is a collection of anti-social dispositions and patterns of...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?

...Psychology in the Schools, 49(5), pp. 498–511. Star, S. L. and Griesemer, J. R., (1989) ‘Institutional ecology,translations’ and boundary objects: Amateurs and professionals in Berkeley’s Museum of Vertebrate Zoology’, 1907-39 Social studies of science, 19(3), pp. 387–420. Toulmin, S. (2001) Return to Reason Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Tyack, D. &...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables

...Psychological Medicine, 12, 659–665. Of key interest in this study was whether pleasant memories could be recalled more easily and quickly than unpleasant ones. Comparative boxplots for the two samples are shown in Figure 1.9. [Figure 1.9] Figure 1.9 Comparative boxplots of memory recall times Use the boxplots to compare the distributions of recall times for the two...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...psychological development, thus unwittingly creating the first generation of mothers worried that their babies walked and talked ‘late’ (Unwin and Sharland, 1992). Generally, the wealthier classes enjoyed the sort of varied diet thought to promote good health. They could afford meat, fish, fresh fruit and vegetables (Burnett, 1979, pp. 213–39). However, some wealthy...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Systems thinking and practice
Digital & Computing

Systems thinking and practice

...psychology and many other fields some say there is something special about systems, just as the different disciplines mentioned above are said to have different ways of thinking about the topic that characterises them...Systems thinking and practice: 3 Ways of thinking - The fact that there are different ways of thinking comes as a surprise to some people. That is because...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Translation as a career
Languages

Translation as a career

...psychology, philosophy and cultural studies. In this section you are going to do a translation activity, but first you will familiarise yourself with a key concept in translation theory that will help you to understand some of the challenges of translation. The key concept in translation theory that we will focus on is the concept of equivalence. When you translate a text...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs