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An introduction to design engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to design engineering

...psychologically or socially driven factors, such as the desire to have the same (or better) product as one’s peers. To improve something: the need to improve something follows on from the driver of problem solving. Being able to do something better, faster or more reliably are all examples of improvement that can be significant drivers of design. In fact, much of modern...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...psychology. Some people reviewed 208 different studies in which volunteers had been invited into a psychological laboratory and had their stress hormones, their responses to doing stressful tasks, measured. And in the review, what they were interested in seeing is what kind of stresses most reliably raise levels of cortisol, the central stress hormone. And the conclusion...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
АНГЛІЙСЬКА НА КОЖЕН ДЕНЬ
Languages

АНГЛІЙСЬКА НА КОЖЕН ДЕНЬ

...Psychology course [Book called Introduction to Psychology] Football fans [Newspaper report on a football match] Pop music fans [Magazine called Pop & Rock News] Vegetarians or those cooking for them [Book called 50 Vegetarian Favourites] Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There are 4 items in...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
An introduction to public leadership
Money & Business

An introduction to public leadership

...psychological, and other resources so as to arouse, engage and satisfy the motives of followers’ (Burns, 1978, p. 18); ‘leadership is realised in the process whereby one or more individuals succeed in attempting to frame and define the reality of others’ (Smircich and Morgan, 1982, p. 258); … ‘mobilising people to tackle tough problems’ (Heifetz, 1994, p. 15)....
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
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