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Becoming an ethical researcher Badge icon
Education & Development

Becoming an ethical researcher

...attention to passage nine. So A is going to read passage nine to B. Right? I’ll give you a time limit of three minutes. After three minutes, I’ll ask you to stop, and we are going to swap the rules. A can start reading now. [STUDENTS READING] STUDENT 1: In pursuit of his ambitions, he worked hard. We had to give him the credit-- hard. STUDENT 2: He worked hard....
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Level 3: Advanced 18 hrs
On-screen graphic design: The early years of television
Science, Maths & Technology

On-screen graphic design: The early years of television

...attention to detail. Pioneers The history of graphic design in television has been relatively short yet it has seen so many changes that everyone in the profession can feel they are ‘pioneers’. However, there are two people that stand out from the rest; Bernard Lodge and Martin Lambie-Nairn, both of whom regard Saul Bass as a major influence on their work. Bernard...
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Article 15 mins
A Victorian Christmas: Christmas in Dreamthorp
History & The Arts

A Victorian Christmas: Christmas in Dreamthorp

...attentively as if it were. The discourse that followed possessed no remarkable thoughts; it dealt simply with the goodness of the Maker of heaven and earth, and the shortness of time, with the duties of thankfulness and charity to the poor; and I am persuaded that every one who heard returned to his house in a better frame of mind. And so the service remitted us all to...
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Article 10 mins
History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past

...attention of the diarist. Both, however, are written near the time of the event they record. Conversely, autobiographies and memoirs are often written many years later and therefore bring the benefit (or not) of hindsight to the events recollected. Memoirs are a ‘subclass’ of autobiographies. In other words, while autobiographies are meant to be a narrative of one’s...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Assessment in secondary science
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary science

...attention needs to be paid to the different elements of science including students' conceptual understanding of key ideas, their technical competence, investigative skills and understanding of the nature and processes of science. There also has to be some notion of what it means to make progress in these elements which must be agreed and shared to provide a framework for...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Can we get to a world without suicide?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we get to a world without suicide?

...attention were the results that the Henry Ford system reported. In 1999, its annual suicide rate for mental health patients stood at 110 per 100,000. In the following 11 years, there were 160 suicides, but the average rate fell to 36 per 100,000. And in 2009, for the first time, there were zero suicides among patients. The stats were startling. But the strategy also faced...
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Article 15 mins
Developing a research question in International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Developing a research question in International Relations

...attention to the power structures and knowledge claims that legitimise intervention by powerful states. Meanwhile, Fortna uses a positivist approach to test hypotheses. Setting out clear parameters for the research and defining her cases carefully, she provides a stronger evidence base with an important conclusion: UN peacekeeping works. In your own research, you need to...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
An introduction to material culture
History & The Arts

An introduction to material culture

...attention to the specific physical attributes of the object. The ability to describe the object – to engage, that is, with a list of descriptive criteria – is at the forefront of this approach. A typical checklist of the kinds of questions we might ask about an object include: how, and with what materials, was the object made? what is its shape, size, texture, weight...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs