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Introducing public health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing public health

...write notes on what you think the scope and focus of public health is in the word document provided. Discussion Public health is difficult to define due to its breadth and depth. There are a range of opinions on what the scope and focus of public health is, and these are often influenced by the values that we hold. Public health in the UK encompasses healthcare, social...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Critically exploring psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Critically exploring psychology

...writes six, an arm from the top writes nine.] Figure 8 A different perspective of the same image Researchers (whether they work within psychology or any other discipline) always work on the basis of particular sets of theoretical assumptions. These theoretical assumptions can sometimes be implicit and shaped by the values accepted within a particular society, culture and...
Science and society: A career and professional development course
Education & Development

Science and society: A career and professional development course

...writing in 1996) argues that ‘post-academic science’ is now more prevalent, sharing some of the hallmarks of what was traditionally called ‘applied science’ – and that this move is changing the practice (and perception) of science. Do you agree? Please consider a couple of examples when formulating your answer. Ziman warns us of a ‘loss of objectivity’ –...
Mathematics for science and technology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mathematics for science and technology

...writing 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2, we write 26. This is read (and said) as ‘2 to the power 6’; 6 is the index or the power. In general, this means that a super n equals a multiplication a multiplication a multiplication a full stop full stop full stop full stop full stop full stop to n postfix times factors where n is called the index, or the power, of a. Both a and...
My teaching experience on 'Are our kids tough enough? Chinese school'
Languages

My teaching experience on 'Are our kids tough enough? Chinese school'

...writing as they sat so far away. I considered my first lesson a success as students were very engaged in observing my demonstrations, taking notes and were well behaved. This is what I would expect in a Chinese classroom using the ‘teacher led’ teaching style. It is supposed to be authoritarian and formal, where the teacher stands in front of a class and explains the...
Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview
Society, Politics & Law

Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview

...writings of Geoffrey Vickers, Russell Ackoff or other systems experts, to know that this is exactly how both public and private sector bureaucracies do behave. The driving forces in the DNA of every bureaucracy are the twin desires for survival and growth. When you divide complex, deeply interconnected and interdependent public service systems up into competing...
Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?

...writes Feijó. “During the 18th century, accounts of lycanthropy were left behind as the European Enlightenment movement classified them as irrational and obscure. But people who belong to a kind other than the human seem to have sprung from the blind spots of modernity, and have grown strong and visible for the last four decades.” Feijó points to a medley of...
Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook

...write, ‘Knowing real news from fake news, discerning fact from opinion and opinion from propaganda — these are learned skills’. Along with the influence of filter bubbles, fake news - and the role this might have played in paving the way for Trump’s victory – has been another major talking point. Everyone from the pope and Hillary Clinton has weighed in on the...