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Training for speed and power in sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Training for speed and power in sport and fitness

...physical preparation of athletes and in this course you will explore the physiology of speed before looking at training methods to develop speed. You will also look at power which is a concept closely related to speed. Transcript355...Training for speed and power in sport and fitness: Introduction - Welcome to this free course in which you will explore training for speed...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Systems thinking and practice
Digital & Computing

Systems thinking and practice

...physics we don't often ask the question ‘What is physics?’.) So I will be teaching systems by example as well as by theory. You will learn about the problems of defining a system. You will meet some of the key concepts used in systems theory: boundary, environment, positive and negative feedback, etc. You will encounter selected extracts from the writings of noted...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Stonehenge before the First World War
History & The Arts

Stonehenge before the First World War

...physical eyes? Walking over the downs, miscalled a plain, anticipating something tremendous, I finally got away from the woods at Amesbury and spied the thing I sought before me far away on the slope of a green down, and stood still and then sat down in pure astonishment. Was this Stonehenge—this cluster of poor little grey stones, looking in the distance like a small...
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Article 10 mins
Can talking two languages keep your brain healthy?
Languages

Can talking two languages keep your brain healthy?

...physical exercise to maintain the health of bodies that evolved for a physically active hunter-gatherer lifestyle, perhaps we ought to start doing more cognitive exercises to maintain our mental health, especially if we only speak one language. In recent years, there has been a backlash against the studies showing benefits from bilingualism. Some researchers tried and...
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Article 10 mins
Caroline Underwood - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Caroline Underwood - Earth in Vision

...Physical Anthropology and then I went on and did a degree in Environmental Studies, because the programme that I chose allowed me essentially to write the programme that I wanted to do and there aren’t many places that will let you do that, they always want to line you up and put you in boxes very early on and I just knew what I wanted to do, which was to look actually...
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Video 30 mins
Cognition and gender development
Education & Development

Cognition and gender development

...physical characteristics (e.g. length of hair, clothes). Stage 2: Gender stability Children recognise that gender is stable over time: boys will grow up to be daddies, and girls will grow up to be mummies. However, the unchanging nature of gender – that it remains the same regardless of changes in superficial appearance or activity choice – is not yet appreciated....
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Article 15 mins
Crimes of the powerful
Society, Politics & Law

Crimes of the powerful

...physical or mental violence in the life cycle of family members: it can include physical abuse and neglect of children, partner domestic violence, or elder abuse. Although family violence is in some ways a different order of violence than other crimes of the powerful, it is included here because its examination requires consideration of the way social structure and...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Climate justice for the next generation
Education & Development

Climate justice for the next generation

...physical abilities so they can reach their full potential as adults. The right to food means that every child must have enough healthy food so they have strong and healthy bodies. The right to health means that children must be allowed to grow in a safe, clean environment so they can become healthy adults. They must be cared for when they're sick or injured. The right to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs