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Porn licensing isn't the answer
Digital & Computing

Porn licensing isn't the answer

...children can be protected from web porn by building barriers. Good luck with that, says Andrew Smith...[A poster with an anti-pornography message] Won't someone think of the children? The UK government and many other interested international bodies are duly concerned about the proliferation of internet pornography. The latest development under consideration is the use of...
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Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?
Society, Politics & Law

Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?

...Children jumping] The unveiled and direct attacks this week between the DUP leader and First Minister Peter Robinson and a senior Catholic bishop, Donal McKeown, have once again raised the thorny and entangled issue of the role of education in Northern Ireland as either a vehicle for social cohesion or one of perpetuating community divisions. The DUP’s position,...
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Learning through Technology
OpenLearn Ireland

Learning through Technology

...researcher, Eileen Scanlon looks at the benefits of 'inquiry learning' for young students, and how she is using the experiences to help design a customized tool kit to support evidence-based 'inquiry learning'... Learning through Technology Open University Educational Technology researcher, Eileen Scanlon looks at the benefits of 'inquiry learning' for young students, and...
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It’s a long story
Health, Sports & Psychology

It’s a long story

Watch how aboriginal children create stories about who they are and pass on ancient cultural traditions using the latest digital technology...Transcript.
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Pineapples and Pashto: building intercultural competence through Peace Education
Education & Development

Pineapples and Pashto: building intercultural competence through Peace Education

...children, some wearing hijabs, holding signs say no wars and names of various countries.]Source: Afghan Peace Volunteers Pineapples and Pashto: learning for and about peace Peace Education is not a universal blueprint. Conflict might be understood in many ways by people with diverse life experiences. Different cultural traditions understand and have their resources of to...
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Desires and beliefs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Desires and beliefs

Using two different experiments, psychologist and philosopher Alison Gopnik shows how children of different ages think about the minds of others...Transcript.
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EPQs: help and tips
Education & Development

EPQs: help and tips

...research group at The Open University, UK. They are all researchers, and the advice they offer comes from their different experiences. They focus on the process of undertaking a dissertation/research review EPQ. If you are doing one of the other kinds of EPQ (such as producing an artefact), you might still find parts of them useful. The articles were written by Ann Grand,...
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How are tiny air pollutants causing massive storms in the Amazon?
Nature & Environment

How are tiny air pollutants causing massive storms in the Amazon?

...researchers have warned. Particles smaller than 50 nanometres in diameter have a substantial influence on cloud formation in the Amazon. In turn, the rainforest has a strong influence on climate regulation worldwide, and aerosol effects observed in this region could also trigger climate shifts globally, according to a study published in Science. Although it has long been...
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