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Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction
History & The Arts

Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction

...determination to reach out to the potential reader and to create a communitarian response that drives mass readership. In short, the reader is invited not just to read the text but to share in the deductive process of identifying clues and solving the puzzle of the crime. The clue–puzzle narrative dominated the golden age. The plotting strategies of the form can be...
Getting started with Italian 1
Languages

Getting started with Italian 1

...determines the form of the article (‘the’ or ‘a’ in English) that you use with them and the form of the adjectives that describe them. Nouns ending in -o are usually masculine: un aperitivo an aperitif uno spuntino a snack Nouns ending in -a are usually feminine: una birra a beer un’aranciata an orangeade Nouns ending in -e are not so easy: some are masculine...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
History & The Arts

Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners

...determination to struggle on manifests itself through vivid and humorous episodes. ‘Bleak, tragic and sad’ the novel may be on occasion, but some of the characters, especially Galahad, show at times the positive side of living in London in a dark and often dreary period of English history. Selvon’s novel offers a perspective on the impact of Caribbean migration on...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Innovation in policing
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation in policing

...determined copycat/adapter/enhancer. (Peters, 1987, p. 228) Open innovation consequently involves looking outwards to see what others are doing and then building on those ideas. This can occur in many ways and can often happen naturally as an organisation works with partners or stakeholders to understand the best way to achieve a mutual goal. This can involve a process...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Babylonian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Babylonian mathematics

...determination of the solution which satisfies certain conditions. At this level there is no essential difference between the division of a sum of money according to certain rules and the division of a field of given size into, say, parts of equal area. O. Neugebauer, The Exact Sciences in Antiquity pp. 44–5. The Babylonian problem-solving skills, as we infer them from...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Textiles in Ghana
History & The Arts

Textiles in Ghana

...determine the colours of the yarns that he has to put on the bobbin and, subsequently, on the wool. The process, is to put the warp thread into the heddles and the beater and if you do according to the design that you already have in mind. After putting the warp thread into the various heddles and beater, the whole thing is brought into a loom for the weaver to start to...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers
Education & Development

Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers

...determined by the student teacher’s progress be familiar with the aims and expectations of the ITE curriculum understand how to assess the student teacher’s progress and be able to do this accurately set the student teacher SMART targets in relation to the ITE professional standards/competencies and the course requirements facilitate the student teacher’s links with...
Forensic science and fingerprints
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic science and fingerprints

...determine the pH. In the same way that litmus changes colour when it comes into contact with acids or bases, other substances can change colour when the pH is changed and this colour change can be used in conjunction with other chemical and biological reagents to give colour tests that are diagnostic for particular biological fluids...Forensic science and fingerprints:...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs