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Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation

...simple sequence: there is a clear correspondence between the layout of the instrument and how the notation looks. Activity 4 Timing: Allow around 60 minutes Examples 1 and 2 present basic patterns on the white keys of the keyboard. Play the notes in the bass clef with your left hand (LH) and the notes in the treble clef with your right hand (RH). Then play the exercises...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...codes’ and ‘perfection codes’ deriving both from school culture and from wider social trends (Wooten, 2008). The study is an attempt to go beyond accounts of eating disorders that see them as having a purely psychological origin. Instead, the article places the development of anorexia within the varied contexts and settings of young people's lives. The authors focus...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Working in groups and teams
Money & Business

Working in groups and teams

...simple tasks or problems For highly-complex tasks or problems When cooperation is sufficient When decisions by consensus are essential When minimum discretion is required When there is a high level of choice and uncertainty When fast decisions are needed When high commitment is needed When few competences are required When a broad range of competences and different skills...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The law-making process in England and Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The law-making process in England and Wales

...simple definition of dictatorship is that power is vested in one person who decides how a country is run. The will of the people is ignored when you have a dictator, whereas a democratic society is based on the principle that a system is in place to elect individuals to represent you in a parliament. The voting system in the UK allows every UK citizen who is over the age...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Why are maggots making a comeback in hospitals?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are maggots making a comeback in hospitals?

...simple scratch can turn into a venous leg ulcer. A similar thing can happen if your arteries don’t deliver enough blood to your hands or feet. For people with conditions that mean they spend most or all of their time in bed or a wheelchair, pressure ulcers are common. For others, the problem is poor nutrition, old age, or any of a number of variables that suppress the...
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Article 5 mins
Dominic Weston - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dominic Weston - Earth in Vision

...simple. New media: Is there a future for wildlife television? I think the potential of wildlife programming is still huge and I think there was a fear that television as such would die and there’d be so much competition from other media and from websites and on people’s smart phones, but I think the evidence, perhaps, is that people don’t want to exclude one thing....
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Video 30 mins
A global dimension to science education in schools
Education & Development

A global dimension to science education in schools

...simple system to collect news of interesting and relevant contemporary developments in science? Could each ‘story’ be linked to a scheme of work? What other opportunities exist for promoting the global dimension in science, for example, through display or student projects? As well as using resources like those in Section 3 ‘In the classroom’, you could try:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator
Languages

Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator

...simple experiment devised by Franco Fabbro and his colleagues at the University of Trieste in Italy. Fabbro asked 24 students to recite the days of the week and the months of the year in reverse order while listening to themselves through headphones. First they heard themselves with no delay. They then repeated the exercise with delayed feedback of 150, 200 and 250...
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Article 10 mins