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Social Problems: who makes them?
Social Problems: who makes them? - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:59 - application/epub+zipAnti-social behaviour, homelessness, drugs, mental illness: all problems in today’s society. But what makes a problem social? This unit will help you to discover how these issues are identified, defined, given meaning and acted upon. You will also look at the conflicts within social science in th...
Welfare reconstruction
Welfare reconstruction - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:58 - application/epub+zipThis unit examines the approach adopted by Tony Blair and New Labour to welfare reconstruction in the United Kingdom. Using extracts from speeches made by Tony Blair, you will listen to a discussion on how the Welfare State was remade by the ‘New Right’. This study unit is just one of many that c...
Racial violence: European perspectives
Racial violence: European perspectives - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:56 - application/epub+zip ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe material presented here focuses on the politics of racial violence in Britain. The material is an audio file, originally 30 minutes in length, and examines the issues around this subject. It was recorded in 1995. This study unit is just one of many that can be found on LearningSpace, part of ...
Themes in discourse research: the case of Diana
Themes in discourse research: the case of Diana - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:55 - application/epub+zipThis unit introduces some of the main themes and issues in discourse research using Martin Bashir's famous interview with Diana, Princess of Wales as a case study. Through this it examines the role of discourse in shaping social interaction and its psychological implications for the study of mind...
Getting started on Classical Greek
Getting started on Classical Greek - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:54 - application/epub+zip ★★★ - 17 ratingsThe aim of this unit is to enable you to get started in Classical Greek. It has been developed in response to requests from students who had had no contact with Greek before and who felt they would like to spend a little time preparing for the kind of learning that takes place on a classical lang...
Identity in question
Identity in question - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:53 - application/epub+zipWhy is identity important and how are identities formed? This unit looks at the many different ways in which identity can be categorised. By examining the requirements of the state, how a child views gender, and the importance of race or place of birth, you will start to understand how each indiv...
Getting started on Classical Latin
Getting started on Classical Latin - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:53 - application/epub+zip ★★★ - 85 ratingsLatin is the basis for many languages in the world. This unit will provide you with a general introduction to learning Latin allowing you to assess whether you would like to learn more. You will look at the links that exist between Latin and English, examine the structure of sentences and gain an...
Why maps are made
Why maps are made - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:52 - application/epub+zipCars have sat nav systems, mobile phones use GPS: maps are important in everyday life whether captured by aerial photography, satellite imagery or simply drawn. This unit looks at how we read and evaluate the information in maps and assesses the values embedded within them. From mental maps to pu...
Caring in hospitals
Caring in hospitals - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:48 - application/epub+zipThis unit considers the type of care offered in hospitals, using Leeds General Hospital as a case study. The unit looks at the people who have roles within the hospital, how they interact with each other and patients and what they consider to be 'care'. The different approaches and contributions ...
Life stories
Life stories - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:47 - application/epub+zipThis unit examines life stories. It looks at the way in which objects, trends, cultures or disabilities may contribute to a person's identity. This unit also considers the contribution that our own life stories make to who we are, and how remembering and revisiting our past may help us to move fo...
Meeting minority needs
Meeting minority needs - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:45 - application/epub+zipThis unit will help you understand how it is possible to meet the needs of a particular minority community: the Chinese who live in Northern Ireland. The audio file outlines some of the problems that this community are facing as well as describing the differences experienced by older Chinese inha...
Parenting
Parenting - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:44 - application/epub+zip“I blame the parents!” How often is that phrase used to explain the ills of society and is it valid? This material will consider how important is quality parenting, who judges it, and is its provision the sole responsibility of parents – should parents just be left to get on with it? It explores ...
Becoming a critical social work practitioner
Becoming a critical social work practitioner - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:43 - application/epub+zipWhat does it take to become a critical practitioner in social work? This unit will guide you through some important concepts. An understanding of ‘critical perspectives’ will help you take a positive and constructive approach to problems that arise in social work practice. This study unit is just...
Evolution through natural selection
Evolution through natural selection - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:35 - application/epub+zip ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this unit, we describe the theory of evolution by natural selection as proposed by Charles Darwin in his book, first published in 1859, On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. We will look at natural selection as D...
Meiosis and mitosis
Meiosis and mitosis - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:34 - application/epub+zip ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis Unit looks at how units if inheritance are transmitted from one generation to the next. First you will look at what happens to the chromosones of animals and plants during the process of sexual reproduciton. Then you will examine how genes are transmitted in particular patterns from generati...
Water for life
Water for life - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:33 - application/epub+zipAtoms, elements and molecules are the building blocks of everything that makes up our world, including ourselves. In this unit you will learn the basic chemistry of how these components work together, starting with a chemical compound we are all very familiar with – water. This study unit is just...
Sport media and culture: Who's calling the shots?
Sport media and culture: Who's calling the shots? - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:32 - application/epub+zipThe media play a huge part in sport; we find out what’s happening, how our team is doing and it creates great sporting moments and sports celebrities and stars. This unit looks at the role played by the media in sport and how this has changed with the development of internet and satellite TV. Wh...
Studying mammals: food for thought
Studying mammals: food for thought - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:31 - application/epub+zipWho were our ancestors? How are apes and humans related? And where does the extinct Homo erectus fit into the puzzle? In this unit we will examine culture, tool use and social structure in both apes and humans to gain an understanding of where we come from and why we behave as we do. This is the ...
Nationalism, self-determination and secession
Nationalism, self-determination and secession - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:31 - application/epub+zipWhat makes a ‘nation’ and what makes peoples strive for nationhood? This unit will provide you with an introduction to studying political ideas by looking at how people who see themselves as nations challenge the existing order to assert their right to a state of their own. This study unit is jus...
Studying mammals: return to the water
Studying mammals: return to the water - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:30 - application/epub+zip ★★★★ - 2 ratingsSome of the most unusual and versatile of all the mammals are the groups that live, feed and reproduce underwater. In this unit we will see how these formerly land-based mammals adapted to a return to the water, discussing such challenges as breathing, movement and communication. This is the seve...
Studying mammals: life in the trees
Studying mammals: life in the trees - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:29 - application/epub+zip ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDavid Attenborough looks at ‘life in the trees’: examining how species have evolved to cope with arboreal living. You will learn how lemurs, anteaters, bears and many others have developed different methods to help movement and survival. This study unit is just one of many that can be found on Le...
Retiring lives? Old age, work and welfare
Retiring lives? Old age, work and welfare - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:29 - application/epub+zip ★★★ - 2 ratingsRetirement, pensions, care homes – old age may not be as rosy as we think. This unit looks at old age taking us from the Workhouse to the basic state pension. Why are people expected to stop work at a certain age and what impact does this have on their lives? This study unit is just one of many t...
Describing motion along a line
Describing motion along a line - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:28 - application/epub+zipMotion is vital to life, and to science. This unit will help you to understand why classical motion is probably the most fundamental part of physics. You will examine motion along a line and the ways in which such motion can be represented, through the use of graphs, equations and differential ca...
Understanding dyslexia
Understanding dyslexia - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:28 - application/epub+zip ★★★★ - 13 ratingsDyslexia is a condition affecting literacy skills. This unit analyses how our image of normality affects the way we as a society define such conditions. You will learn how important it is to integrate the different psychological accounts of dyslexia in order to provide a full explanation of poten...
Psychology in the 21st century
Psychology in the 21st century - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:27 - application/epub+zip ★★★★ - 5 ratingsPsychology is not a simple subject. This unit examines how different aspects of human behaviour provide the focus for different psychologists. Using learning as an example, you will discover how many different approaches can be adopted thus illustrating that there is no single way of answering ps...
BSE and vCJD: their biology and management
BSE and vCJD: their biology and management - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:26 - application/epub+zipThe furore surrounding the so-called ‘mad cow’ diseases is an important and controversial episode of recent years. Although it peaked several years ago, the topic is still of great medical significance, influencing the way members of the public think about and experience science and scientists. T...
Energy resources: tidal energy
Energy resources: tidal energy - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:25 - application/epub+zipThe rise and fall of ocean tides result from the combined gravitational pull on water by the Moon and, to a lesser extent, bu the Sun, which exerts a force on water directed towards the two astronomical bodies. These gravitational effects combine with centrifugal forces that result from the Earth...
Energy resources: alternative energy in perspective
Energy resources: alternative energy in perspective - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:24 - application/epub+zip ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAlternative energy sources are seen by many people as potential solutions to the many economic and environmental challenges posed by the current dominance of world energy supply by fossil and nucler fuels. Just how realistic are these hopes? This unit summarises the technical and geographic chall...
Water use and the water cycle
Water use and the water cycle - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:23 - application/epub+zipWater is arguably the most important physical resource as it is the one that is essential to human survival. Understanding the global water cycle and how we use water is essential to planning a sustainable source of water for the future. This study unit is just one of many that can be found on Le...
Groundwater
Groundwater - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:22 - application/epub+zip ★★★★ - 1 ratingWater is arguably the most important physical resource as it is the one that is essential to human survival. Understanding the global water cycle and how we use water is essential to planning a sustainable source of water for the future. In the UK there are areas where water supplies are limited,...
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