Power of Positive Parenting
This course has been developed using portions from several of the books, videos, and audio products produced by Glenn Latham. These materials will give parents the skills necessary to raise children well. Glenn Latham said of his book, The Power of Positive Parenting, which is his definitive book, upon which this course is built, that it has been subjected to more independent, scientific scrutiny than any parenting book in print today. In every instance, it has been shown to be an effective pare
Computer Activities for Summarizing Text and Report Writing
I have put together an activity for students to help improve their skills in summarizing information using three simple tools in Microsoft Word. Highlighting Text, Creating a Table and creating a flowchart. Based around a recount of the sinking of
Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment
This lesson plan looks at the 150th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848, features historical documents about woman suffrage, and a script that the National Archives commissioned about the decades long struggle for a woman's right to vote. The site includes teaching activities and a list of related websites.
Quality Improvement in the Workplace
This learning unit develops skills in participation in individual and team-based quality improvement activities in the workplace.
Woz Presents the Apple Historical Museum
Steve Wozniak, the inventor of the personal computer, provides us with a tour of historical Apple II products. He shows how he scrounged to get the first parts to construct his computer. The first computers did not have cases because they were to be truly portable.
Becoming an Actress : How to Audition to Become an Actress
 Auditioning to become an actress requires preparation for different types of auditions, such as gaining improv skills, preparing a musical number or choreographing a dance routine. Find out what is necessary for auditions with advice from an accomplished and award-winning actress in this free video on acting.
Islam Quintet: Night Of The Golden Butterfly.
Night of the Golden Butterfly concludes the Islam Quintet-Tariq Ali's award-winning series of historical novels, translated into more than a dozen languages, that has been twenty years in the writing. Completing an epic panorama that began in fifteenth-century Moorish Spain, the latest novel moves between the cities of the twenty-first century, from Lahore to London, from Paris to Beijing.
Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation
The objective of this course is to teach you to apply the skills you have learned in the functional areas toward the goal of starting a business, i.e., becoming an entrepreneur. Working in teams, you will learn to identify, conceptualize, plan, finance, launch, manage and harvest new ventures. Finally, intrapreneurship, the application of entrepreneurial methods of management to established organizations, will also be discussed. Class discussion, readings, case studies, guest speakers, interview
BURN - Biosciences Undergraduate Research at Nottingham
This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.
Research produced 2006 - 2009.
BURN brings final year undergraduate research work to public view in a professional and relevant way. The students represented here have risen to the challenges of doing rigorous research and presenting their work to a wider audience. Their articles show the distance they have travelled during their studies. They also demonstrate the inquiry and critical thinking skills that have bee
Palmer Hall, Rhodes College, about 1998,
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attributionto publisher or printer,This is a color photograph by William Strode
of graduates processing to Fisher Garden for Commencement exercises. They are framed by the Rollow Avenue of Oaks and the Diehl Memorial.
Research In Action: Part 1
The first episode of Research in Action covers a broad range of topics, from digital storytelling to environmental science to human rights. The program introduces UW Bothell Professor Jane Van Galen, who discusses her recent work with the Digital Storytelling and other projects. Professor Dan Jaffe details his work in environmental science including his groundbreaking and internationally recognized research in global and regional air pollution. Director of Nursing Mary Baroni discusses efforts
David Willetts MP "The Pinch" Lecture
David Willetts MP Shadow Minister for Universities and Skills presents a lecture at the University of Warwick based on his book "The Pinch: How the baby boomers took their children's future - and why they should give it back".
Women in Islamic Societies
This course serves as a broad survey of women's and gender issues within the contexts of multiple societies in the Islamic world. The first half of the semester will concentrate on the historical position of women in Islamic societies, defined by the normative values of Islam and by cultural traditions and norms that were sometimes at odds with religious prescriptions. We will discuss how the interpretations of these values in diverse circumstances and who gets to do the interpreting have had im
Understanding dyslexia
Dyslexia 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 potential causes and strategies for remediation.
Case Studies in Science Education: Erien
Erien strives to include and manage class discussions in science learning and wants to increase her students' higher-level thinking skills.,The teacher assigns roles for the students in a "town meeting" as they plan an old age home to be built on the wetlands area. They have roles as businesspeople and naturalists as they do the planning. They make diagrams of their plan and present them to the class in a town meeting format. The class gets to ask questions and they must defend their decisions.
EPOCH Psychology history timeline
This unit uses an interactive resource (EPoCH) to gain a better sense of how the historical and social context influences psychological inquiry. You will examine the different methods used by psychologists to investigate human behaviour and learn to identify the different perspectives that exist in psychology.
Stormy Weather: Floods
This podcast features two stories recorded by visitors to the Forces of Nature exhibit, currently on display at the Kansas Museum of History through January 9th, 2009. In the first segment, farmer and author Thomas Holmquist describes a 2007 flood on his farm in Saline County near Smolan. The second recording is by Holmquist's wife, Marlysue Esping-Holmquist. She describes the history of their farm and how it was obtained through an allotment system in 1868 by her ancestors, who didn't realize i
The Story of ICH-GCP: An introduction for investigators and site staff
Dr Roma Chilengi, Head of Clinical Trials at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)/Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kilifi, Kenya gives an introduction to ICH-GCP. This overview covers the historical background, context and evolution to ICH-GCP, summarises its key principles and describes the role of regulatory authorities. The talk highlights some of the accomplishments of ICH-GCP but also critiques some aspects of GCP application in non-pharmaceutical settings.
Interview with Ian Scoones on Zimbabwean land reform on BBC WS
BBC World Service ‘World Today’ interview with Institute of Development Studies' Research Fellow Ian Scoones on Zimbabwean land reform, aired on 9 November 2010.
Photo credit: S. Rwafa and family, Wondedzo Extension A1 resettlement, Masvingo district, February 2010 (c) Ian Scoones
System of Equations by Graphing
This video will show how to solve to different equations by graphing and is a good explanation for graphing with a system of equations.
