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    Decades of instructional design in the corporate and academic world have relied on a fundamentally flawed format: displaying a complex graphic on a screen right next to a massive paragraph of explanatory text. Cognitive psychology has definitively proven that this approach actively destroys learning. To optimize comprehension, educators must obey the Modality Principle. Pioneered by Richard Mayer, ... Read more

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    Laura and Terry have retired, Annie and Frances are made redundant, Beth's children have left home, Marie's partner has died, Jo's husband is divorcing her, Helen can't trust hers and Lynne's mother is descending into dementia. These women, brought up with feminism, pop music, drugs, the pill, university grants, free health care and no wars - had ambition, careers and independence. Now over 60, ... Read more

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  • Violent Atmospheres

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  • Social Work in Wales

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  • The Ave Prayer Book for Catholic Mothers

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  • Perspectives on Artistic Research in Music

    The increasing interest in artistic research, especially in music, is throwing open doors to exciting ideas about how we generate new musical knowledge and understanding. This book examines the wide array of factors at play in innovative practice and how by treating it as research we can make new ideas more widely accessible.Three key ideas propel the book. First, it argues that artistic research ... Read more

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