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					<description><![CDATA[Research shows that, particularly for young people, spending too much time on our phone can be detrimental to our physical and mental health. This partly explains recent attempts by governments in Australia and the UK to limit young people’s access to both the Internet and things like social media. But what happens when students themselves [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[An immersive Sociology Sim in which students take-on the role of a sociological detective to explore concepts of crime, deviance, social order and social control. For some time now I’ve been interested in the idea of gamified learning &#8211; taking the mechanics of game-playing, such as rewards, ranks and challenges and applying them to the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Encouraging students to read more widely than their given textbook is something most sociology teachers do at some point in the course. Usually at the very start when everyone’s still fresh and keen. And usually with the same outcome. They don’t have the time, can’t understand highly technical research, it’s all too dry and dull. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Over the past couple of years we&#8217;ve been gradually putting together a portfolio of films that help students understand some of the most important and useful Study Skills they can apply to their work as a way of improving things like attention and comprehension. Each film is available to buy, while the complete collection is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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