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Course philosophy

Watch Tina and Jasmina talk about the philosophy of the course.

Watch Tina and Jasmina talk about the philosophy of the course.

We created sub-topics within each week’s topic, and we encourage you to complete these sub-topics (usually with 3-4 steps) before engaging in a discussion with us and other learners, as steps are fairly short and might not contain all the information needed to understand the concept.

To guide you, you will see “Reflect and connect” steps throughout, with “Talking point” prompts to help us keep discussion focused and well organised.


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