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Different cultures, different childhoods

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Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 26 Mar 2013
By Dr Heather Montgomery
A 'normal' childhood depends on where you live and when you're born. Heather Montgomery wonders how some common British practices might look to other cultures.
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Child of Our Time: What do you think?

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Introductory Level Duration 15 mins Updated 27 Feb 2013
By John Oates
If you've watched Child of Our Time, or you're interested in child development, let us know your thoughts and help with our research
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Child of Our Time: Activities

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 26 Feb 2013
By The OpenLearn team
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Children and young people’s participation

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Children and young people’s participation
Masters Level Duration 12 hours Updated 19 Jun 2013
By The Open University
Listening to children is a first step in the participation agenda, which is reasonably well established. By contrast, enabling children to share in decision making...
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Infants’ understanding of their social world

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Masters Level Duration 12 hours Updated 19 Jun 2013
By The Open University
Here we draw on a wide range of psychological research to address the question of whether infants have a rich understanding of their social world....
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Understanding society: Families

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Introductory Level Duration 5 hours Updated 19 Jun 2013
By The Open University
Here you will explore how different families have different ideas about how work in the home should be divided. You will also investigate the diversity...
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Children and young people's worlds: frameworks for integrated practice

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Masters Level Duration 600 hours Updated 05 May 2013 Register by 19 Sep 2013
By The Open University
This course engages with a range of critical perspectives on children’s lives and experiences in the contemporary world, at national and international levels.To register for...
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Leading work with young people in practice

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Intermediate Level Duration 600 hours Updated 02 Feb 2013 Register by 12 Sep 2013
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This hands-on, work-based course focuses on effective leadership and management practice in working with young people, and develops your practical and analytical skills.This course is...
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Childhood

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Childhood Copyrighted imageCredit: The Open University/Karen Parker
Intermediate Level Duration 600 hours Updated 10 Jan 2013 Register by 05 Sep 2013
By The Open University
This interdisciplinary introduction to childhood and youth studies explores what it means to be a child today, with contrasting case studies from round the world.This...
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