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Society, Politics & Law
A brief history of Harlem
Explore the history of the New York neighbourhood of Harlem to understand why investment can cause as many problems as lack of investment and how this has considerable impacts on the African-American community.
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History & The Arts
Listen Up! Developing an appreciation of music
Nick Jones explains why knowing a little about what makes music, and listening carefully, can reveal much more in a simple tune
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Education & Development
A history of child protection
Barbara Bilston looks at the history of the development of child protection provision in the UK.
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Science, Maths & Technology
The science of making musical instruments
How can you take string or a tube and create a device to make music? Here's the science behind the tools of art.
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Money & Business
Lifecycle of the Car Industry
PY Gerbeau discusses 'The Lifecycle of the Car Industry' in the BBC/Open University's Rules of the Game.
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Society, Politics & Law
Chinese education: How do things work?
How is education structured in China? This article explores...
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Education & Development
What is socialisation? The one minute guide
John Oates introduces us to socialisation and the different views of child rearing.
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Education & Development
Child spirituality
Janet Seden explores the importance of understanding children’s spiritual and religious needs.
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Education & Development
Influence of temperament
This course taster is taken from the Open University’s ‘Child Development’ course (ED209). It is an extract from one of the four course text books (Oates, J., and Stevenson, J. (2005) ‘Temperament and development’, in Oates, J., Wood, C. and Grayson, A. (eds) Psychological Development and Early Childhood, Oxford, Blackwell.) © Open University 2005
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Education & Development
Cognition and gender development
This course taster is taken from the Open University’s ‘Child Development’ course (ED209). It is an extract from one of the four course text books (Banerjee, R. (2005) ‘Gender identity and the development of gender roles’, in Ding, S. and Littleton, K. S. (eds) Children’s Personal and Social Development, Oxford, Blackwell.) © Open University 2005
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Education & Development
Children and ethnicity
Dr Paul Connolly explores the role the ethnicity has on children and their development
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Society, Politics & Law
Artificial intelligence - chatting with bots
As technology advances, machines are becoming more advanced at interacting with humans, but what does this mean for the future?