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Teaching secondary music
Education & Development

Teaching secondary music

...account for pupils developing musically without any formal music education. (Philpott and Spruce, 2007, p. 30) Spruce (2007) describes it as like coming to ‘know’ a particular wine. One’s knowledge ‘about’ a particular wine might be that it comes from the Bordeaux region of France, that it results from the blending of particular types of grape and comes from a...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Recording music and sound
History & The Arts

Recording music and sound

...accounts suggests that listeners in pre-recording eras heard a much less eclectic mixture of styles than we do today. We hear music in a great variety of places – for example, in shops, restaurants, bars, on television, in the car, at home, at concerts, etc. – so we are likely to be familiar with the sound of a range of, for example, popular music as well as...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Supporting and developing resilience in social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting and developing resilience in social work

...account of this. Write down what happened to make you distressed; describe your emotions at the time; recall what helped and what made things worse; and explain how you eventually resolved your distress. At the time, what did you need from your manager/organisation? Was this need met? Your reflective account is for your own private use, unless you choose to share it with...
Personal branding for career success Badge icon
Money & Business

Personal branding for career success

...accountability, but you have colleagues who seem to get away with making mistakes and blaming someone else, that can make you angry, unhappy or demoralised. If you are self-employed and your values include freedom and independence, that should be a good match. If you plan to use your personal branding to find a job that gives you greater satisfaction, clearly...
Hybrid working: organisational development
Money & Business

Hybrid working: organisational development

...account of the key stakeholders within your environment and their needs in relation to organisational development. You need to understand organisational requirements, the context, connections, and requirements for key areas of focus and how these relate to the needs of your stakeholders. You need to consider your ways of working for the wellbeing of future generations....
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Money & Business

Working in teams

...accountable. Breaking Katzenbach and Smith’s definition down: For a group to be a team, it needs to have a shared goal or ‘common purpose’ that all the members are working towards. Another important point is the concept of ‘complementary skills’. A key difference between a group and a team is that team members work together to achieve the goal. Completing the...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Eutrophication
Nature & Environment

Eutrophication

...account of their terrestrial plant communities, are considered to have been damaged by eutrophication. This has been identified as a factor in the decline of some important UK habitats, including some identified for priority action under the UK’s Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP). Wet woodlands, for example, occur on poorly drained soils, usually with alder, birch and...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Basic science: understanding numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding numbers

...account to supervise under 13s on the course, and assisting with the experiments. You can read more in the OpenLearn FAQs...Week 1: Why does science need numbers?: 1.1 Water, water everywhere - NARRATOR 1 Bottled water is ubiquitous in our daily lives. Every year in the UK, we each consume some 70 litres of purchased bottled water, whether it's fizzy, mineral, or just...