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Cognition and gender development
Education & Development

Cognition and gender development

...et al., 2002). In 1981, Carol Martin and Charles Halverson presented a new account of gender typing that drew on the ideas of earlier cognitive developmental accounts but included considerably more detail about the exact cognitive processes involved in gender development (Martin and Halverson, 1981). They proposed that the emergence of stereotypes in childhood was not...
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Article 15 mins
Perspectives on social work: individual stories
Health, Sports & Psychology

Perspectives on social work: individual stories

...et al., 2012) As illustrated by both social workers in the videos, making the link between personal experience and what social workers bring to their practice is an important early step towards their becoming a reflective practitioner. Good social work practice is primarily about relationships (Wilson et al., 2011) and engaging effectively with service users, carers and...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
How to be a critical reader
Languages

How to be a critical reader

...adapted extract from the Open University course L185 English for academic purposes online...How to be a critical reader: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: consider the importance of examining attitudes to texts understand the organisation of argument texts distinguish between facts and opinions in texts examine hedging as a technique...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
An introduction to death, dying and grief
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to death, dying and grief

...adapted extract from the Open University course K220 Death, dying and bereavement. Please note that this course includes video about people talking personally about their experiences in relation to death and dying. If you have been affected by the issues in these videos, you can call Macmillan Cancer Support free of charge on 0808 808 00 00. You can also call Samaritans...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...et al (2020) focus on gender and race related advice for white men in the US, but they ‘believe it can be used by members of any privileged group who want to create inclusive organisations’: Educate yourself – take the time to read, listen, watch and deepen understanding. Recognise that members of an underrepresented group won’t all have the same experiences. Own...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Working with our environment: an introduction
Nature & Environment

Working with our environment: an introduction

...et al., published by Open University Worldwide. Where particular skills, such as reading, note taking and using diagrams may be needed to help your study, you can read the appropriate section. How often you will need to do this will, of course, depend on your existing skills. Finally the course contains some Exercises and Self-assessment Questions (SAQs) which I recommend...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Personal development planning for engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal development planning for engineering

...adapted extract from the Open University course T176 Engineering: professions, practice and skills 1...Personal development planning for engineering: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: provide evidence of critical assessment of personal career development provide evidence of a career development plan linked to the requirements of...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Recording music and sound
History & The Arts

Recording music and sound

...adapted extract from the Open University course A232 Music, sound and technology...Recording music and sound: Learning outcomes - By the end of this course you should be able to: appreciate the tasks required to organise and create commercial music demonstrate knowledge of the history of sound-recording technology recognise the impact of technological change on sound...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs