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The Science of Fear
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Science of Fear

...become scared - with all the physical manifestations that take place when you become fearful? But why can't he just tell himself that the snake isn't dangerous? He finds it almost impossible to 'turn off' his fear, even when it is irrational. It seems that some 'emotional centre' in his brain doesn't readily listen to his 'reasoning' brain. In a previous the programme on...
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Article 15 mins
Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market
Money & Business

Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market

...OU volunteers say about why they started voluntary work...Using Voluntary work to get ahead in the job market: 2.1 Introduction - 'All experiences count and are valuable and no one should push those aside. It really doesn't matter where that experience was gained. It's about what you learnt from it… don't devalue yourself. Recognise the importance of what you've done.'...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
CARE-KNOW-DO for Social and Emotional Learning: building children’s resilience and agency in crisis settings
Education & Development

CARE-KNOW-DO for Social and Emotional Learning: building children’s resilience and agency in crisis settings

...students’ ability to recover from adversity, learn from experiences, and respond constructively to life’s challenges. Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) supports this by helping children understand emotions and build the self-confidence needed to cope with hardship and grow stronger. For SEL to be effective in crisis contexts, it must be rooted in children’s...
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Article 5 mins
Do as Dumbledore does: the benefits of private speech
Languages

Do as Dumbledore does: the benefits of private speech

...students in the language laboratory, as she engaged with an online task, started talking aloud to herself, even gesturing to the computer screen. I was fascinated. And I wanted to find out more about it. I wanted to know why people talk aloud to themselves. Dumbledore’s ensuing words may shed some light: Albus Dumbledore: Have you been whispering to you yourself, Draco?...
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Article 10 mins
Exploring critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring critical social work practice

...student, or as a qualified social worker. Becoming a critical practitioner is an ongoing process rather than an end point. It is often done in conjunction with others, for example in supervision, through collaboration with people with lived experience and alongside other social work and interprofessional colleagues. In this course, you will look at a theoretical model...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
A future for languages in schools?
Languages

A future for languages in schools?

...OU’s specific expertise in teaching practice and pedagogy has been utilized to provide training for teachers in various topics including dyslexia and language learning, listening skills, and teaching translation. A library of free open educational resources (OER) is available through the OpenLearnWorks project website offering language teachers the possibility to...
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Article 5 mins
Golden Globe Ocean Race: Antarctic ice cliff instability and sea-level predictions
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Antarctic ice cliff instability and sea-level predictions

...student Andreas Wernecke explores Antarctic ice cliff instability and sea-level predictions. ...I am a PhD student at The Open University and I am currently in the extraordinarily lucky situation that a part of my research is published and gains quite some attention from the research community and media alike. The study has been led by one of my supervisors, Tamsin...
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Article 10 mins
Geometry
Science, Maths & Technology

Geometry

...becomes less so. It then becomes a right angle, and subsequently gets much blunter until the two arms form a straight line. Then it starts to turn back upon itself, passing through a three-quarter turn and, when the rotating arm gets back to the start, it rests on top of the fixed arm again. The most common unit for expressing angles is degrees, denoted by °, with a...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs