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Mental health in society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health in society

...Laing, who wrote The Divided Self, who really suggests that some of the things we were characterising as mental illness were better framed as seeing responses to an insane world. He wrote a lot about this, sort of, the interactions within families and the impact on people’s mental health. Thomas Szasz, also another psychiatrist, wrote a book called The Myth of Mental...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities

...de la Paz. adapted from an image by Angela Sevin: the original can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/angela7/261618376 [Details correct as of 24 October 2011] Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. Every effort has been...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
How to learn a language Badge icon
Languages

How to learn a language

...FAQs. When you gain your badge you will receive an email to notify you and you will be able to view and manage all your badges in My OpenLearn within 24 hours of completing the criteria to gain a badge. Get started with Week 1...Introduction and guidance: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Tita Beaven, Fernando Rosell-Aguilar and Olly Richards. Except for...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
What happens to you when you read?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to you when you read?

...class at school the reasons he has decided to be an explorer. Note: There are no ‘wrong’ answers in this activity. It’s a chance to use your own imagination and to experience something of what goes on inside an author as he or she attempts to bring characters to life. Discussion How did you feel doing this kind of writing? Did you find that you included Will having...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Myths in law
Society, Politics & Law

Myths in law

...class accent. However, the judiciary has changed in recent years. How far have these changes gone? [Described image] Figure 8 An older, white, male judge Activity 4 Name three judges Timing: Allow 2 minutes What are the names of three judges, fictional or real, which first come into your mind when you think about judges? Write their names down below. Comment You may have...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Waste management and environmentalism in China
Nature & Environment

Waste management and environmentalism in China

...class have been the greatest beneficiaries of economic growth and have become major consumers. At the same time, they are at the forefront of protesting against the degradation of their environment. This is because once basic needs are met, and there is surplus giving security, people become concerned about the quality of their lives – having a clean environment is an...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Getting started with German 3
Languages

Getting started with German 3

...des Westens) in Berlin (the largest is Harrods in London). Read the information about the KaDeWe given in German below. Then complete the activity that follows. [Described image] Figure 1 KaDeWe in Berlin Es ist das bekannteste Kaufhaus Deutschlands und mit 60.000 Quadratmetern Verkaufsfläche das größte Warenhaus auf dem europäischen Festland: das Kaufhaus des...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Approaching poetry
History & The Arts

Approaching poetry

...de floorboard’. There's a sense of amazement at ‘de people pouring from de underground system’, but the comment ‘Like beans’, given the emphasis of a line to itself, suggests that this is something that won't faze her. She continues to take things in her stride, changing her ‘calypso ways’ to learn English customs, such as not visiting ‘Before giving them...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs