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Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems
Nature & Environment

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

...thinking about the world. This means that it involves a certain way of investigating, studying and writing about a topic. In this context, an organism is a living thing – ourselves and other animals, as well as plants, fungi, bacteria and so on. These living things interact with each other in various ways and with the non-living components that make up the environment...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...thinking style’ and identify implications for everyday life appreciate key ideas about brain and nervous system function in autism appreciate the complex role of genetic influences in autism...Week 4: Explaining autism: mind and brain: 1 The psychology of autism: explaining social characteristics - Psychological theories of autism seek to explain the characteristic...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Assessment in secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary mathematics

...thinking about assessment. Reflection point Consider what progress in mathematics means to you. Does it mean answering questions on harder concepts? Or does it mean answering more complex questions? Are you better at mathematics because you can complete lots of questions that are all the same, or because you can persevere with a problem and suggest different ways of...
Discussion Hub - Exodus: Our Journey to Europe
Society, Politics & Law

Discussion Hub - Exodus: Our Journey to Europe

Share your views on the OU/BBC co-production 'Exodus: Our Journey to Europe'. ...[illustration of people debating] What did you think of the series 'Exodus: Our Journey to Europe' and the refugees' stories in the series? Have your say using the comment section below.
Using data to aid organisational change
Money & Business

Using data to aid organisational change

...think about your role in relation to this research. In this case, you can call yourself a ‘practitioner-researcher’, due to the fact that you are working within the organisational context in which you would like to make a change. Different types of practitioner-researcher can be categorised according to their relationship with the location or context of their project...
Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection
Money & Business

Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection

...thinking about entrepreneurship: what it is, how it works and why it is worth exploring. Figure 1 People have a tendency to stereotype entrepreneurs There is a widespread tendency to stereotype entrepreneurs and, as a consequence, to over-simplify a far more complex phenomenon. For example, some people see commercial entrepreneurs as a wholly positive force in society,...
Kant's Axe
History & The Arts

Kant's Axe

This animation explores Kant's thinking on lies...If a sinister looking man carrying an axe knocked on your door and asked you where your best friend was, would it be morally acceptable to tell a lie. Immanuel Kant, surprisingly, thought it wouldn’t. The example of the would-be murderer in this animation is his.
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Succeed with maths: part 2 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 2

...think carefully about these. Comment To count the data in each category you could use a tally system. You may be familiar with tallying as representing sets of 5, with 4 slashes and a diagonal line across these, making what looks like a gate. This is known as a tally. Answer The final table should look something like this. It is fine if you have put the rows and columns...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs