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Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers
Education & Development

Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers

...systems and school contexts. For the purposes of this course, the term ‘mentor’ is used to indicate the person (usually a member of the school staff) who works with the beginner teacher on a daily basis in the school context supporting their development while on placement. The role of ‘tutor’ may include providing academic support, if the student is studying for...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
DEBATE: Should we have a smaller financial services sector?
Health, Sports & Psychology

DEBATE: Should we have a smaller financial services sector?

Do you think we should have a smaller financial services sector? Vote in our poll and leave your comments...Read the academic articles below, then share your views by voting in our poll and using the comments facility. Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey , the world's leading questionnaire tool.
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Activity 5 mins
Numbers, units and arithmetic
Science, Maths & Technology

Numbers, units and arithmetic

...system is the decimal system, where the position of a digit within the number determines whether it represents units, tens, hundreds, thousands etc. For example, the number 1375 means one thousand three hundred and seventy-five. The position of the 3, third from the right, means that it represents 3 hundreds. A thousand thousand, 1 000 000, is called a million and a...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Children’s perspectives on play
Education & Development

Children’s perspectives on play

...think about their view of play and their reasons for playing. When children have personal freedom to choose and make decisions about what and who they want to play with, as well as where they want to play, they are highly self-motivated and active in their engagements with everything around them. In this course you will think about how you listen to children’s...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The People on the Notes: Adam Smith
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Adam Smith

...think-tank dedicated to the pursuit of economic liberalism bears his name, and Margaret Thatcher famously carried a copy of his book Wealth of Nations with her at all times. Smith is widely celebrated – often by people who haven’t read his works – as a “prophet” of individualism, as the man who foresaw the rise of industrial capitalism and provided the...
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Article 10 mins
Lifecycle of the Car Industry
Money & Business

Lifecycle of the Car Industry

...think that car manufacturers have understood that the car is an important part of our lives so they're interested in two things – using digital technology to augment the cars, the products themselves, with new functionality for the cars; and also a way to deliver services to people. As we're going places we may want to just generally carry out other things that we do...
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Article 10 mins
Reducing the carbon footprint of on-premises IT
Nature & Environment

Reducing the carbon footprint of on-premises IT

With more buildings becoming ‘smart’, IT managers are increasingly responsible for the operation of building management systems. This article examines the carbon costs of the on-premises IT digital carbon footprint. ...Find out more about The Open University's Environment courses Reducing digital carbon footprints of digital assets The digital carbon footprints of our...
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Article 5 mins
Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part Two
Education & Development

Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part Two

...system to keep these natural human impulses under control? It is inaccurate to suggest that human beings are “naturally” interested mainly in themselves. No person is an island and we are all social beings. We cannot thrive without the help and support of other people. Human nature and human survival is dependent on us being grounded in notions of mutual aid and...
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Article 12 mins