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Exploring babies' and young children's development and learning
Education & Development

Exploring babies' and young children's development and learning

...introduction to this album Entering social and cultural worlds Dr Dorothy Faulkner of The Open University sets the scene for the first set of interviews on the album Early relationships In this archive interview, Professor Rudolph Schaffer explores the significance of relationships as part of early infant development Cultural environment and individual development In this...
Finding a mentor
Money & Business

Finding a mentor

...Management courses and qualifications. It can be very helpful to find a mentor who will support you in your workplace learning. A mentor can help you think about problems you may be facing, and new ideas or ways of working you want to try out. They will usually help by listening to your thoughts and ideas and asking questions to help you think more clearly about them. A...
Participant voices & interactions Beyond The Babble
Society, Politics & Law

Participant voices & interactions Beyond The Babble

...projected across several windows across the gallery and on twitter in the form of sound cards: Who am I? @WhoAreWe_2017 @giotita @tateexchange #identity #beyondbabblehttps://t.co/4jSreSEPDS pic.twitter.com/RmCvjNourM — cultivaters (@SOCIALBRDCSTS) March 15, 2017 The entire content of the installation along with further explanations is featured in a dedicated website...
Black and Minority Ethnic Network Podcasts - series 2
Education & Development

Black and Minority Ethnic Network Podcasts - series 2

...projects, plus covers the work happening within the institution in relation to race and ethnicity...Anita Pilgrim Katherine talks to Anita about the intersection of BME and LGBTQI identities. Transcript Many years ago, somebody saying to me, oh, where are you from? And I was like, well, I was born in Scotland. I'm from Scotland. And as he went off into the building, he...
Teaching secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Teaching secondary modern foreign languages

...Introduction - This free course, Teaching secondary modern foreign languages, will identify and explore some of the key issues around teaching modern foreign languages (MFL) in secondary schools. Engaging with these issues and debates will help you to reflect upon and develop your practice as a beginner teacher of MFL. You will also develop a greater awareness of the...
Getting started with Chinese 1
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 1

...introduction will get you started on the essentials of reading, writing, speaking and listening in Chinese through a variety of online activities. A perfect introduction for absolute beginners! This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LGXC001 Beginners Chinese 1. After completing this free course,...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Talk the talk
Education & Development

Talk the talk

...Introduction - Welcome to Talk the talk. This course will provide you with the language and strategies to deliver talks with a difference. It will boost your confidence and turn public speaking into a valuable experience. First, watch the following video, in which Marshal Anderson introduces the course. Marshal Anderson Welcome to Talk the talk. I'm Marshal Anderson. In...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...Introduction - The aim of this week is to familiarise you with some of the concepts and to get you thinking about some of the issues involved. We will then explore these in more detail in the coming weeks. The materials presented in this week are largely drawn from Week 7 of the Open University H817 course Openness and innovation in elearning...Open education: 1.2 Week 1...
Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs