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Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring
Money & Business

Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring

...write down the ways in which doing an LNA (learning needs analysis) might be different from doing a TNA (training needs analysis). In what ways might your choice of delivery method, your approach to evaluation or your approach to stakeholder engagement change if the focus is on learning, rather than training? Note down the implications of any differences for: a.your role...
Getting started with French 3
Languages

Getting started with French 3

...write down whether the nouns in bold are masculine or feminine, singular or plural. What do you notice about the spelling of the nouns which follow de l’? If necessary, check in your dictionary the meaning of the prepositional phrases used. en face des toilettes Answer en face des toilettes (feminine, plural) à gauche de la mairie Answer à gauche de la mairie...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Understanding your sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...write blogs to inform others, and to encourage discussion and collaboration. Visiting trade shows and conferences will bring you into contact with professionals speaking about major issues relating to a particular trade or industry. You will need to analyse what these factors mean in terms of their impact or potential impact. This involves realistically assessing how...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introduction to adolescent mental health Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to adolescent mental health

...Write down a list of bullet points which reflect the stigmatising experiences these young people describe. You can write these as a list of words or phrases. [MUSIC PLAYING] SPEAKER 1 My mental health problem means that I go through many highs and lows which I struggle to control. SPEAKER 2 Sometimes I just want to hide away. SPEAKER 3 I feel that I have to make everyone...
What is politics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is politics?

...writing of fiction or the production of a film or piece of visual art. Figure 10 Gay marriage advocates demonstrate in front of the US courthouse in Norfolk, Virginia, 2014 Given the example you just worked through, you might be tempted to think that politics (whether broadly or narrowly defined) is all about critically engaging with or challenging the status quo – the...
Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective
Society, Politics & Law

The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective

...writing up, and in the whole research process. Because it’s not simply hearing the person’s story. DARREN: Like the social psychoanalytic approach, we take field notes very seriously, and are very interested in our experience of what happens in relationships with an interviewee, before and after, and our relationship with the subject too. DR LINDA FINLAY: As the...
Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?

...writing (Animal Aid, 2019). Social harms also afflict other animals as unintended collateral damage. For instance, motorised transport brings about the killing and injuring of other animals (as well as human accident victims), often described as ‘road kill’ (Soron, 2011). There is not enough space in this course to fully document these harms, so the focus will be on...
Teaching assistants: support in action
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action

...write about their day-to-day work. This provides us with an idea of how the role is developing and also how it might possibly develop in the future. Doubtless, since The Open University first launched a specific advanced qualification for teaching assistants in 1995 (The Specialist Teacher Assistant Certificate), assistants have, increasingly, become involved in the work...