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Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...Dan Kitwood/Getty Images. Figure 6: Dinodia Photos / Alamy Stock Photo Figure 7: Alex Segre / Alamy Stock Photo Figure 8: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay. Figure 10: The Equality Trust Figure 11: Piketty, T. and Goldhammer, A., Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Figure 12: Source: WID.world. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...Dan MacLennan Section 6.3 Dance was written by Dr Hugh Dan MacLennan Section 6.4 Gaelic literature was written by Dr Donald John MacLeod Section 6.5 Sports and pastimes was written by Dr Hugh Dan MacLennan Section 7 FAQs was written by Dr Hugh Dan MacLennan This course was edited in English by Jo MacDonald and Lucy MacLeod, and in Gaelic by Jo MacDonald. Grateful...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Learning from sport burnout and overtraining Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning from sport burnout and overtraining

...Dan Gould and colleagues as ‘a physical, emotional and social withdrawal from a formerly enjoyable sport activity’. More importantly, this withdrawal often occurs as a result of chronic stress, so it is fair to categorise burnout as a ‘stress-related condition’. Perfectionism has been found to be a factor, and this certainly rings true from Trott’s account: he...
Rounding and estimation
Science, Maths & Technology

Rounding and estimation

...Dan Rosandich Mars orbiter: NASA All other written material contained within this course originated at the Open University Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Cànan nan Gàidheal (Gaelic language)
Languages

Cànan nan Gàidheal (Gaelic language)

...Dan MacLennan Section 6.3 Dance was written by Dr Hugh Dan MacLennan Section 6.4 Gaelic literature was written by Dr Donald John MacLeod Section 6.5 Sports and pastimes was written by Dr Hugh Dan MacLennan Section 7 FAQs was written by Dr Hugh Dan MacLennan This unit was edited in English by Jo MacDonald and Lucy MacLeod, and in Gaelic by Jo MacDonald. Grateful...
Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts

...dan su opinión sobre las diferencias entre arte y artesanía. 1 Antes de escuchar el compacto de actividades, mire las siguientes ilustraciones y relacione cada una de ellas con los términos ‘arte’ y ‘artesanía’. 2 ¿Qué criterios ha utilizado para su clasificación? 3 Ahora escuche la pista 14 (extracto 9) del compacto de actividades, en la que varias...
Introduction to making political and social change
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to making political and social change

...Dan Taylor). Thank you to the OU students who helped to develop the Changemakers project upon which this course is partly based. Thank you to the UK Parliament Week team for helping to develop the original Changemakers guide. Thank you to the Political Studies Association for helping to fund the original Changemakers guide. Thank you to OU Scotland, OU Wales and OU...
Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...Dan Olweus, a psychologist specializing in children and bullying, looks at typical bullies and their victims in Sweden, although what he writes of Sweden is equally applicable to non-Scandinavian countries and North America. Read the extract, looking in particular at the links between home life and school behaviour, and noting the particular characteristics of those who...