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Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...management, most people need some assistance to bring about positive behavioural changes. In part this requires further education, so government, industry and individuals need to work together to tackle the issue of obesity. Nonetheless most people can find it difficult to estimate how much they have eaten and to be ‘healthy’. Education is therefore central in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Sure, I know how to talk to people!
Money & Business

Sure, I know how to talk to people!

...managing a staff member whose performance is problematic at work. [Described image] Figure 1 Police suspect interview Another excellent example of a really difficult conversation is a police suspect interview. In the next section, you will learn more about the research relating to these challenging conversations...Sure, I know how to talk to people!: 2.1 Police suspect...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introduction to computational thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to computational thinking

...manage complexity: In the case of modelling, this is done by discarding information: we abstract away all that is irrelevant, to leave a model that contains only what is actually of interest. In the case of encapsulation it is done by hiding information: we encapsulate the details of an implementation/automation (of a model) behind an interface. These strategies are...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Recording music and sound
History & The Arts

Recording music and sound

...managed session requires a very different kind of note for each take. When the performer or performers are not under pressure to get it right first time, as in the case of a live performance, there are many occasions where they will stop shortly after the beginning of the take in order to start again and perform better. There is a danger in starting and stopping the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Race and Youth Policy: working with young people
Education & Development

Race and Youth Policy: working with young people

...management and accounting mechanisms, a regulatory framework. Local authorities have significant powers too, but are in many ways subservient to an increasingly interventionist national state. The stance that practitioners take in response to this scenario is critical to the practice models which emerge. Malcolm Payne (2009, p. 216)...Race and Youth Policy: working with...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Supporting children’s learning in primary education today
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

...managed park. Children are taught practical skills, such as how to saw logs, make fires and cook food outside. Carrying a level of risk unacceptable in a traditional classroom, the activities are carefully scaffolded and supervised. Activity 6 Timing: Allow 15 minutes Watch this video of a child making a mallet in Forest Schools. Then respond to the points which follow,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start of course survey....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Understanding antibiotic resistance Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding antibiotic resistance

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation - which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs