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Supporting physical development in early childhood
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting physical development in early childhood

...interact with the physical environment, develop social interactions, and develop underpinning knowledge of the values of physical activity for health and wellbeing are also important components. We know that now is an important time to foster a movement culture into the lives of children through the environments in which they engage. Physical activity is as important for...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Introduction to ecosystems
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to ecosystems

...interact with the organisms that inhabit it. Using case studies, you will come to learn how knowledge of ecosystems leads to understanding of their individual importance, and how they can be preserved...Gain an understanding of the natural world and how the web of life works, with illustrations from around the world. This course is designed to be studied for about 2 hours...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Do Something Great
Nature & Environment

Do Something Great

...about volunteering to help another age group to transfer your generation's skills and knowledge? Find out more by trying our interactive on challenging ageism and free courses on the topic. Start saving species Look into conservation with our free resources below. From gorillas in Africa to the tiniest bugs in your back garden, we've got a range of species covered....
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Article 5 mins
Methods in Motion: With the mothers of Munich & Birmingham
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: With the mothers of Munich & Birmingham

...interactions, and observations – citizens of their adopted countries. Developing new ways of thinking about method, migration research conducted with creative methods reveals the power of small things occurring in the everyday. Innovative visual and digital methods for sharing knowledge provide us with new ways of countering anti-migration propaganda, by explaining what...
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Article 5 mins
Causal loop diagrams
Science, Maths & Technology

Causal loop diagrams

...interact to generate problems. They can be used as the basis for a computer simulation model. The most common behaviours modelled this way are often presented as systems archetypes (e.g. fixes that fail, shifting the burden, limits to success, escalation, tragedy of the commons, etc.). Elements A title. Phrases. Arrows linking the phrases with ‘s’ and ‘o’ signs on...
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Video 10 mins
Why you should visit the OpenLearn sustainability hub
Nature & Environment

Why you should visit the OpenLearn sustainability hub

...interactive? The Sustainability Hub caters to different learning styles, so however you absorb information best, there’s something to suit you. 5. Insights from the experts Everything you’ll find on the hub is created or curated by academics and sustainability professionals - meaning the content is grounded in research and designed to be genuinely helpful. You get...
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Article 5 mins
Working with our environment: an introduction
Nature & Environment

Working with our environment: an introduction

...interacted with the social changes associated with nineteenth-century settlement to influence the economic direction of New Zealand (and not just New Zealand of course), and through it the environment. Similar influences (for example, the globalisation of trade and markets by transnational companies) are still at work around the world. SAQ 2 Take a few minutes to scan...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter
Society, Politics & Law

Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter

...social enterprise for smoking tuna fish for export to Jakarta, to improve women’s employment and diversify the town’s fishing industry. We also met elected village leaders who had grander visions of creating a ‘Bali’ in the north, though they were also repelled by certain realities of Bali’s tourism development, not least by what they considered to be...
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Video 15 mins