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What do historians do?
History & The Arts

What do historians do?

...work to develop our understanding of the past. You will learn about three aspects of the historian’s craft through three topic areas: landscapes, infant health and criminal justice. Through the activities in the course, you will experience a wide range of historical evidence and understand its importance for historians in constructing new knowledge...What do historians...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Introducing ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing ageing

...Work and Pensions, 2011). The World Health Organization estimates that globally the proportion of people aged over 60 will double from 11% in 2000 to 22% in 2050 (WHO, 2012). These big changes can have really significant effects on individuals and on society more widely. [Described image] Figure 1 You may have seen headlines and comments like these yourself. But is this...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Teaching secondary music
Education & Development

Teaching secondary music

...work and ideas of some significant contemporary music educators. Now listen to an introduction to this course by its author, Gary Spruce: Welcome to the Open Educational Resource Course: Teaching Secondary Music – Issues in Practice. Hello, I’m Gary Spruce. I’ve worked for many years in music education as a secondary school teacher and in initial teacher education....
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

...work; and to introduce some general issues to do with the concepts of composition and improvisation, which will be relevant to all music. There is a lot of material to cover in this course, including about an hour of video, which I will be asking you to work through in some detail. Although you will be working closely on the detailed structure of the musics that I...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...work by the African-American artist Fred Wilson. Wilson’s display consisted of a collection of objects and installations addressing the multicultural, multiethnic makeup of Venice itself, from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. The installations included an opulent Murano glass chandelier, in black glass, numerous figures of the ‘blackamoor’ types used to...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Freeing people caught between life and death
Health, Sports & Psychology

Freeing people caught between life and death

...work. Anne [not her real name] had a weak spot on a blood vessel in her head, known as a brain aneurysm. Five minutes into her trip, the aneurysm burst and she crashed into a tree. She never regained consciousness. The tragedy left Owen numb, yet Anne’s accident would shape the rest of his life. Owen began to wonder if there was a way to determine which of these...
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Article 15 mins
Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...work of others. However, what is meant by ‘leadership’, ‘leading’, ‘administration’ and ‘management’ can vary across organisations, situations, times and culture. In the USA and Canada, the term ‘administrator’ is synonymous with ‘manager’, and some senior administrators will have strategic leadership responsibilities. In the UK and Australia,...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers
Education & Development

Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers

...working effectively together to create an environment where student teachers can critically reflect on their experiences in a structured way...This is the second of four courses which comprise the course Learning to teach. Traditionally student teachers are supported by a mentor in school and a tutor from a university. Both play distinctive and important parts in the...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs