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Supporting children’s learning in primary education today
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

...work or from the work/volunteering in a primary setting? This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course E103 Learning and teaching in the primary years....Supporting children’s learning in primary education today: Introduction - Welcome to this free course, Supporting children’s learning in primary education today. [Described image] Figure...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Why are people upset about the Stonewall Movie?
History & The Arts

Why are people upset about the Stonewall Movie?

...worked as a bar back (i.e. bartending assistant) at the Stonewall back in the day. He told me about the night of June 28, 1969, when the police raided (not such a common occurrence at the Stonewall since there were payoffs) and especially began to hassle a Puerto Rican drag queen John only knew as José. On that night there was a private party going on at the Stonewall....
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Article 5 mins
DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude
Society, Politics & Law

DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude

...work out your latitude and longitude...This content is associated with The Open University's Geography courses and qualifications. To pinpoint your position on a map of the world you need to work out your co-ordinates, known as latitude and longitude. Latitude is your position north or south of the Equator. Lines, or parallels, are drawn around the Earth at intervals. The...
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Article 15 mins
A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth
Society, Politics & Law

A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth

...work suggests that harassment and negative interaction with white police officers experienced as boys, hugely negate attitudes toward the police as these Black boys grow to adulthood. The Metropolitan Police Service Black Police Association (MetBPA) presented the following statement in the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry (1999): that ‘A second source of institutional racism is...
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Article 10 mins
Panic buying and how to stop it
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic buying and how to stop it

...work, children and family as well as personal needs and values. (Such as when to get up for work, when to get out of the house, when and how you pick up your children, which side of the bed you sleep in, and what brands you buy in your shopping). Norms are useful because they allow us to function without having to think too much about the reasons why we do things. Once a...
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Article 10 mins
Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems
Nature & Environment

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

...work through the remainder of this course, you will develop your understanding of the terms ‘organism’, ‘environment’, ‘habitat’ and ‘interrelationship’. When you come across one of these terms, stop and think about how it has been used. Does the way the term has been used change, or add anything to, your understanding? Answer Organisms: wide range of...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Basic science: understanding numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding numbers

...work out an average or area, and how to read a graph. We'll also show you why you don't need to understand fractions, and warn you about the percent button on calculators. OK, here we go. In week one, you learn about some basic concepts for numbers, including the way scientists write very big or very small numbers. You'll also cover units of measurement, like kilogrammes,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
An introduction to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to software development

...working code is valued above other types of artefact, such as models or other documentation. Extreme Programming (XP) (Beck, 2000) and Scrum (Schwaber and Beedle, 2001) are two well-known Agile development approaches. Within the same timescale of Agile development, model-driven-development (Selic, 2003) also arose. This approach sees models and not code as the key...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs