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Life after sport: giving back
Health, Sports & Psychology

Life after sport: giving back

...research with athletes who had retired or were close to retirement explored what athletes themselves felt they had to offer in terms of competencies they had developed during their career. The strongest they identified were goal orientation, dedication to success and collaboration. For some athletes, a natural career path is one that sees them remain in sport,...
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Getting started with Spanish 3
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 3

...research. What makes the Open Centre different? The OU is the leader in online learning and teaching with a heritage of more than 50 years helping student achieve their learning ambitions. The short courses are underpinned by academic rigour and designed by native speakers experienced in producing engaging materials for online learning of languages and cultures. The...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
What is the haka and why is it performed at rugby matches?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is the haka and why is it performed at rugby matches?

...children mimicking many of the actions. It was also an enjoyable pastime to see who could perform the fiercest pukana (protruding of the tongues and eyes) and to act out the moves in every manner thinkable. Haka also helped many children to improve their physical skills and prowess including balance, hand and eye co-ordination, dexterity and poise under pressure. The All...
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Why are the Paris attacks given greater attention than the ISIS killings in Beirut?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are the Paris attacks given greater attention than the ISIS killings in Beirut?

...children, photographed in the Algerian desert, 2012] Sahwari children in a refugee camp, 2012 The Sahrawi refugees, who are the Western Sahara’s dispossessed, are a case in point. Known as “Africa’s last colony”, many Sahwari have been stuck in refugee camps for two to three decades, with little hope of a referendum on independence in the near future. With reports...
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What's so exciting about gravitational waves being discovered?
Science, Maths & Technology

What's so exciting about gravitational waves being discovered?

...children, one heavier than the other, playing on a trampoline. If we treat the surface of the trampoline as the fabric then the more massive child distorts the fabric more than the other. If one child places a ball near the feet of the other then the ball will roll towards, or follow the distortion, towards their feet. Similarly, when the Earth goes around the sun, the...
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Motivation and factors affecting motivation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Motivation and factors affecting motivation

...centred view Theory says that motivation is due to a person's individual characteristics, e.g. their personality Personality will predict whether or not they will be motivated Ignores the influence that the situation may have on the individual Situation-centred view Interactional view Comment Table 2 Summary of the three approaches to motivation NAME OF APPROACH BRIEF...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Picturing the family
History & The Arts

Picturing the family

...research...Picturing the family: 2.2 Photographs as primary sources - As a primary source of historical evidence the still photograph remains largely unexamined and unexplored. Many academic historians remain wedded to the written word and are often mistrustful or dismissive of the still image. Photographs continue to be used merely to prettify or to provide necessary...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
A year in review 2022
Education & Development

A year in review 2022

...researchers in the Antarctic found the shipwreck Endurance, which sank in 1915 during Shackleton's expedition. New to OpenLearn: we refreshed the popular ‘Developing career resilience’ course, and added articles such as the very helpful ‘How to keep your kidneys healthy’! [Blue banner says 'the defamation case with no real winner'] Were you Team Depp or Team...
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