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Explore the Realm of Pedagogy with Pedagodzilla!
Education & Development

Explore the Realm of Pedagogy with Pedagodzilla!

...Introduction: I am Pedagodzilla – hear me roar! Chapter 2: How do spooky Muppets guide Scrooge through transformative learning? Chapter 3: Come Dunning with me, Kruger! How do you know if what you are serving up is any good? Chapter 4: How do ontology and epistemology help you eliminate Jar Jar Binks with headcan(n)ons? Part 1 Chapter 5: Yeah, but do ontology and...
Afterword to Representing Religions: Race, Rationality, Colonialism and Anthropology
History & The Arts

Afterword to Representing Religions: Race, Rationality, Colonialism and Anthropology

...Introduction’ in Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter, Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press. Barofsky, R. (2020) ‘Rethinking Ethnography: A Study in Public Anthropology’, Anthropology Today, 36(5): pp. 1-2. Harvey, G. (2020) ‘Trans-Indigenous Festivals: Democracy and Emplacement’ in Pike, S.M., Salomonsen, J. and Tremlett, P.-F. (eds) Ritual and...
Behind the camera
History & The Arts

Behind the camera

...projects to record a perhaps vanishing way of life. Whatever the collective project, it has become a valuable way of using film to say ‘We are here!’ And again this process has become gradually more democratised with advances in technology. In the early days, the assistance of sympathetic professionals was needed, as when pioneering photographers went into the slums...
Emotion in motion: Supporting children’s understanding of different emotions through dance
Education & Development

Emotion in motion: Supporting children’s understanding of different emotions through dance

...project led by The Open University...Since March, children in the UK (and elsewhere) have been dealing with a range of often strong emotions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether a child is now being taught in school (as some are) or as ‘distance-learners’ based at home, dance has something to offer in terms of their social and emotional learning. As a team...
Retirement planning made easy
Money & Business

Retirement planning made easy

...Introduction - Welcome to this course on retirement planning produced by The Open University in collaboration with Legal & General. Retirement itself, plus deciding which option to choose when taking your pension mean there is a lot to consider. The choices you make about how to ensure your money lasts in retirement are important. Spending a bit of time now will help put...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Motivation and factors affecting motivation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Motivation and factors affecting motivation

...Introduction - Motivation is a key concept in sport and fitness as it is motivation which gives us the push to either doing what has to be done or pushing ourselves harder and harder to achieve greater things. That said, it’s an easy thing to mention but a harder thing to understand. For example, why on some days are we full of energy and bursting to get things done...
Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...Introduction - Legally in the UK, the term ‘Social Worker’ has been a protected title since 2005. Anyone using this title must be registered with their relevant UK nation-specific regulatory body and it is an offence to use the title of social worker without being qualified and registered. However, while it is certainly useful that the professional title is legally...
Supporting female performance in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting female performance in sport and fitness

...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 start-of-course survey. Once...