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Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families

...working with older people with learning disabilities, including those whose behaviour may challenge others. It is for registered professionals and non-registered health and social care workers. The course has been developed from the findings of Growing Older – Planning Ahead, an independent research project funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)...
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Languages

Describing language

...works and it is a useful starting point if you wish to study languages and/or applied linguistics at The Open University...Do you know the difference between a noun and an adjective? Do you know why we say indefatigable but not unfluffabluable? Would you like to? In this course you’ll go on a whistle-stop tour of all the key components of language. You’ll learn how to...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Education & Development

Teaching and learning tricky topics

...Work done is measured in: a.Joules b.Watts c.Coulombs d.Newtons Having just finished the class, most students will be able to select the correct response, a). However, this does not necessarily mean that they have a deep understanding of what ‘work done’ represents, nor how to calculate it. They may have memorised terms or equations well enough to be able to select...
Black lives matter in sport too: what is the BAME experience of sport in the UK?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Black lives matter in sport too: what is the BAME experience of sport in the UK?

...work tends to be flexible so I can chaperone my children to their sporting activities, which are often at awkward times and challenging distances away. For example, my eldest son may have a training session 65 miles away from our home. Compare this to my cousin who cannot get time off to take her son to Basketball training or her daughter to athletics training because she...
Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model
Health, Sports & Psychology

Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model

...working to understand coachee’s emotional reactions and difficulties, rather than ignoring or trying to change or control them (i.e., displaying emotional intelligence.) Collaboration and facilitation – coaching is a reflective and collaborative process, with continuous discussion and negotiation between coach and coachee, facilitating positive changes in behaviour to...
Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...working with children in trouble with the law. You will learn about the emergence of the youth justice system in England and Wales and how it has changed over the years. A comparative approach provides opportunities to learn about the approaches taken in Northern Ireland and Scotland. You will explore topical issues surrounding young people and crime, such as how rates of...
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Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...works and governs every aspect of our lives. Law, however, is not constant. It changes over time, and those changes are often driven by the passionate beliefs of individuals seeking to remedy inequalities to create a better and more equal society, and who might be seeking a remedy for the wrong they or others have suffered. Before moving on to the next section you should...
Textiles in Ghana
History & The Arts

Textiles in Ghana

...work) were regarded as belonging to the domestic sphere and stereotyped as ‘other’ by the men? Theme 4: Collaborative and independent work practices Which textile did you consider to be made more collaboratively? How might this distinction bear upon western views of the status of the cloth-makers concerned? These themes are further explored in A216, which includes...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs