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Multiple cause diagrams
Science, Maths & Technology

Multiple cause diagrams

...system boundary on a multiple cause diagram. However, drawing a multiple cause diagram may help develop your ideas about where to draw a boundary. It helps in checking a draft to ensure that each individual relationship makes sense. If the meaning is not obvious, then often the cause is that you have omitted some intermediate nodes, and finding and inserting them solves...
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Video 10 mins
Participatory development in action
Society, Politics & Law

Participatory development in action

...systems of impoverished communities and agencies, which can have differing agendas. They also show how development is linked to issues of identity, urbanisation, politics, economics, social relations and gender. To complete the album, Dr Helen Yanacopulos of The Open University's Development Policy and Practice unit explains the choice of some of the case studies...
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Audio 1 hr 36 mins
World in transition: Managing Resources
Nature & Environment

World in transition: Managing Resources

...systems of impoverished communities and the development agencies. They also show how development is linked to issues of identity, urbanisation, politics, economics, social relations and gender.In the bonus material Dr Helen Yanacopulos, Senior Lecturer in International Politics and Development at The Open University, provides insight into the educational value of the...
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Audio 1 hr 35 mins
Using Talk Factory for Speaking and Listening in Classrooms
Education & Development

Using Talk Factory for Speaking and Listening in Classrooms

...Thinking: ZPD for Teaching/Learning Habits of the Heart and Mind, her observations of teachers using classroom discussion showed to bring both opportunities and hindrances to ‘open-forum classroom discussions’. By this, I mean, Miller critiques that in ‘many classroom contexts, literature discussions cut-off students from their own responses… even teachers who...
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Article 5 mins
Mo Mowlam and The Good Friday Agreement
Society, Politics & Law

Mo Mowlam and The Good Friday Agreement

...think at this time of celebration Mo would have wanted it acknowledged that it wasn’t just the female political leaders who had a platform who helped to achieve this peace in a very male dominated environment but it was the unseen, quiet work of the women in the communities that was arguably the key to securing and maintaining peace on the streets of Northern Ireland,...
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Article 5 mins
Outdoor Therapy: The Benefits of Walking and Talking
Health, Sports & Psychology

Outdoor Therapy: The Benefits of Walking and Talking

...think of walking and outdoors: both are immensely beneficial for our physical and mental health and wellbeing. Both are also immensely beneficial for people who have a neurodegenerative condition such as a type of dementia. You can read more about the ageing brain here. Walking is a type of exercise suitable and beneficial for everyone, and being outdoors just increases...
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Article 15 mins
Feeling Stuck in your Job or Career? The ACT Matrix may be the Tool you Need
Health, Sports & Psychology

Feeling Stuck in your Job or Career? The ACT Matrix may be the Tool you Need

...think of the ‘T’ as ‘taking action’, so overall, ACT is about being open, aware and active – doing what matters, so that personal and working lives become more meaningful. Let’s explore this further... Open, aware and active So how could ACT help in our working lives? Importantly, ACT is not about reviewing your past to find hidden meaning and answers, nor...
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Article 10 mins
People-centred designing
Science, Maths & Technology

People-centred designing

...systems, DVD players, digital cameras and camcorders, all beckon the shoppers, asking them to take note of recent developments. Similarly, press and TV advertisements, leaflets and Sunday supplement flyers introduce us to ranges of brand new, innovative products. New technology offers the potential for real improvements to our lives – products that make jobs easier,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs