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People-centred designing
Science, Maths & Technology

People-centred designing

...centred designing: 10 User research techniques: observing users - This section introduces an alternative to basing user research on yourself. This is observation of experienced and inexperienced users either in experimental or natural situations. One way around the difficulties of basing research on oneself is to observe other people acting as users and to choose naive or...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge
Society, Politics & Law

Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge

...children, Claire and I knew this position intimately. We were both qualified researchers working in universities, yet we were also the mothers attending the same appointments, navigating the same services, filling out the same endless forms, experiencing the same microaggressions and systemic barriers as our participants. To pretend otherwise, to adopt a stance of false...
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Article 5 mins
Practitioner research
Education & Development

Practitioner research

...researcher collate and analyse information? What are the best methods of investigating/examining a question?... Introduction to practitioner research Why is practitioner research important? Choosing a Research Question All research starts with a question or problem Methodology How should practitioners approach their work? Working with specific groups of people What...
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The family at the centre of early learning
Education & Development

The family at the centre of early learning

...centre of early learning, you will explore the effect of family on children’s early development. The eminent child psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner remarked, ‘every child needs an adult who is crazy about him (or her) in order to grow up’ (Bronfenbrenner, cited in Penn, 2008, p. 46). Such key adults are often found within the family, making this social group...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
The Harrison Centre for Social Mobility
Education & Development

The Harrison Centre for Social Mobility

...Centre for Social Mobility is delighted to partner with The Open University to provide a range of free learning resources, supporting our core priorities: education, training and skills...Find out more about The Open University’s Open degree qualification. The Harrison Centre for Social Mobility was set up in 2017 by David Harrison, one of the UK’s leading...
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Article 5 mins
Children and the Internet
Health, Sports & Psychology

Children and the Internet

...the risks of unregulated access to information from net Regulation and benefits Professor Sonia Livingstone feels the benefits outweigh the risks Working with children methods and challenges The challenges psychologists face with this type of research. Which children are most vulnerable Professor Sonia Livingstone discuss what other factors contribute to child safety...
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Video 36 mins
Children and happiness
Education & Development

Children and happiness

...children happy? Toys? Friends? Dr. Michelle de Haan discusses the relationship between children and happiness...[Happiness pictured by 6 year-old Piers from Silverstone Infants School] What makes children happy? ‘That’s easy,' you might say, ‘a new toy, an ice cream or a trip to the amusement park.’ While these things bring an immediate smile to many children’s...
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Article 10 mins