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Science and society: A career and professional development course
Education & Development

Science and society: A career and professional development course

...course, is a free course that explores this further...Scientists throughout the world are increasingly interested in the relationship between science and society. Part of their concern is with the social responsibilities scientists have in relation to broader public interests. That raises important issues to do with the ethical and social dimension of scientists' work and...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...course explores Wilberforce's career and writings and assesses their historical significance. In particular, it examines the contribution that Evangelicalism, the religious tradition to which Wilberforce belonged, made in the transitions between the Enlightenment and Romanticism. Throughout it relates Wilberforce's career and writings to wider social and cultural...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Using film music in the classroom
Education & Development

Using film music in the classroom

...course, Using film music in the classroom, explores them all...There are many approaches to using film music in the classroom including: a focus on pupil experience; a focus on the structure of composition; a focus on the relationship between music and image. This free course, Using film music in the classroom, explores them all....Using film music in the classroom:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Passports: identity and airports
Society, Politics & Law

Passports: identity and airports

...course, Passports: identity and airports, offers a sociological analysis of the modern airport. Using a lively mixture of videos, interactive exercises and readings, the course explores how the social world of the airport is made and maintained. In particular, it investigates how the processes that constitute this world - queuing, check in, security clearance, moving...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Exploring the history of prisoner education Badge icon
History & The Arts

Exploring the history of prisoner education

...course, Exploring the history of prisoner education, looks at the history of prison education in the British Isles. It will examine the motivations behind the provision of education, the types of learning that were offered and the experiences of prisoners over the first 100 years of education in prisons...Schemes to improve the literacy and numeracy of prisoners, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Making decisions
Money & Business

Making decisions

...course will help you understand some of the processes involved in decision making. Attention to the psychology of decision making and the social context in which decisions are made can improve your understanding of others and yourself...Do you hate making decisions? Does the ability of others to make snap decisions really frustrate you? This free course will help you...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Teaching secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Teaching secondary modern foreign languages

...course, Teaching secondary modern foreign languages, will identify and explore some of the key issues around teaching modern foreign languages in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on and develop your practice as a modern foreign languages teacher and develop a greater awareness of the wider context of languages...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Basic science: understanding numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding numbers

...course, Basic science: understanding numbers, explains how you can use numbers to describe the natural world and make sense of everything from atoms to oceans...This practical, hands-on free course will help you to start thinking like a scientist, by using numbers to describe and understand the natural world. It might be the size of the Greenland ice sheet, the number of...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs