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Teaching secondary music
Education & Development

Teaching secondary music

...Open Educational Resource Course: Teaching Secondary Music – Issues in Practice. Hello, I’m Gary Spruce. I’ve worked for many years in music education as a secondary school teacher and in initial teacher education. I learned that music is one of the most rewarding subjects to teach in secondary schools but also that it is one of the most challenging. For many young...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Digital communications
Digital & Computing

Digital communications

...Open University, you may wish to explore the courses we offer in this curriculum area. By using optical fibre, very high data rates (gigabits per second and higher) can be transmitted over long distances (tens of kilometres) without amplifiers or regenerators. Optical fibre has completely superseded copper wires as the primary medium for cabled transmission over long...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...Open University in association with the Police Service of Northern Ireland. ...Empowering communities: Introduction - All communities have the capacity to grow and develop, but for some reason not all communities do so. In order to understand at least one of the reasons for behind this, this course will look at the topic of community empowerment. It will start by defining...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Assessment in secondary music
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary music

...Open University short courses for teachers and student teachers...Assessment in secondary music: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: recognise the purposes and forms of assessment and their application in, and implications for, music education understand what to assess in music education promote assessment for learning in music education...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...Open University course K240 Mental health and community...Challenging ideas in mental health: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the complexity and dilemmas of diverse perspectives in the field of mental health and distress understand the importance of service users/‘survivors’ experiences and perspectives understand how...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Christmas at war: 1918 - At peace, but not at home
History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1918 - At peace, but not at home

...sources the present position regarding the evacuation of internment camps in Germany as far as British prisoners of war are concerned appears to be as follows:- Camps totally evacuated:- Beeskow, Blankeburg, Chernitz, Clausthal, Cologne, Czersk, Darmstadt, Duulmen, Eutin, Freiburg, Furstenerg, Graudenz, Hammerstein, Heidelberg, Heilsberg, Heuberg Lazaret, Holzminden,...
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Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...sources in a systematic way every so often and see how far you have wandered from them. There is nothing wrong with this happening but sometimes I’ve found projects have (unintentionally) distorted my application of an approach over a period of time and find a return to basics is useful. What advice would you give the fledgling practitioner? Be kind. There is a reason...
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Balloon releases – a touching celebration or an environmental tragedy?
Nature & Environment

Balloon releases – a touching celebration or an environmental tragedy?

...sources of waste found on beaches – they cause litter far from where the original event took place. Because of the environmental concerns, many local authorities in the UK and states in the USA have banned mass balloon releases; this prohibition may include not being able to release balloons near crematorium or cemeteries. [Man blowing bubbles] Alternative practices...
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