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One belief, big impact: could your view of learning improve inclusive practice?
Education & Development

One belief, big impact: could your view of learning improve inclusive practice?

...skills as an inclusive educator and leader, you might want take a look at the Master’s in Education programme and consider a place on the Inclusive Practice specialist pathway – with options to join at Stage 1 or Stage 2, depending on your circumstances. References Baidoo-Anu, D., Lei, L., Cisterna, D. and Song, Y. (2023) ‘Cultural validity: promoting cultural...
History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past

...studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus60...History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate a basic knowledge of the debates about the evidence of reading, understanding distinctions between ‘hard’ or quantitative data and ‘soft’...
Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?

...skill and reflexivity. Furthermore, social and technological systems create ways of knowing that are caught up in the processes by which they remain coherent; because knowledge and social life are self-referential, their inequalities can seem self-evident, natural or even beneficial. The corollary is that inventing new ways to know the world allows that world to be...
The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care

...skills and experience. At The Open University, we have argued that the move to an all graduate profession is a step in the right direction, as this will better equip nurses to respond to the increasingly complex care situations in which they practice. While there have been some recent examples of the way in which nursing has struggled to meet some of the essential care...
Coaching neurodivergent athletes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching neurodivergent athletes

...study by Kimber et al. (2023) exploring coaches’ experience of working with neurodivergent athletes, one participant captures how this applies within a sporting context: I think some of their focus and determination is rooted in the(ir) autism … their determination and single-mindedness with the task at hand, that can be quite helpful. Through a strengths-based...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
What's in your toolbox?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What's in your toolbox?

...skills, decision-making, problem-solving). It illustrates some examples of reconfiguring of resources, shifting in perspective and balancing between competing aspects, values, and goals. Jan is demonstrating flexibility and recognising that with job offers, there is some room for negotiation that would enable a more flexible arrangement that would work for her, enabling...
Women in the Railway in Scotland During both World Wars
Society, Politics & Law

Women in the Railway in Scotland During both World Wars

...skilled trimmers, French polishers or sewing machinists producing the fine upholstery and polished hardwood interiors for the railway coaches”. While these positions would also have been regarded by some as ‘naturally fitting’ for women, given their primary responsibilities and the gendered expectations of that era, some were skilled roles, challenging the idea that...
Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs
Society, Politics & Law

Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs

...skills needed to perform the job. Assessment processes within political parties are arduous but based on the displays of shamelessness and incompetence may have been recruiting untrustworthy people who lack, competence, integrity or both. The primary concerns of assessment seem to be whether the candidate upholds the value of their party, with the final decision for...