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An introduction to school librarianship Badge icon
Education & Development

An introduction to school librarianship

...childrens-reading-choices (Accessed: 31 August 2022). Department for Education (2012) Research evidence on reading for pleasure. Available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/ government/ uploads/ system/ uploads/ attachment_data/ file/ 284286/ reading_for_pleasure.pdf (Accessed: 17 January 2022). OECD (2002) Reading for change. Performance and engagement across...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to software development

...research in many areas of computing and in other science-based disciplines. The workflow is lightweight but structures any future research you may do – for instance, as part of other taught or research modules – and will underpin your studies as you progress through the programme...An introduction to software development: 8.1.1 Preparation - There are many tools...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Tolstoy and the search for the meaning of life
History & The Arts

Tolstoy and the search for the meaning of life

...children, I said to myself: ‘Why?’ Or, reflecting on the manner in which the masses might obtain their welfare, I suddenly said to myself: ‘What is that to me?’ Or, thinking of the fame which my works would get me, I said to myself: ‘All right, you will be more famous than Gógol, Pushkin, Shakespeare, Moliere, and all the writers in the world, – what of...
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Article 15 mins
10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn
History & The Arts

10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn

...research. Clare Warren states why she thinks Dorothy Hodgkin is one of the most influential women in science: "Not only was Dorothy Hodgkin incredibly clever but she also managed to multi task to a way that most women would never be able to, let alone any men being able to. When she first went to university she was looking after her two younger sisters at the same time so...
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Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice
Education & Development

Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice

...research approaches and methodologies do you think have underpinned Graff’s research and development of the concept of the ‘literacy myth’? How do you think Graff’s research methodology differs from the approaches of economists interested in the relationship between literacy and economic growth? How could Graff’s research methodology explain the different views...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Sporting women in the media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sporting women in the media

...research on gender in sport today. Thanks for joining me today, Katie. KATIE BARAK: Oh yes. Thank you for asking me. I’m really excited to talk about this. HELEN OWTON: I just wanted to start by asking your view about gender? KATIE BARAK: Gender plays in the- I mean pretty much every aspect of everyone’s everyday life. It affects how we engage with each other. It...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Data analysis: hypothesis testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: hypothesis testing

...centre of the universe. This theory, championed by ancient Greek philosophers like Aristotle and later refined by Ptolemy, served as the null hypothesis of its time. This belief persisted until the 16th century when Nicolaus Copernicus proposed a heliocentric model, suggesting that the Sun, not the Earth, was at the centre of the solar system. This revolutionary idea...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Innovation in health and social care practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care practice

...Research, 16(1), p. 591. Lorenz, K., Freddolino, P.P., Comas-Herrera, A., Knapp, M. and Damant, J. (2019) ‘Technology-based tools and services for people with dementia and carers: mapping technology onto the dementia care pathway’, Dementia, 18(2), pp. 725–41. Taylor, K. (2015) Connected health: how digital technology is transforming health and social care. Deloitte...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs