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The psychology of cybercrime
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of cybercrime

...et al., 2014), or explanations of intentions such as being ideological, non-ideological, religion driven, grief driven, fun driven, or political (Fichman & Sanfilippo, 2016). However, as Coles and West (2016) argued, beyond the broadness of the term ‘troll’ and the many subtypes, it is important to look at the term as having variable meanings, intentions, and varied...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Creativity and artificial intelligence
Languages

Creativity and artificial intelligence

...article looks at the meaning of 'creativity' and whether machines can carry out creative tasks...Transcript One of great debates about artificial evidence at present is whether or not it’s capable of being ‘creative’. Creativity is seen as one of the most important of all human capabilities. It’s the engine of progress, the cradle of culture and the foundation...
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Video 5 mins
Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers
Education & Development

Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers

...To help do this, it is useful to keep in mind the student experience. Maldrez et al. (2007), through their large sample of student teachers, identified four key themes that underpin the process of learning to be a teacher: the concept of teacher identity or sense of self as teacher the importance of potential and actual relationships with a number of ‘significant others’ the role of emotion in student teachers’ ......
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Pharmacotherapy while ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Pharmacotherapy while ageing

...article explores the impact multiple medications have on the body...This content is associated with The Open University's Health and Social Care qualifications. In addition to that, we may already know that as we grow older, we are at higher risk of having multiple long-term health conditions, which we call polymorbidity. This often leads to the need to take several...
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Video 10 mins
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Society, Politics & Law

Legal skills and debates in Scotland

...articles contain the arguments of academic writers, speeches or opinion pieces in the media and it is important to read these articles critically. The authors of these articles invariably have an agenda, something that they want the reader to agree with. So, when reading these articles or opinion pieces, or when listening to speeches, consider the evidence that the author...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport

...et al., 2018). Table 1 introduces a variety of studies into a range of career transitions which illustrate not only why this is an important area to study but also several of the topics you will look at later in this course. Table 1 Research into career transitions in sport STUDY MAIN FINDINGS Samuel and Tenenbaum (2011) Athletes experience a variety of change events and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning from sport burnout and overtraining

...article below (Gould et al., 1997) and make a list under two headings: Burnout causes that you have already learned about in this session. Burnout causes that are new to you. Abstract Individual differences in burnout are examined by discussing … profiles from three athletes who were identified as having burned out. … These cases were chosen as they represented...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Teaching assistants: support in action
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action

...et al. (2002) found that 91 per cent said they sometimes withdrew children from classrooms. [Described image] Figure 3 Cindy Bhuhi, bilingual teaching assistant, Lee Infants School, Slough There is a further sense in which teaching assistants have needed to find ‘space’ for their work. As part of a relatively new workforce, they have had to integrate their support...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs