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Critical criminology and the social sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Critical criminology and the social sciences

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course DD212 Understanding criminology...Critical criminology and the social sciences: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: outline the scope and nature of some of the key disciplines in the social sciences identify the core features of critical criminology explain how aspects of the...
Children and young people’s participation
Education & Development

Children and young people’s participation

...course is adapted from a former Open University course called Children and young people's worlds: frameworks for integrated practice (E807). Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is...
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...course is a taster of the Open University Level 2 module, Economics in Practice. It will introduce you to some of the practical ways that the theories, tools and techniques of economics are used and impact on our everyday lives. You will look at the issue of flooding, a problem with a long history but becoming increasingly important globally because of the impact of...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...inadvertently overlooked the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
Assessment in secondary science
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary science

...course. This OpenLearn course is part of a collection of Open University short courses for teachers and student teachers...Assessment in secondary science: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: articulate what it means to make progress in science outline the features of formative assessment use a variety of techniques to assess ......
A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)
Education & Development

A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)

...Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 2: Growing with your mentee – mentoring as a continuum: Introduction - In Week 1 you were introduced to the principles of effective mentoring. This week focuses on how mentoring may develop and change as both you and your mentee gain experience and confidence. In the first part, the main factors in this...
Remaking the relations of work and welfare
Society, Politics & Law

Remaking the relations of work and welfare

...Open University course DD305 Personal Lives and Social Policy. Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission: Figure 1 © The Flint Journal. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission. Photo by Steve Jessmore; Figure 3 © Underwood & Underwood/Corbis; Figure 4 Sunley, P. et al. (2001) ‘Mapping the New Deal: local disparities in the...
Teaching citizenship: work and the economy
Education & Development

Teaching citizenship: work and the economy

...opened this course, what might it involve? As a teacher, you could get a class to think critically about this in more detail. The document Defining global corporate citizenship gives two definitions to begin with. Click ‘view document’ below to download Defining global corporate citizenship View document...Teaching citizenship: work and the economy: 3 ‘Acts’ and...