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How home educators access exams
Education & Development

How home educators access exams

...children home-educated in England. No accurate data is available on how many of these children sit national examinations each year. However, a study during the Covid pandemic shed light on challenges when the exams were cancelled, and some significant inequalities came to light...Find out more about The Open University’s Childhood and Youth Studies qualification. Home...
How to help your child become a future Olympian
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to help your child become a future Olympian

...children, the games give them their first taste of less well known sports, or shine a light on the superstars of more popular events and they want to have a go themselves. So if your child hasn’t stopped sprinting around the garden since the 100 metres final, or is skateboarding down the staircase after watching Sky Brown’s tricks, here are some ideas about how you...
We learn, together: exploring familial learning in home education
Education & Development

We learn, together: exploring familial learning in home education

...children] learn as long as they are learning? Initially, this research was designed to consider if and how the spaces in which we learn really matter. Sometimes within Home Education circles, parents ask with slight confusion ‘why does it matter where they [children] learn as long as they are learning?’. Over time, it became apparent to the researcher that the element...
Introduction to child psychology
Education & Development

Introduction to child psychology

...research in change in children. Others are trained in how to support children in school, or how to help children with developmental delays. Each of these roles requires a range of skills that developmental psychologists learn over many years of training. Duncan Gillard is an educational psychologist working with young children to support their educational needs and......
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Why ‘sugar-free’ is not recommended as a substitute for sugary drinks and foods
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why ‘sugar-free’ is not recommended as a substitute for sugary drinks and foods

...children be consuming artificial sweeteners? And, furthermore, what research supports or discourages the consumption of 'sugar-free' products?...[A selection of artificial sweeteners.] Many companies producing sugar-sweetened drinks, such as fizzy drinks or concentrated squash, or foods such as yoghurts, promote ‘sugar-free’ or low-sugar versions with artificial...
Methods in Motion: A collection
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: A collection

...social change. It is a cross-disciplinary research focus of the Open University’s Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG)...The following blogs are by active researchers from across the OU, in which they take a moment to reflect upon their experiences. You can discover more about Methods in Motion on the CCIG website. [Grand Central station, New York]...
PodMag June 2016
Society, Politics & Law

PodMag June 2016

...focuses on the Centre for Citizenship Identity and Governance (CCIG). Karen Foley interviews Director Elizabeth Silva about CCIG, Paul Stenner and Naomi Moller about the Psychosocial research programme, Liz McFall about the Digital Citizens research programme, and Peter Wood about dissemination of CCIG’s work. Select here for a copy of the transcript of this audio...
The life of Mama Elouise Edwards
History & The Arts

The life of Mama Elouise Edwards

...children in school The Family Advice Centre Elouise worked for many years at the Manchester University refectory and then at the Hotel Piccadilly in Manchester city centre before joining the Family Advice Centre in Moss Side in 1975. She worked first as a neighbourhood social worker and later as a community development officer. By now firmly rooted in the community, she...