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Joe Smith - Overview of Projects
Nature & Environment

Joe Smith - Overview of Projects

...work out why it is that so many people in post-socialist countries, Poland and the Czech Republic in our case study, are growing so much of their own fruit and vegetables. We call this quiet sustainability because they’re just getting on with it, without any great hoo-hah about it being an environmental commitment. Around 40% of people are growing about 40% of their own...
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Exploring children's difficulties with language and literacy
Education & Development

Exploring children's difficulties with language and literacy

...work with psychologists to help these children develop key language and literacy skills. The interviews are introduced and contextualised by Professor David Messer of The Open University. The material forms part of The Open University course ED841 Understanding children's development and learning... Exploring children's difficulties with language and literacy A short...
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School geography: Exploring a definition
Education & Development

School geography: Exploring a definition

...work hard at refining their specialist subject knowledge. Can ‘anyone’ really teach geography? I don't think so! Follow up your thinking on these issues by doing the tasks in Activity 1. Activity 1 Click 'view document' to read David Lambert on Mapping geography. View document You can re-read Jessica's story by clicking on 'view document' below. View document Click on...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Who belongs to Glasgow?
Society, Politics & Law

Who belongs to Glasgow?

...social action and of how people construct their own representations of particular places. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 1 study in Sociology...Who belongs to Glasgow?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate an awareness of ideas about place and identity using our concept of ‘geographical imagination’ by...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Child mental health: is it in crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Child mental health: is it in crisis?

...social media, children being concerned about global warming or young people worrying about their family’s ability to pay for their household’s necessities, such as food. Before looking at some data, you will consider your own thoughts about whether the UK is facing a child and adolescent mental health crisis. Activity 1 Are we facing a crisis? Timing: Allow about 20...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Why Glasgow’s ‘Bolshevist Uprising’ in 1919 wasn’t quite the red threat to UK many believed
History & The Arts

Why Glasgow’s ‘Bolshevist Uprising’ in 1919 wasn’t quite the red threat to UK many believed

...working conditions worthy of their wartime sacrifice. Berlin and Paris saw uprisings, while there were riots in London and Belfast. Then there was Glasgow, which stands out as arguably the most volatile and militant city in the UK in the first few decades of the 20th century. It was certainly the most proletarian, with a large and combative working class that had been...
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What are your views about technologies to support and assess writing skills?
Education & Development

What are your views about technologies to support and assess writing skills?

...works) are a key component of shared culture. They present clear procedures for derivative works to give proper attribution to original works, titles, authors, sources and licenses. However, besides the benefits that the open digital culture brings, there are some problems and barriers, especially around academic integrity and plagiarism. Plagiarism is defined as...
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The Seasons in Art
History & The Arts

The Seasons in Art

...works...This collection explores the changing ways that the seasons of the year have been represented in art over the centuries. It consists of four short films, each of which focuses on one season. The films analyse several famous paintings by some of the best-known names in the history of art as well as well as introducing some spectacular images by less familiar...
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