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Why teach art?
Education & Development

Why teach art?

...out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Why teach art?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the underlying values and justifications of teaching art and art history within the school curriculum understand developing strategies to explore and engage with some of the subject...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Thirty-seven winters of discontent
History & The Arts

Thirty-seven winters of discontent

...out in America. House Democrat Victor Fazio was in no way delighted to observe that "it would seem that Republicans are entering their winter of discontent.'' 1991 A fire - suspected arson - in a signal box outside London and failing overhead cables on the West Coast line? Sounds like a winter of discontent for rail passengers, suggested The Guardian. 1992 By now, winters...
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Article 5 mins
W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times
Society, Politics & Law

W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times

...out of disadvantage and poverty. It would be fitting if we could draw on his work across the curricula to show how scientific and cultural discussion can identify the source, and help us find the solutions for social problems – some of which he would be gravely concerned to see continuing from the twentieth into the twenty-first century. W.E.B. Du Bois was born in 1868,...
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Article 10 mins
Discovering development management
Money & Business

Discovering development management

...out to build up the basic capacities for managing the multiple challenges of development – any development. It rests on the assumption that management is a political and ethical process, a matter of the use of power to bring about desired goals in contexts characterised by conflicts of interests, values and agendas. It is of relevance to managers in every sector,...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
The importance of interpersonal skills
Money & Business

The importance of interpersonal skills

...out this short survey...The importance of interpersonal skills: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: recognise the importance of interpersonal skills describe how good communication with other can influence our working relationships outline the roles we play in our work groups and teams...The importance of interpersonal skills: 1...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Using film music in the classroom
Education & Development

Using film music in the classroom

...out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Using film music in the classroom: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand methods of introducing film music to secondary school pupils understand how the concept of music accompanying image can be applied to skills of composition understand how...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Murals in Belfast
OpenLearn Ireland

Murals in Belfast

...out territory and about keeping out strangers and foreigners and all sorts of things. In point of fact, in the first instance, they’re much more located in the community and talking into the community. So, geographically, they’re frequently in the heart of community rather than the edge. And what their function is, ideologically and politically, is to say to the...
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Article 5 mins
Am I ready to be a distance learner?
Education & Development

Am I ready to be a distance learner?

...out the time that you might have available for study. Inevitably, some of you will be incredibly busy and juggling lots of things, while some of you might realise that you already have time available for study. Now you have mapped out your available time for study, it is worth considering how to ensure you make the most of it in order to learn as effectively as possible....
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs