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Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...Open University course DD210 Living psychology: from the everyday to the extraordinary. A note on ‘human’ and ‘animal’ differentiation in this course While humans are, of course, animals, for the purposes of this course the term ‘animal’ will be used to refer to non-human species, in order to allow a clear distinction between human and non-human mental...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
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 ......
Social construction and social constructionism
Society, Politics & Law

Social construction and social constructionism

...Open University course. It is intended to help you gain a greater understanding of the terms: social construction and social constructionism. The audio file was recorded in 2001. It is a studio discussion between academic colleagues who examine and define social construction and social constructionism. Participants in the discussion were: John Clarke Professor of Social...
Why not ‘World Religions’?
History & The Arts

Why not ‘World Religions’?

...Open University’s Religious Studies courses and qualifications. Resources for teachers There are discussion questions and a classroom activity suggested at the end of this course...Why not ‘World Religions’?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: identify some different ways in which religion can be understood understand the...
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Developing reading skills in relation to the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Developing reading skills in relation to the Social Sciences

...Open University. © 2007 The Open University. Course image: Moyan Brenn in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Licence. 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 -...
Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...Open University course DD870 Understanding global development. You might also be interested in the related OpenLearn course, DD871 Introducing key global development challenges. To find out more, explore this OpenLearn article, which includes a video explaining what you can expect to learn....Introducing global development: Introduction - Development is about change that...
The search for water on Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

The search for water on Mars

...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....
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
An introduction to design engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to design engineering

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course T192 Engineering: origins, methods, context...An introduction to design engineering: Learning outcomes - After studying this course you should be able to: understand the broad scope of design engineering recognise the main drivers for design engineering describe how human variation impacts on design engineering...