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Games, Geeks and the Parent's Dilemma
Languages

Games, Geeks and the Parent's Dilemma

...children and video games, and looks at work in this area by the Open University’s Centre for Childhood, Development and Learning. In the first five tracks we hear first-hand accounts from a number of perspectives, and in the final track, Angela Saini chairs a discussion about the points raised... Introduction to games, geeks and the parent's dilemma Angela Saini, Dr...
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Audio 1 hr 14 mins
Reading communities
Education & Development

Reading communities

...research project found that RfP is strongly influenced by relationships between children, teachers, families and communities. Where shared understandings were established about the changing nature of reading and the value of everyday reading practices, these supported children’s RfP. These reading communities generated new kinds of talk about reading. Reciprocal and...
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Video 30 mins
Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...Research findings Feeling safer Complaints/support Community officer numbers Numbers of children involved Human rights issues New centre for young people planned Comparing your notes with ours, you will probably find that we have some points in common, but perhaps you also got some different ideas down as well. That's to be expected. The point of the activity is not to...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
One minute methods - cross sectional and longitudinal designs
Health, Sports & Psychology

One minute methods - cross sectional and longitudinal designs

Discover how researchers compare different age groups of children at the same time, as in the Elenbaas and colleagues study, or compare how the same children grow up over time. ...Transcript.
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Video 5 mins
Exploring family health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring family health

...Children’s Society Young Carers Initiative, 2005) One of the most prominent researchers looking at the plight of young carers is Professor Saul Becker from the University of Nottingham. Becker defined young carers as: children and young persons under 18 who provide or intend to provide care, assistance or support to another family member. They carry out, often on a...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?

...research suggests extrinsic motivation has a detrimental effect on children’s comprehension. Physically attractive reading environments can be enticing to children and are part of the reading for pleasure pedagogy described by the UKLA Teachers as Readers study, alongside reading aloud, own reading time, and informal book talk. However their ability to influence the...
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Article 10 mins
Exploring teaching and learning in real and virtual worlds
Education & Development

Exploring teaching and learning in real and virtual worlds

...children’s learning and development contribute to the development of new teaching and learning methods in schools? And how are new digital technologies changing the ways children think and learn? This album introduces two elements of The Open University's presence in the virtual world Second Life™ and explores the way in which virtual worlds can offer new...
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Audio 1 hr 42 mins
Early childhood health promotion
Education & Development

Early childhood health promotion

...research into early childhood health promotion...This presentation shared the findings from research based on the Child Health Promotion: A Toolkit for Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Practitioners. The Toolkit includes a 5 Step Programme as a model to guide practitioners in identifying and implementing a health promotion activity. The research foregrounds the...
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Video 45 mins