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Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...children. Allan Miller, the director of the Scottish Centre for Human Rights, said there was legitimate scepticism concerning crime figures and claimed the research proved only that treating all youngsters as potential criminals is not the answer. He said ‘The statistics on crime complaints and safety perceptions are mixed if looked at on the whole. For the police, the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
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
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
One minute methods - ethics
Health, Sports & Psychology

One minute methods - ethics

Discover the ethical principles researchers need to consider when conducting research with children...Transcript.
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Video 5 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
Current conversations about ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Current conversations about ageing

...Researchers from The Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies at The Open University have come together in three podcasts to share their insights on questions that sit underneath a lot of policy and headlines, especially in the developed world, but don't often get asked directly. What does it actually mean to grow older in a world that keeps changing around you, the...
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Video 25 mins
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