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School geography: Exploring a definition
Education & Development

School geography: Exploring a definition

...publication of his original article, ‘Constructing a value map’ (see under the link below), Alex Standish (a former geography teacher) appeared on the Radio 4 Today programme to discuss this topic. Listen to the interview again and read the transcript again by clicking on the link below. Read Alex Standish's 'Constructing a value map' by clicking 'view document'...
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...health in humans...Living psychology: animal minds: 4 From animal to human emotions - [Described image] Figure 6 Neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp (1943−2017) holding a degu Another way of conceptualising basic emotions is in terms of the motivations that they give the animal experiencing them. The neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp identified seven distinct primal (rather than...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...health of the Fynbos. Fire clears away old vegetation, releasing important minerals to the soil. For proteas, the intense heat and smoke are also crucial catalysts for the next generation. Within hours of the fire passing, millions of seeds are released to the wind to await the next winter rains. Video 3 Fynbos on fire. The commentator mentions that fire is important in...
Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Accessibility of eLearning
Education & Development

Accessibility of eLearning

...health conditions such as cancer, bipolar disorder or arthritis. [Described image] Figure 2 We are a diverse population Disabled people were among the early adopters of personal computers. They were quick to appreciate that word processing programs and printers gave them freedom from dependence on others to read and write for them. Similarly, although smaller devices like...
Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Social care in the community
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social care in the community

...health and social care. All societies face the challenge of supporting people who, for a variety of reasons, are unable to function without assistance or supervision. It will focus on one important area of social care – home care for older people. Core Questions How do people access social care services? What do home carers do? This OpenLearn course is an adapted...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Welsh history and its sources
History & The Arts

Welsh history and its sources

...Public houses - Neil Evans describes the function of pubs in Wales in the nineteenth century. This extract is from Programme 9, From blue books to white gloves, of the BBC Radio Wales Millennium History series, The People of Wales (1999). Audio 12 (duration 1:11)...Welsh history and its sources: 3.8.2 Social unrest - Neil Evans discusses the response of the state to...
Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs
Does cancer treatment increase the risk of severe COVID-19 and why?
Science, Maths & Technology

Does cancer treatment increase the risk of severe COVID-19 and why?

...health and any additional underlying conditions Cancer patients should rely on their doctors´ expertise to consider the benefits and risks of their chemotherapy plan. Cancer patients will be asked to self-isolate if they are undergoing chemotherapy. A recent report showed that people receiving anti-cancer treatments (chemotherapy or surgery) in the two weeks before...
The Science of Fear
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Science of Fear

...health because they are acting inappropriately for the conditions in which you find yourself. Because of this, over the long-term, stress can cause severe heart problems and other life threatening conditions. Since the stress response gets you ready for strenuous physical exercise, the best way to counteract it is to actually take some exercise. Exercise helps the body...