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Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching
Education & Development

Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching

...out for: Make sure that you are using positive representation, that you have not got pictures of white people smiling and succeeding, while the pictures of black and minority ethnic people are all in situations of poverty from under-developed economies. Pictures of people in ‘traditional’ dress rather than of different people going about their daily work may mean your...
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How do children learn the concept of race?
Education & Development

How do children learn the concept of race?

...out-group preferences. Can we argue then that white children showing a preference towards children of their own race is merely an example of in-group favouritism? Can we argue this if a child shows outright hostility towards an out-group? [A photograph of three children playing outside.] The suggestion of in-group preference could be the case if it weren’t found in doll...
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Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour
History & The Arts

Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour

...out generous shade, ended the palace’s most distant wing. Rome is given back to herself, Caesar, and under your guardianship her former master’s pleasures belong to her people. (Martial, De Spectaculis 2; Martial, 2015, p. 3) Note your responses to the questions in the box below. Discussion There are a number of details that you might have picked out, and different...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Describing language Badge icon
Languages

Describing language

...out of practice and need a refresher. Transcript355 Enrolling on the course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they're a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject and commitment to your career, and to provide evidence of continuing professional development. Once you are...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Everyday English 2
Languages

Everyday English 2

...out the correct answer. If you’re not successful in getting 70% in the end-of-course quiz the first time, after 24 hours you can attempt it again and come back as many times as you like. We hope that as many people as possible will gain an Open University badge – so you should see getting a badge as an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned rather than as a...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Money & Business

First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...out west, we’re on the farm on the Oxford and Wiltshire border. I farm here. This is our crop of barley at the back here – golden, blowing brightly in the breeze. LIZ ROTHSCHILD So I’m called Liz. This is Sue. Well, I’m sort of inevitably involved with the wind farm because my partner is Adam Twine, and he set it up. It was crucial, from our point of view, that it...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Supporting children’s learning in primary education today
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

...out your own experiences, write three bullet points that capture what you think influences your ideas about the purposes of education...Supporting children’s learning in primary education today: 1.2 An overview of primary education today - In each UK nation – England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales – children aged three to four years old are entitled to free...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Lead and manage change in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lead and manage change in health and social care

...Rogers There is very little evidence anywhere that mergers accomplish what they set out to accomplish – cost effectiveness, better services. They just don’t do it. There’s no evidence base they do. And I spoke out in the Wales community about my concerns. The regional director paid a visit to me spontaneously. He just happened to be in the area, is the way I remember it and the way I remember him telling ......
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs