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A guide to developing trust with home-educating parents
Education & Development

A guide to developing trust with home-educating parents

...communications Even before direct contact with families, parents identified that professionals should consider how they communicate in published materials, including on their website. Parents were not confident that they understood the role of the local authority in home education nor the local authority’s perception of parents’ responsibilities. These aspects of home...
Building peace through teaching Remembrance Sunday
Education & Development

Building peace through teaching Remembrance Sunday

...communities...Remembrance Sunday is an important event in the UK calendar. It takes place on the second Sunday in November, and many schools design activities to teach children about its significance. Approaches to teaching about Remembrance can support the development of peaceful communities that foster belonging and meaningful democratic participation, as well as...
How the stove changed the kitchen
Society, Politics & Law

How the stove changed the kitchen

...oral and written testimony, we find a more complex picture of transformation. An examination of 112 childhood memories of working-class families from around Britain looking back on the first half of the twentieth century suggests that the impact of the stove on room function occurred later in these households. The autobiographers revealed that it was not just the poorest...
The emergence of breaking as an Olympic sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

The emergence of breaking as an Olympic sport

...viewers to the games. The staging of the breaking competitions in Paris on the Place de la Concorde will create an impressive backdrop to showcase the talent and skills of the competing B-Boys and B-Girls, as breakers are known, but will it overcome the arguments of the critics that it is not really a sport? The following video introduces GB breaker Sam Phillips, a.k.a B-Boy Sheku. Sam talks about training as an athlete and......
Growing up with Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Growing up with Disability

...Community Planning Providing good quality, inclusive out-of-school care through co-oporation between volunatry and statutory bodies. Stirling PLUS An introduction to Plus, a voluntary organisation in Stirling helping disabled children have a normal social life PLUS - Communication A look at how Scott, a child with Cerebral Palsy, communicates with his carers. PLUS -...
Introduction to sport, fitness and management
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to sport, fitness and management

...nutrition has on training. Community leisure: centres and PR A look at a community led leisure centre and the focus on customer care. Community leisure: Quality and staffing A look at the staff and the employee attributes that the Halo leisure group look for when recruiting. How employees gain the tools and skills that are necessary to provide a high standard of service....
Being heard
Education & Development

Being heard

...communicate in the modern world. I am curious about our diversity in communicating and the challenges for those individuals or groups who find themselves struggling to be heard. I have found it tough to whittle down my course selection, but I would prioritise the following areas of study on OpenLearn: The history of communication from earliest pictorial characters to our...
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International Development: microcredit and migration
Science, Maths & Technology

International Development: microcredit and migration

...communities, such as Greek Cypriots and Ethiopians in London, and Sierra Leoneans in Liverpool, have a chance to reveal the issues they’ve faced; while in the audio tracks we hear from experts who are working to expand the contribution that African migrants abroad can make to Africa’s development. Finally, a Chinese "beer pioneer" and China trade experts discuss...