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International Jazz Day
Miscellaneous

International Jazz Day

...studies with an uncritical bent towards advocacy often seek to deny the importance of the American roots of the music. Recognition of the American-ness of jazz is fundamental to understanding how the music operates in other places – whether it is emulated, rejected or reconfigured by musicians on that basis. Throughout history the roots of jazz have contributed to the...
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Create stunning images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Create stunning images of the Universe

...study that star’s brightness fluctuations in greater detail. A unique and ambitious endeavour The course has taken over a year to design and create with Dr Alan Cayless and Dr Jo Jarvis as the lead authors and presenters. However, the ground-breaking nature of the course has only been realised with the help of many others across the Open University and beyond. This is...
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The trouble with teaching physics
Health, Sports & Psychology

The trouble with teaching physics

...study physics further at A Level. Teachers spend considerable time trying to make physics more enjoyable for the students by doing experiments, demonstrations and fun activities. However, fun can be difficult to control. What the teacher thinks will be fun, is not always what students find fun. Additionally, students frequently fail to extract the scientific principle...
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How do musical instruments produce sound?
History & The Arts

How do musical instruments produce sound?

...study it would be that of ‘timbre’. Above, is an image of uniform ‘curvy’ waves to demonstrate instrumental sound. This is a massive simplification. Actual sound waves can come in many shapes which have different sonic effects (the waves in figure above represent sine waves which have a very pure and artificial sound). Any single sound we hear also contains many...
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Musicians, loops and the longest piece ever
History & The Arts

Musicians, loops and the longest piece ever

...studying our Open University music degree are asked to experiment with the digital equivalent of Reich’s physical tape loops. Any sound whatsoever, once recorded, can be manipulated in this way to create new timbres and reveal hidden rhythms. Here, for instance, is the sound of a dog eating a carrot: [Dog eating a carrot] It is an easy task for a computer to make a...
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Applying social work law with children and families
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law with children and families

...studying this course, you should be able to: define childhood and recognise how it is perceived recognise the underpinning principles for the law relating to social work with children and families identify the key policy guidance for social workers understand what is meant by ‘children’s’ rights’ and how are these promoted...Applying social work law with children...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner
Education & Development

Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the role of reflective practice in ITE (Initial Teacher Education) recognise some models of reflective practice identify the difference between reflection, analysis and description understand the difficulties in ensuring that reflection leads to learning and begin to develop some strategies to ensure reflection...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
The impact of online media reporting of family crimes on children
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of online media reporting of family crimes on children

...studied were not told about their family member’s imprisonment but found out through their own investigations. The remaining 83% found out either through direct communication from various family members or indirectly through experiences such as being present at arrests or police investigations. Many children read about their parents or family members offences as it is...
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