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The family at the centre of early learning
Education & Development

The family at the centre of early learning

...Introduction - In this free course, The family at the centre of early learning, you will explore the effect of family on children’s early development. The eminent child psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner remarked, ‘every child needs an adult who is crazy about him (or her) in order to grow up’ (Bronfenbrenner, cited in Penn, 2008, p. 46). Such key adults are often...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...Introduction - ‘Three is a crowd’, the saying goes. But what, exactly, is a crowd? And what, exactly, is the ‘three’ (i.e. the three individuals) that supposedly already constitutes ‘a crowd’? These are intricate questions for psychologists and other social scientists who have always been fascinated by these questions and come up with widely diverging answers...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Teachers sharing resources online
Education & Development

Teachers sharing resources online

...Introduction - This unit is designed to help you learn about how learning resources can be shared using online repositories, i.e. websites that allow for the uploading of electronic materials that can then be used and adapted by others. The unit comes about through collaboration between The Open University and TSL Education Ltd, the company behind one of the leading...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’
History & The Arts

Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’

...Introduction - This course will concentrate on one of the most common forms of art history writing – a biographical monograph about a single artist's life and work. You will be focusing on the way that one author, Helen Langdon, has used biography in her book about one artist, Caravaggio. In order to get the most out of studying this course you will need access to a...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
You and your money
Money & Business

You and your money

...manage their debt, how much it costs and the different types of credit they can or cannot access. This free course, You and your money, explores these issues, with respect to the wider, changing, social and economic context...An important aspect of personal finance is the way in which individuals and households manage their debt, how much it costs and the different types...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The science of nuclear energy
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of nuclear energy

...Introduction - Welcome to this free course, The science of nuclear energy. In the following video, course authors Sam Smidt and Gemma Warriner introduce themselves and do some experiments with a Geiger counter to show radioactivity. SAM SMIDT Hello, and welcome to the course. I’m Sam Smidt. GEMMA WARRINER And I’m Gemma Warriner. Over the next four weeks, you’ll be...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing Union Black
Education & Development

Introducing Union Black

...Project): With permission of Gil Mualem-Doron. www.gmdart.com Introduction image: The Open University. Figure 1: Art by Bokani. With permission of Bokani. www.artbybokani.com Section 1.1 image: Roman Didkivskyi / Getty Figure 2: Ethnicity based classifications from the 2021 Census based on data from the ONS website: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021. Available...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor
History & The Arts

The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor

...Introduction - This course considers the relationship of the emperor with the Roman provinces, and how this relationship was mediated and represented, as well as how the culture of empire was manifested in the identity of the emperor. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 3 study in Arts and Humanities...The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor: Learning...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs