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Social problems: Who makes them?
Society, Politics & Law

Social problems: Who makes them?

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: illustrate what is social about social science demonstrate how certain social constructions become dominant distinguish how labelling something can create expectations about behaviour and actions give examples of inequalities that result from particular social constructions...Social problems: Who makes...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Advanced Spanish: Protest song
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Protest song

...learn about other songwriters behind the movement and their songs, such as Te recuerdo, Amanda by Víctor Jara from Chile and A desalambrar, by Daniel Viglietti from Uruguay. There’s also the opportunity to consolidate grammar points such as passive constructions and concessive subordinates, and to practise the skill of identifying key information to produce an outline....
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Seeing institutions in different ways
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing institutions in different ways

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand different ways of thinking about institutions and institutional development appreciate that institutions in processes of development create pictures of institutional landscapes understand some of the factors that can promote or hinder institutional development locate yourself in the...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Astronomy: images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy: images of the Universe

...learn from different types of galaxy survey. a. The SDSS is a wide-area sky survey. With reference to the two plots, can you suggest some advantages of wide-area surveys? Discussion By surveying a large area of sky (see the wide range in right ascension shown in panel (a)), the total number of galaxies included is very large. This means that the survey is likely to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course you should be able to: begin to understand and confidently use some economic concepts and terminology break down the issue of flood risk into some essential elements and apply appropriate economic theory and techniques to its analysis...The economics of flood insurance: 1 Why flooding happens - The idea of flooding is usually...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Addysg gynhwysol: deall yr hyn a olygwn (Cymru)
Education & Development

Addysg gynhwysol: deall yr hyn a olygwn (Cymru)

...learn in the same school’, quoted in the OpenLearn course Inclusive education: knowing what we mean. Ar gael yn: https://www.open.edu/ openlearn/ education/ educational-technology-and-practice/ educational-practice/ inclusive-education-knowing-what-we-mean/ content-section-0 (cyrchwyd 2 Hydref 2018). Booth, T. (1996) ‘A perspective on inclusion from England’,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Justice, fairness and mediation
Money & Business

Justice, fairness and mediation

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
In smokiest Sheffield
History & The Arts

In smokiest Sheffield

...learn that we thought it at least safe to set out with him, and so started for the long climb up the hills that hold Sheffield in their hollow. When we reached their crest, we looked down and back through the clearer air upon as strange and grand a sight as could be. It was as if we were looking into the crater of a volcano, which was sending up its smoke through a...
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