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Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?

...social model of disability, neurodiversity sees disability as entrenched in society rather than the individual, and proponents of the neurodiversity movement want to make it easier for all neurodiverse people to be able to contribute to society as they are rather than how society would want them to. This means looking at the strengths of difference; someone who is...
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Theories and concepts in family meanings
Society, Politics & Law

Theories and concepts in family meanings

...social sciences, features similar material to this collection... Theories and concepts in family meanings A short introduction to the album. Family discourses Ros Edwards, professor of social policy at the London South Bank University talks about family discourses. Family practices and meanings The Open University's Megan Doolittle talks to David Morgan, a professor at...
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Audio 30 mins
Islam in the West
History & The Arts

Islam in the West

...social and political engagement; and the politics of multiculturalism. Controversial Muslim intellectual, Tariq Ramadan provides a challenging insider’s perspective on the issues discussed, plus other interviews with authors, critics and Muslim community leaders. The course will be of particular relevance to teachers, social workers, police and health professionals....
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Audio 24 mins
Buildings of ancient Rome
History & The Arts

Buildings of ancient Rome

...social activities, is examined for its importance in modelling city centres throughout the Roman world. This material forms part of The Open University course A219 Exploring the Classical World... Buildings of ancient Rome An introduction to this album’s contents. Temples of republican Rome An introduction to the remains of some of the most significant Roman temples in...
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Audio 37 mins
Messaging apps – staying connected and in control with mobile messaging
Languages

Messaging apps – staying connected and in control with mobile messaging

...social strategies for prioritising and managing messages in the context of their busy domestic, social and working lives. Technological strategies include: turning off notifications, so that people can check messages when they choose to do so. This is done most often for large group chats. In this way, people treat messaging apps as a sort of ‘noticeboard’ they can...
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Methods in Motion: Acknowledging the active participant
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Acknowledging the active participant

...Social Psychology Dr Stephanie Taylor...[A group of women sitting around a table in an informal work meeting ] Research participants used to be referred to as ‘subjects’, especially in my home discipline, psychology. ‘Participant’, the term now generally used, emphasises the rights of the person recruited, and their centrality to the research process. It signals...
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Mental health in society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health in society

...social factors such as housing, employment, poverty or isolation. In addition, other aspects of people’s lives, including their relationships and social networks, their ability to maintain a home and broader living circumstances, as well as their need to access and use welfare and support services, will all affect mental health. Finally, understanding aspects of mental...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Different cultures, different childhoods
History & The Arts

Different cultures, different childhoods

...social services' intervention and the prosecution of both parents and factory owner. American colonial families: Industrious girls treated with respect The differences between the expectations placed on children today and those placed on them in the past are neatly summed up by two American writers, Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English. Comparing childhoods in America...
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