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The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 1: An introduction to sport, politics and political themes: Introduction - ‘You have to stand proudly for the national anthem or you shouldn’t be playing, you shouldn’t be there, maybe you shouldn’t be in the country’ – Former US President, Donald...
Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction
Digital & Computing

Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction

...Journal, 320, March 18 2000. © 2000, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. Alessandro Cani [Details correct as of 28 March 2011] 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...
Newry: Frontier town or border city?
Society, Politics & Law

Newry: Frontier town or border city?

...opening of the final section of the £150 million Newry bypass on the 29th July 2010, the ‘frontier town’ of Newry found itself yet again facing into an unknown future. What impact would this latest alteration to the transport infrastructure have on the City and its all-important cross border trade? Newry is the fourth largest urban area in Northern Ireland and was...
Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency
Society, Politics & Law

Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency

...Open University course DD102 Introducing the social sciences...Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: compare and contrast two different approaches to studying juvenile delinquency understand psychological approaches to studying juvenile delinquency such as Eysenck’s personality theory...
Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...Don't miss out: Course image: Thomas Hawk in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Licence. 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...
Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Cognition and gender development
Education & Development

Cognition and gender development

...Open University's Education Studies (Primary) qualification. Most contemporary theorists argue that cognitive processes need to be taken into account in order to explain how the social environment makes its mark on the child’s gender development and how the child plays an important role in directing his or her own gender development. Cognitive processes The theories...
Attachment in the early years
Education & Development

Attachment in the early years

...Open University course E219 Psychology of childhood and youth...Attachment in the early years: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe attachment classifications and how they are assessed describe the features of caregiving that influence attachment, and the significance of attachment for lifespan development discuss why the...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Using a scientific calculator
Science, Maths & Technology

Using a scientific calculator

...in Pexels made available under Creative Commons Public Domain 1.0 Licence. Figure 1: © Casio Electronics Co Ltd. 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...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs