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Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...Open University course U212 Childhood). National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (2002) Call for National Strategy on Child Deaths, http://www.nspcc.org.uk/html/information/callfornationalstrategyonchilddeaths.htm (accessed 1 May 2002). Ohsako, T. (1999) ‘The developing world’ in Smith, P.K., Morita, Y., Junger-Tas, J., Olweus, D., Catalano, R. and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
What is Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Europe?

...Communities. Pages 58, 61, 62, 63, 66 in Readers: Eurobarometer 50, Copyright © European Communities, 1995–2000. 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 10 hrs
Understanding mortgages
Money & Business

Understanding mortgages

...open online courses, which are provided freely by The Open University as self-directed CPD. Anyone wishing to provide evidence of their enrolment on this course is able to do so by sharing their Activity Record on their OpenLearn Profile, which is available before completion of the course and earning of the Statement of Participation....Understanding mortgages:...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Teaching secondary science
Education & Development

Teaching secondary science

...course. This OpenLearn course is part of a collection of Open University short courses for teachers and student teachers...Teaching secondary science: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: classify and analyse practical work according to its purpose and learning outcomes identify ways in which the nature of science can be reflected ......
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
An education in Religion and Worldviews
History & The Arts

An education in Religion and Worldviews

...Open University’s Religious Studies courses and qualifications....An education in Religion and Worldviews: Introduction - Religious Education is a statutory requirement for all school children in England. This course explores how the teaching and scholarly community is working to ensure this curriculum remains relevant for the twenty-first century. It is aimed at...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...course will be open to all with the only prerequisite an interest in how to do development differently...This free short course addresses the key elements of designing a development intervention. Its approach to ‘doing development’ will be value led rather than technical. There is a wealth of material teaching a technical approach to development intervention. This...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Library of Alexandria
History & The Arts

Library of Alexandria

...Open University course A863 MA Classical Studies part 1...Library of Alexandria: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the ancient and modern significance of the Library of Alexandria critically assess the evidence in the different accounts of its destruction understand the ways in which different modern contexts and ideologies...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Reading visual images
Society, Politics & Law

Reading visual images

...Open University courses. What is the status of photographs as evidence? Is there any real difference between news and advertising pictures, for instance? How, as social scientists, should we approach the ‘reading’ or analysis of documentary photographs? Can we use photographs to inform us about key dimensions of modern society such as gender, ethnicity, class and...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs