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Developing resilience in sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing resilience in sport

...adapted extract from the Open University course E312 Athletic development: a psychological perspective....Session 1: Understanding resilience: Introduction - [Image of men and women helping each other to climb over a mud barrier in a challenge race] A Japanese proverb ‘Fall seven times, stand up eight’ effectively captures the essence of psychological resilience. We...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...adapted to spending part or all of their lives in water and it is these mammals that you are going to concentrate on in this course. You will meet some aquatic mammals, find out how we can study them, consider their evolutionary history and read about human impacts on one iconic group...Mammals come in a bewildering variety of shapes and sizes and yet all of the 4700 or...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
What is Locus of Control?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is Locus of Control?

...et al., 2019). Job turnover: those with internal locus of control are more likely to take positive action to change their jobs than those with external locus of control (Allen et al., 2005). Job search strategies: individuals with an internal locus of control search more for jobs. In addition, individuals who believe that their future outcomes are decided by external...
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Article 10 mins
Developing (as) a research team
Education & Development

Developing (as) a research team

...et al. (2022) demonstrate that equity is not only an ethical commitment, it is an epistemic one as well. Every aspect of research is changed when multiple positionalities are equitably included throughout the process. You can demonstrate your trust and belief in people in different ways too. For instance, you can support people to experience being a Principal Investigator...
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Article 15 mins
Can being part of a team help break the pain barrier?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can being part of a team help break the pain barrier?

...adaptive “decision”, or judgement call, taken by the body and brain. The call is either: to produce or increase pain, a sure-fire way to slow us down and so avoid further harm or facilitate recovery from injuries; or: to block or reduce pain, which – although potentially resulting in harm from overexertion in the longer run – can allow us to keep going in pursuit...
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Article 5 mins
Perseus: what’s in a name?
History & The Arts

Perseus: what’s in a name?

...adapted for cinema) is named after Perseus, and in the first book, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, he encounters some of the same episodes, such as an encounter with Medusa. In another story, The Sea of Monsters, Percy’s mortal mother tells him that she named him after Perseus because ‘the original Perseus was one of the only heroes in the Greek myths who got a...
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Article 10 mins
Enabling parents to improve children’s services: Walking the Walk in Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Health, Sports & Psychology

Enabling parents to improve children’s services: Walking the Walk in Evelina London Children’s Hospital

...adapted to involve parents to better understand their experiences...This content is associated with The Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. Walking the Walk is an experienced-based approach to quality improvement. It has previously been successfully utilised in acute hospitals, care homes, and GP surgeries. It draws on people’s lived...
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Article 10 mins
Reading communities: why, what and how?
Education & Development

Reading communities: why, what and how?

...et al., 2017). This is similar to the international trend and is underscored by other research. For example, a study of British Cohort data revealed a strong association between childhood reading and increased attainment in literacy and numeracy in adolescence (Sullivan & Brown, 2013). In addition, as teachers know intuitively, and other studies have shown, reading for...
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Article 10 mins