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Heroes and Villains: The Outlaw in Early American Folk Music
Health, Sports & Psychology

Heroes and Villains: The Outlaw in Early American Folk Music

...Open University's Languages, cultures and communication courses. Folk music is music that is rarely written for profit, music that has endured, often passed down by oral tradition, investing a sense of identity in artist and listener alike. Folk music has imitation at its core. Its narratives and characters are usually already known to listeners, and they often refer to...
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Article 5 mins
The working-class garden
Society, Politics & Law

The working-class garden

...Open University's Open degree Laurie Taylor: Sometime in the early ‘70s I found myself in the back room of a very large estate pub chairing a meeting of local council tenants. Well as I remember, the meeting had been organised by a couple of tenants who felt particularly aggrieved by a recent rent rise, and by a university lecturer who thought that this grievance might,...
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Article 15 mins
Starting with psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Starting with psychology

...sources. In this section you will consider what has been learned through research with people who have had an operation that splits the left hemisphere of the brain from the right hemisphere of the brain...Starting with psychology: 2.2 The story of the split brain patients - A surgical procedure that cuts through the corpus callosum has provided evidence to support the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Who are Europeans?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are Europeans?

...open to controversy, due to the lack of agreement as to what is meant by ‘European identity’ and hence the difficulty of its measurement. The problem of the issue of European identity partly stems from the assumption that the EU is, for both partisans and foes, a proto-nation state and hence the comparison between national and European identities is appropriate. If,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Sure, I know how to talk to people!
Money & Business

Sure, I know how to talk to people!

...open. How do you explain that? ROB: I'm- I mean, I was pretty kind of flustered at the time. I thought I did try them. But maybe I just kind of assumed that they were still locked from the day before. I don't know. INTERVIEWER: OK, thought you tried them- so did you or did you not try them? ROB: Well, I don't know. I can't remember. I- INTERVIEWER: Can't remember, OK....
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground
History & The Arts

Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground

...sources may be used in preparing an edition, in particular the composer's original manuscript where that is available. Occasions arise where there are two or more possible versions of a passage, and in these cases Schenker thought that by analysing each of them, he could prove which was more logical and musical, and therefore identify the one the composer intended to use....
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid
History & The Arts

Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid

...Open University course A276 Classical Latin: the language of ancient Rome...Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid: Learning outcomes - After studying this course you should have: gained a deeper understanding of ‘epic poetry’ in the ancient world explored the Aeneid’s central themes, in particular Roman values read in detail some passages of the Aeneid and investigated how...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Understanding ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding ADHD

...Open University course SK298 Brain, mind and mental health...Understanding ADHD: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define key terms in the field of ADHD describe the characteristics of ADHD and how they are used in diagnosis describe the patterns of prevalence of ADHD, including the reasons for disparities worldwide describe risk...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs