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Understanding research with children and young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding research with children and young people

...religion, language, abilities or any other status. The Convention must be seen as a whole: all the rights are linked and no one right is more important than another. The right to relax and play (Article 31), for example, and the right to freedom of expression (Article 13) have equal importance as the right to be safe from violence (Article 19) and the right to education...
Understanding mental capacity Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding mental capacity

...religion, when they speak, When parties are a grand success without me; And when my laugh is fluttering and weak. Will I then be content to raise my glances, Serenely to the cloud-entangled sky? And will I be content to watch at dances, Without a heartbreak, as the hours pass by? Or when I see young lovers fingers twine, Will I remember, dear, your lips on mine? Margaret...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Groups and teamwork
Science, Maths & Technology

Groups and teamwork

...religion, sex, education, health care, foreign policy, and so on. Given the large number of taboos, it is not surprising to find that such groups repeatedly go through the process of dividing into factions. Although this is a fairly extreme example, the same processes operate in formal and informal work groups. For example, in the production of an Open University course...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...religion. Achievements Winners of men’s World Cup in 1998, 2018 Pastimes Football and rugby union, cinema, literature National symbols Flags Blue, white and red Emblems Great Seal of France, Cockade of France Animals Gallic rooster Words: 0 Discussion The short reading of items that make up national identity is a useful prompt to think about your own understanding of...
Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...religion, clubs and so on. The definition does not make a judgement about the legality, usefulness or social acceptability of the organisation...Environmental management and organisations: 8.2 Defining ‘organisation’ - The Oxford English Dictionary offers the following definition of an organisation: An organized body of people with a particular purpose, [such] as a...
Physical and mental health for young children
Education & Development

Physical and mental health for young children

...religion are different concepts, however they can both exert strong influences on parents’ beliefs and this, in turn, can affect children’s health. For example, some religions encourage their believers to refuse certain medical interventions. Parents may have an objection to their child receiving childhood immunisations on religious grounds. This can make children...
Language in professional life
Languages

Language in professional life

...religions and myths, rituals and behaviours such as typical greetings or how meals are served and eaten, as long as these are shared by a group of people. More technically, Edgar Schein, an influential organisational culture theorist, defines culture as: … a pattern of shared basic assumptions learned by a group as it solved its problems of external adaptation and...
Getting started on ancient Greek
History & The Arts

Getting started on ancient Greek

...religion, archaeology, architecture, art, geography and so on. Some contexts are quite detailed. This course has hinted at a few of them: the representation of Ajax and Achilles on vase paintings, the use of coins to project the image of Greek rulers, the layout of ancient Athens, the nature of writing in the ancient world, and the practice of ostracism. All aspects of...
Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs