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How do children learn the concept of race?
Education & Development

How do children learn the concept of race?

...sources for modelling and imparting racial attitudes to young children. There is evidence suggesting that children's racial attitudes and early prejudices actually reflect the widespread racial attitudes embedded within the larger society. In contemporary societies, while most overtly racist attitudes and discriminatory practices have been outlawed and/or eliminated, a...
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Impossible Peace 2: On a wing and a prayer
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: On a wing and a prayer

...source within the DUP. And Aaro Suonio of the Independent International Commission for Decommissioning (IICD) advised me of a news conference scheduled for 2pm the next day - Monday September 26th 2005. General de Chastelain and the witnesses would add detail to this decommissioning story. Before then, I spoke on the phone with Gerry Adams and, separately, with the IRA...
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Back To The Future Part IV: What will 2045 be like?
Science, Maths & Technology

Back To The Future Part IV: What will 2045 be like?

...sources will be key for a greener and safer future for the commercial aviation industry. Transcript Thas Nirmalathas Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne Our world in 2045 will be fully connected: constantly and autonomously keeping us in sync with the people in our lives, the places where we live and work, and the things we control....
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Ratio, proportion and percentages
Science, Maths & Technology

Ratio, proportion and percentages

...Open University warehouse take 20 minutes to stick labels on 500 packages for an MU120 mailing. There are still 4000 more packages. How many workers are required, if the job is to be done in about a further hour? Answer One worker should take twice as long as two. So 1 worker takes 40 mins for 500 labels. 4000 is 8 times 500 so 1 worker takes 40 × 8 min = 320 mins. 1...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Pain and Aspirin
Science, Maths & Technology

Pain and Aspirin

...Open University students who study the module that this course comes from. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Science...Pain and aspirin: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate general knowledge and understanding of some of the basic facts, concepts and principles relating to the development of medicines...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Social psychology and politics
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social psychology and politics

...Open University course DD317 Advancing social psychology...Social psychology and politics: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand why social psychologists are interested in politics understand the role of personality, groups and sociocultural context in political action understand what is meant by ‘scholar activism’...Social...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?

...source. Professor Harald Sontheimer, then at the University of Alabama, was never really interested in cancer. If it weren’t derived from his favourite cells, glial cells – a type of cell in the nervous system from which most types of brain tumour develop – he probably wouldn’t be studying it. Initially, it was thought that glial cells simply kept everything glued...
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Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers
Education & Development

Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers

...Open University https://ourfp.org/reads/ Cremin, T., Hempel Jorgensen, A. & Mukherjee, S. (2019) The Reading Road Map: A Report for Islington Library Services. Cremin, T. Hendry, H., Rodriguez Leon, L. and Kucirkova, N. (2022) (eds) Reading Teachers: Nurturing Reading for Pleasure, London, Routledge. Cremin, T., Mottram, M., Collins, F. M., Powell, S. and Safford, K....
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