1,326 search results
Additional efforts: Why we need to be better at maths
Education & Development

Additional efforts: Why we need to be better at maths

...English brain than anything else.” Not surprisingly, Molly was not the only child who made that kind of comment. Parents’ negative attitudes or beliefs do have the potential to negatively influence children – “not having a maths brain” can be used as an excuse for opting out of mathematics in the senior years of schooling. Evidence of this influence on...
View article Additional efforts: Why we need to be better at maths
Article 5 mins
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Norway
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Norway

...English The Norwegian short summers, cold climate, limited areas of arable farmland and proximity of the sea have influenced traditions for food production, including bread, cakes and baking. There is a wide variety of traditional bread and cakes in Norway, and its said that Norwegians probably eat more bread than any other Europeans. Norwegian bread is typically made...
View activity Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Norway
Activity 5 mins
Support for dyslexic language students through feedback
Education & Development

Support for dyslexic language students through feedback

...English, and a line in the target foreign language directly underneath. Once students’ writing strategies are clear, tutors can point them in the right direction if necessary. Advise students with dyslexia to submit a special circumstances form with their assignments, so the Assessment Board is fully informed. Explaining the teacher’s role It is important that tutors...
View article Support for dyslexic language students through feedback
Article 10 mins
Happy birthday Shakespeare!
History & The Arts

Happy birthday Shakespeare!

...everyday life in Shakespeare's tragedies —iconic monuments of world culture such as Hamlet, Macbeth and Julius Caesar. These are plays that conjure up complex and shifting in audiences, as their attitudes to the characters on stage shift unpredictably from one character to another. Some, like Romeo and Juliet, have been reworked innumerable times over the years in...
View article Happy birthday Shakespeare!
Article 3 hrs
Health and wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Health and wellbeing

...everyday life Healthy eating advice and what we should eat before and after exercise The impact of lifestyle on health and wellbeing and the wider determinants of health and ill-health Health attitudes and behaviour and the importance of food in children and young people’s lives Strategies to increase physical activity in children and young people and the impact of...
View article Health and wellbeing
Article 5 mins
Nanotechnology: Good things come in small packages
Science, Maths & Technology

Nanotechnology: Good things come in small packages

...everyday life without realising its importance? Lots of people use it. The economy has changed dramatically over the last 20 years because of it. OU PhD student, Konstantina Nadia Tzelepi, discusses nanotechnology, the study of very small things at a nanoscale...Applications of nanotechnology in cancer Nanotechnology is used in a range of science disciplines, from...
View article Nanotechnology: Good things come in small packages
Article 10 mins
About OpenLearn Wales
OpenLearn Cymru Wales

About OpenLearn Wales

...everyday life skills, browse resources to support your studying, gain insights to develop your career or delve into Welsh history and society. The choice is yours; you can use the filters on the left-hand side of the hub to help find what you’re looking for. You can also sort all resources alphabetically, by date or by popularity using the drop-down menu at the top....
View article About OpenLearn Wales
Article 10 mins
What is economics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is economics?

...everyday life. On the larger scale, when the national economy does well, lots of us feel the benefits in terms of more jobs, higher wages and better services. When the national economy is not doing well, unemployment rises, and the quality of public services drops. Internationally, economics is at the heart of issues like whether we should join the Euro, the impact of...
View article What is economics?
Article 5 mins