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Making sense of art history
History & The Arts

Making sense of art history

...out that while we're concentrating on art produced since the 1980s, you can apply the same techniques that you will learn here to the study of any art work, from any period. The Turner Prize is awarded each year to an artist who has made an outstanding contribution to art in Britain during the previous twelve months. I've chosen to concentrate on the Turner Prize because...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Yellow Fever: An OpenLearn reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Yellow Fever: An OpenLearn reading list

...out some practical problems as well, such as the need for millions of smaller syringes. A WHO spokesperson says that problem has been solved by using syringes stored in China and Denmark for polio vaccination programs. Read at Science: Yellow fever emergency forces officials to combat virus with tiny dose of vaccine How do we know about the causes and cures of Yellow...
Learning about sex, a shilling a time: Aristotle's Masterpiece
History & The Arts

Learning about sex, a shilling a time: Aristotle's Masterpiece

...out about sex. What he learned was so intriguing that he took to spying on the family maidservant when she went to the privy; he bored a few holes in the wall so he “could plainly see” the parts discussed in the book. [A hairy child from an 1831 edition of Aristotle's Masterpiece] A hairy child from the 1831 edition of the Masterpiece The book that Cannon read so...
The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable
Nature & Environment

The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable

...out. Thus, as an allegory, polar bears are a symbol of our own vulnerabilities and our inability to sense the dangers we face from human activities on earth. Adherence to unsustainable forms of production are the leading cause of climate change and extinction of important species, despite what climate change deniers might be implying. To avoid any intellectual confusion...
Sut daeth jazz i Gymru
History & The Arts

Sut daeth jazz i Gymru

...out of a vacuum’. Roedd Ottilie yn cydnabod bod y llinell syth yn rhedeg yn ôl i'r hen 'ganeuon caethwasiaeth rhyfedd' cerddoriaeth emynau hwyliog a chaneuon gwladfa, fel y gwnaeth y Parch. E. Ebrard Rees, a ysgrifennodd yn y Melody Maker yn cymharu a chyferbynnu llafarganu 'hwyl' diwygiadol traddodiadol Gymreig a'r caneuon Affricanaidd-Americanaidd. Addaswyd yr...
Black lives matter in sport too: what is the BAME experience of sport in the UK?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Black lives matter in sport too: what is the BAME experience of sport in the UK?

...out of a total of 500 players (32%). When you read the comments on social media platforms and mainstream media, the main reason that we don’t have more BAME coaches is that those ‘given a chance’ weren’t good enough. If that is truly the case then how did Sam Allardyce become the head coach of England Men’s team when his teams didn’t win any major trophies or...
Developing resilience in sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing resilience in sport

...out stressfree.org. Introduction to resilience Having viewed the content, reflect on when and how you, or someone you know, have shown resilience. Note your thoughts in the box below. Discussion You might have noted down that resilience is an inner strength that helps us to withstand and bounce back from adversity, allowing us to ‘get the most mileage from our brain’....
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Listening to young children: supporting transition
Education & Development

Listening to young children: supporting transition

...out where children can go in new settings. physical items that can be carried between the boundaries of home and setting, and their meanings shared with others. learning documentation that is shared between settings when children moved. a. objects that mark out where children can go in new settings. b. physical items that can be carried between the boundaries of home and...