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Introduction to child psychology
Education & Development

Introduction to child psychology

...Education and Language Studies at The Open University. In this audio, I’ll be looking at some examples of what developmental psychologists do to understand how children develop, why they develop that way, and how best to support them to reach their full potential. Silvana Mengoni I think, in order to support children, you have to understand development. And that’s...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Free digital, numeracy and employability courses to build your skills
Education & Development

Free digital, numeracy and employability courses to build your skills

...Education has partnered with the Open University to offer free training tools designed to help people find a job, advance their career or grow their business...[Logo for the UK department for education] Digital, numeracy and employability skills are among those that are most sought after by employers, and can help you progress in work and boost your job prospects. Digital...
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Article 5 mins
How do we move towards racial equality?
Education & Development

How do we move towards racial equality?

...University colleagues discuss their experiences of working at the OU as well as the changes they would like to see to move towards racial equality in this collection of videos...At The Open University (OU) we are conscious of the need to talk about race, to recognise the challenges some colleagues face as well as creating opportunities for students to hear about...
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Video 30 mins
Teaching secondary geography
Education & Development

Teaching secondary geography

...education and how this affects geography in the secondary school curriculum...This free course, Teaching secondary geography, will identify and explore some of the key issues around teaching geography in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on and develop your practice as a geography teacher and develop a greater...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Interdisciplinarity: A collection
Education & Development

Interdisciplinarity: A collection

Bringing together the best of interdisciplinary resources from across OpenLearn – could an "Open" qualification be right for you?
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Article 2 mins
Tomorrow's Ed
Education & Development

Tomorrow's Ed

...our best FREE learning content pondering this question...From July 16th, The Open University will be exploring the future of education - what's possible, what might happen and what we are already innovating at The OU. Follow the Facebook and Twitter page for more information on #TomorrowsEd and explore some of our related FREE learning articles, videos and courses below....
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Article 5 mins
Signposts for Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Signposts for Work

...resources and short courses to help develop skills and knowledge towards preparing for new work or enhancing a current career journey...The workplace and our society face many current challenging situations. You may have experienced considerable changes to your own working life, whether as an employer or employee, self-employed or business owner, or currently without paid...
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Article 10 mins
LGBTQ+ Hub
Education & Development

LGBTQ+ Hub

Collection of free resources exploring sexuality and LGBTQ+ history across the core faculty areas within The Open University.
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