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How to help your child become a future Olympian
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to help your child become a future Olympian

...physical and emotional well-being needed to be a successful sportsperson. 4. Remember - this is fun Becoming an Olympian is the pinnacle of a sporting career and not many athletes will get there, so it is important to ensure that there is fun and enjoyment on the sporting journey up to whatever point your child gets to. Being a sporting parent can be challenging,...
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The First World War: trauma and memory
History & The Arts

The First World War: trauma and memory

...physical and mental trauma, its treatments and its representation. You will focus not only on the trauma experienced by combatants but also the effects of the First World War on civilian populations...The First World War was a war of unprecedented scale and brutality, with countless casualties. It also left a poisonous legacy for the twentieth century and beyond, and many...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Personality: A user guide
Health, Sports & Psychology

Personality: A user guide

...physical danger, disease, humiliation, and loss. These systems are driven by emotions like anxiety, fear and shame. It seems that in some people, the systems are a little more easily set off than others. Such people are high on the N dimension. They are worriers, prone to anxieties and fears. Low N scorers are laid back and un-phased by things. High scorers are vulnerable...
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A history of child protection
Education & Development

A history of child protection

...Physical punishment was essential to establish obedience - everybody knew that. The family was a sacred enclave into which no legislator dared to tread. Even as the impetus that led to the establishment of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was taking off, a reformer Whatley Cooke-Taylor wrote: "I would far rather see even a higher rate of infant...
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Introduction to differential equations
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to differential equations

...physics and engineering. Topics covered include mathematical typesetting, number theory, conics, statics, geometric transformations, calculus, differential equations, mathematical language and proof, dynamics, eigenvalues and eigenvectors and combinatorics. It also helps develop the abilities to study mathematics independently, to solve mathematical problems and to...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Defining your research methodology
Education & Development

Defining your research methodology

...physical or digital context of your research. For example, is it in a classroom, lab, health, social care setting or in the field? Will it be conducted online, offline, or both? Then, outline your research methodology, keeping in mind that your research questions will influence the methodology you choose. You will want to demonstrate that your methodology is systematic...
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Budget 2016: The Experts Respond
Society, Politics & Law

Budget 2016: The Experts Respond

...physical education classes have a detectable impact on weight among children, perhaps because these substitute alternative forms of physical activity. But enabling children to do physical exercise is a good thing in itself, irrespective of the effect it might have on weight. Infrastructure Geraint Johnes, professor of economics, Lancaster University The Chancellor’s...
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A hug for the brain: what does it mean to have a happy, healthy brain?
OpenLearn Ireland

A hug for the brain: what does it mean to have a happy, healthy brain?

...physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’ (World Health Organization, 1946). The biomedical model of health was expanded by a more holistic approach to health known as the biopsychosocial model (Engel, 1977). The biopsychosocial model states that one is healthy if they are biologically healthy, psychologically healthy and...
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