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Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...skills. Studies have identified five specific ways in which parents talked to children. These had the most positive impact on the children’s development, and their long-term verbal ability: they just talked, generally using a wide vocabulary as part of daily life they tried to be nice, expressing praise and acceptance and few negative commands they told children about...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Supporting physical development in early childhood
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting physical development in early childhood

...skills to the overall health, wellbeing and development of young children explore the relationship between physical growth and development describe the body systems and their relationship to moving and learning identify the appropriate physical/movement activities for each age and stage of development from 0–5 years explore how parents and practitioners can work...
Languages and Employability
Languages

Languages and Employability

...video a collection of employers and employees outline the benefits that language skills bring to their companies and careers. There is a lot more to language skills than just learning to speak fluently. Inter-cultural communication skills open doors to other cultures and communities, and gives you experience of the world that goes deeper than the average tourist trip....
Early years team work and leadership
Education & Development

Early years team work and leadership

...skills contribute towards supporting leadership. The course contains views from practitioners in different settings and at different stages in their early years careers. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Education...Early years team work and leadership: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the concept...
The OU Welcomes Carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

The OU Welcomes Carers

...study illustrates what it can be like to be a carer: ‘You know, it’s just that constant sort of presence that I have to be. A lot of encouraging her to eat, encouraging her to wash and do self-care, all round that kind of thing’. Kubiak et al, 2021 This carer’s account describes how caring can be difficult to plan around and disruptive of everyday life (Larkin et...
New course available: How to learn a language
Languages

New course available: How to learn a language

...skills required to learn languages successfully in this free course, How to learn a language...Transcript This free course will introduce you to the skills and strategies you need for language learning. You will be encouraged to set realistic goals when learning a language, and you will be given advice on how to keep motivated to achieve these goals. You will practise...
The emergence of breaking as an Olympic sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

The emergence of breaking as an Olympic sport

...skills. Such suggestions have been made before when skateboarding, BMX and snowboarding were first included in the Olympic programme. The inclusion of breaking is no doubt related to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) expressed desire to broaden the Olympic audience by attracting younger spectators and viewers to the games. The staging of the breaking...
Writing your research proposal
Education & Development

Writing your research proposal

...study? What skills, knowledge and experience do you bring to this research – If you are considering a PhD, evidence of your suitability will be located in your academic record for the Prof Doc your academic record will need to be complemented by professional experience. Can you map out the different stages of your project, and how you will complete it studying i)...