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Keeping Mum: learning how to be a father
Society, Politics & Law

Keeping Mum: learning how to be a father

...study on fathering identities, suggested it certainly wasn’t from their own dads. The men I spoke to were fairly ambivalent about the way they had been ‘fathered’: most of them admired their dads, but they didn’t see themselves following their example. This was summed up in a telling comment by Paul, one of my interviewees, who said of his dad: ‘I don’t think...
Boys will be boys?
Society, Politics & Law

Boys will be boys?

...skills and aptitudes. However, one explanation that has gained particular currency - to the extent of becoming a kind of unchallenged ‘common sense’ - is the supposed absence of positive male role models from the lives of today’s young men, especially those perceived to be most vulnerable. This was certainly an argument heard repeatedly from politicians and others...
Free employability and training courses to support your Kickstart Scheme journey – for candidates and employers
Education & Development

Free employability and training courses to support your Kickstart Scheme journey – for candidates and employers

...skills to suit any industry placement. These free, self-paced courses provide Kickstart employees an opportunity to plug any skills gaps, build their confidence and will help younger people transition into their next job, create a business or continue to explore learning pathways open to them. Kickstart guide You can read the Kickstart guide here or by clicking on the...
Assessment in secondary geography
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary geography

...skills and independence. This course has been developed for secondary school geography teachers at the beginning of their careers. It takes a learner-centred approach and starts by looking at how assessment can be integrated into planning to support student progression. We will discuss different classroom approaches, including questioning and feedback. Also explored will...
Getting started with Italian 2
Languages

Getting started with Italian 2

...study enabling the development of intercultural communication skills. Learners can mix and match the short courses and study more than one course at a time. Once this course is complete you will be directed to OpenLearn’s hub for language content where you will be able to build on your newly found language skills. Now that you’re fully prepared, it’s time to start...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Teaching assistants: support in action
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action

...skills and attributes that teaching assistants use to provide effective support and contribute to productive teamwork. This OpenLearn course introduces diverse roles and distinctive contributions of teaching assistants...Teaching assistants are an important resource in education. This free course, Teaching assistants: support in action, looks at how the role has developed...
Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the genesis and continuing development of the resource-based view of organisations understand the distinction between organisational resources, competences and capabilities and their significance for technological innovation understand the development, use and management of a range of capabilities for technological...
Proud of nursing associates: who they are and why they are important
Health, Sports & Psychology

Proud of nursing associates: who they are and why they are important

...skills to a healthcare team. When valued and deployed effectively, they facilitate high quality patient care. The nursing associate (NA) role was proposed in England in 2015 following the Shape of Caring review (Health Education England, HEE, 2017) and is regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Professional regulators ensure that their registrants are fit to...