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Religion in history: conflict, conversion and coexistence
History & The Arts

Religion in history: conflict, conversion and coexistence

...the cultural and historical context of the crusades, why they occurred, and the inconsistencies in modern interpretation. The Bengal Renaissance The 19th Century was a turning point in Indian religious and cultural history, with colonial expansion providing education and a hybridisation of East and West. This lively discussion tracks these changes and their legacy....
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Teaching secondary music
Education & Development

Teaching secondary music

...education and how this affects music in the secondary school curriculum...This free course, Teaching secondary music, will identify and explore some of the key issues around teaching music in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on and develop your practice as a music teacher and develop a greater awareness of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Flipping the flipped: The Flipping German project at the OU
Languages

Flipping the flipped: The Flipping German project at the OU

...education, especially when it comes to languages? Dr Karina von Lindeiner-Stráský, Dr Ursula Stickler and Dr Susanne Winchester explore the 'Flipped Classroom' methodology. ...Learning languages, with its emphasis on communication and practice, can seem daunting, especially outside traditional classrooms. In the academic year 2017/18 the award-winning ‘Flipping...
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Saint Patrick and modern narratives of Irish identity
OpenLearn Ireland

Saint Patrick and modern narratives of Irish identity

...educator and Irish citizen, I see that the role of media and social media in stoking these flames of discontent is ever more clear and echoes research from established academics including Dikwal-Bot and McIntyre. Their studies show how whiteness has come through as a message from established far right leaders to disconnected and disconcerted young Irish men regarding what...
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Success and failure in healthcare: should regulation be simple or integrated?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Success and failure in healthcare: should regulation be simple or integrated?

...educated and trained professionals and their co-workers. Modern healthcare also relies on tools, machines and medicines. And of course, healthcare professionals and their co-workers’ scope of practice, their technical gadgetry and medicinal substances are provided within an organisational structure. Each of these three elements is heavily regulated in the UK to ensure...
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How can scientists fight the tide of "fake news"?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can scientists fight the tide of "fake news"?

...educational standards. Populations that are largely unschooled can be easily duped. Although this is especially the case in developing countries of Asia and Africa, fake news spreads more easily among less educated sections of society in Europe and the United States too. It takes just one small step to get from superstition to belief in fake news. Science illiteracy...
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Constitutional Conversations: what Good Friday Agreement was for women
Society, Politics & Law

Constitutional Conversations: what Good Friday Agreement was for women

...educator, and former Director of the National Women’s Council of Ireland conducted the conversations. They included women in marginalized groups that are often characterised as ‘hard-to-reach’ including women in the Traveller community, the LGBTQI constituency, women in rural areas, and ‘new’ citizens (See Ashe, 2022). The launch of Fidelma’s report in Dublin...
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The role of business development in AstrobiologyOU
Science, Maths & Technology

The role of business development in AstrobiologyOU

...Education, talked with Yiannis Tsamis, Business Development Manager, about the role of business development in AstrobiologyOU...Yiannis, can you tell me about your journey to astrobiology? I was fascinated by science from a young age. As part of the post-Apollo generation, I closely followed developments in space exploration, such as the Voyager mission to the planets,...
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