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Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers
Education & Development

Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers

...Open University short courses for teachers and student teachers...Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you will be able to: understand the differences between tutoring and mentoring in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) consider the similarities and differences between tutoring and mentoring pedagogy...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Introducing engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing engineering

...course, Introducing engineering, introduces a number of key themes that explore how engineering is undertaken in our modern world. These themes include engineering design, rules that govern engineers, manufacturing for products and electricity generation using solar energy...Engineering encompasses a broad range of disciplines from design to manufacturing. This free...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health

...badge. Badged courses are a key part of The Open University’s mission to promote the educational well-being of the community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. Completing a course will require about 24 hours of study time. However, you can study the course at any time ......
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Everyday maths 1 (Northern Ireland)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1 (Northern Ireland)

...badge. Badged courses are a key part of The Open University’s mission to promote the educational well-being of the community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. To complete a course you need to be able to find about 48 hours of study time. It is possible to study them at any time, and at......
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Exploring evidence-based policing
Money & Business

Exploring evidence-based policing

...course was produced by The Open University in association with the Police Service of Northern Ireland....Exploring evidence-based policing: Introduction - The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whateverthat it is not utterly absurd. (Bertrand Russell) In recent years policing has seen a shift away from taken-for-granted ways of doing things. As part...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Making decisions
Money & Business

Making decisions

...courses. Take your studies further Find out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus. If you are new to university study, you may be interested in our Access Courses or Certificates. What’s new from OpenLearn? Sign up to our newsletter or view a sample. For reference, full URLs to pages listed above: OpenLearn – www.open.edu/...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Justice, fairness and mediation
Money & Business

Justice, fairness and mediation

...course was produced by The Open University in association with the Police Service of Northern Ireland....Justice, fairness and mediation: Introduction - Questions of justice and fairness are central to how societies operate and how people and communities interact. While we might perhaps assume that there is one single view of what either justice or fairness mean, in...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Managing coastal environments
Nature & Environment

Managing coastal environments

...course, Managing coastal environments, looks at the example of the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, England, describing how the current state of the estuary came to be. It examines the contests and conflicts that centre on the estuary in terms of managing the environment for human needs and the needs of the other species who make their habitat there...Coastal environments are...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs