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What this hub is about
Education & Development

What this hub is about

...social world. By its very nature, the content featured in the hub addresses some tough issues, and often needs to use language which is hard to read. Some content may even cause offence to some people. In line with academic writing on race, the OpenLearn resources represent ongoing attempts to describe and give meaning to value-laden knowledge and understanding and to...
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Exploring teaching and learning in real and virtual worlds
Education & Development

Exploring teaching and learning in real and virtual worlds

...social pedagagy and the SPRinG project Professor Maurice Galton talks about the Social Pedagogic Research into Group Work or SPRinG project, designed to improve the effectiveness of pupil groups in classrooms. A SPRinG teacher's perspective Secondary science teacher Jane Brine talks about her involvement with the SPRinG project and the benefits is has brought for her and...
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Managing motherhood and sports participation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing motherhood and sports participation

...social, political and cultural importance. This concern is reflected in the funding and interventions run by public health bodies, government agencies and sports governing bodies to increase female physical activity. For example, the This Girl Can campaign, launched by Sport England in 2015, is aimed at encouraging more women to be physically active, as well as...
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Taking your first steps into higher education Badge icon
Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...social sciences; and maths, technology and science...What is university study like? Is it for me? If you are asking yourself these questions, this badged course is for you. Taking your first steps into higher education provides insights into how subjects are studied at university. This introduction to carefully selected materials helps you decide what you might want to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
How can we dismantle racism in public institutions and services?
Education & Development

How can we dismantle racism in public institutions and services?

...social welfare outcomes. Philips (2011) advocates for a reconceptualisation of ‘institutional racism’ that is situated in a conceptual framework centred on ‘racialisation’ as conceived by Rattansi (2005). This conceptual framework explores the role of racialisation at micro, meso, and macro levels. Institutional racialisation, as opposed to institutional racism,...
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Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children
Education & Development

Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children

...social care professionals involved in the lives of their autistic children. This included: struggles to secure a diagnosis challenges associated with accessing (specialised) education provision securing opportunities for socialisation and self-care (for both mother and child) managing the financial consequences of caregiving and planning for the practical and emotional...
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Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

...social, positive characters whom you may see as being role models), the attraction that you feel towards your favourite villain is perhaps harder to explain and has been something which psychologists, alongside authors of fiction, have been interested to explore. By the end of this week, you should be able to: consider your favourite villainous characters and start to...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Surplus Value
Society, Politics & Law

Surplus Value

...sign that was stolen from Auschwitz. It was initiated by an artist and cultural organisation and encourages people to participate through a special event. Suplus Value is global in orientation and concerned with anti-discrimination, equality and social justice, democracy, politics and representation and peace. It was launched in London in August 2012 and lasted one week....
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