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Ten commandments of research
History & The Arts

Ten commandments of research

...studying the slave trade, for example, what the slave owners felt was important is almost certainly not what the slaves felt was important! Arthur Marwick, the former Professor of History at the Open University, used to distinguish between witting testimony (the information the writer intended to convey) and unwitting testimony (the prejudices and assumptions underlying...
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The social in social science
Society, Politics & Law

The social in social science

...study examines how we produce things, communicate, govern ourselves and understand our environments, and how to solve the problems we face in the organisation of social relations and processes. This free course, The social in social science, provides a basic overview of how social science contains deeply embedded cultural assumptions, and outlines the important...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Supporting and developing resilience in social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting and developing resilience in social work

...skills and strategies. After this, you then consider the concept of leadership and its skills and qualities. You revisit the importance of supervision in relation to developing and maintaining resilience. Finally, you review what you have added to your toolkit. Key questions Why do you need to be emotionally resilient, and what skills and strategies are involved? What...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Working mathematically
Science, Maths & Technology

Working mathematically

...studying mathematics courses and would like to understand more about the teaching and learning process...This free course, Working mathematically, is aimed at teachers who wish to review how they go about the practice of teaching mathematics, those who are considering becoming mathematics teachers, or those who are studying mathematics courses and would like to understand...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)

...skills and attributes that teaching assistants use to provide effective support and contribute to productive teamwork...Teaching assistants are an important resource in education. This unit looks at how the role has developed across the UK over time and particularly in Wales. It explores the skills and attributes that teaching assistants use to provide effective support...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The RFS Career Academy Free Learning Collection
Education & Development

The RFS Career Academy Free Learning Collection

...skills? This selection of free online courses and content is here to help you with your career...[RFS career academy logo] These free courses and helpful articles have been curated by RFS Career Academy in partnership with OpenLearn, the free learning website from The Open University (OU). All the content has been written by academics from The OU and can be used to...
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About the stroop test
Education & Development

About the stroop test

...skill. For example, it is this capacity, known as inhibitory control, that enables us to be polite when we're given an unwanted present, or to avoid taking the usual route to work to avoid a burst water main. Occasionally, this skill of inhibitory control fails us and we act automatically, without thinking. We might lose our inhibitory control after a glass of wine,...
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Activity 10 mins
An introduction to social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to social work

...skills supporting your studies and practices – reflective writing, digital and information literacy skills, academic and professional writing skills. Other skills social workers need to have include: reflective, professional and academic forms of writing, recording and sharing information thinking skills, such as reflection and analysis the ability ......
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs