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Assessment in secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary mathematics

...course, Assessment in secondary mathematics, will identify and explore some of the key issues around assessing mathematics in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on and develop your assessment practice as a mathematics teacher and develop a greater awareness of the implications of assessment practice on pedagogy and...
Innovation in policing
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation in policing

...course, Innovation in policing, explores the concept of innovation from the perspective of police and policing. It considers the ways in which innovation can apply in policing and how those working in policing and related fields can become more innovative...This free course, Innovation in policing, explores the concept of innovation from the perspective of police and...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introducing vectors for engineering applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing vectors for engineering applications

...course, Introducing vectors for engineering applications, covers one aspect of a Level 1 engineering module, the application of vectors and vector algebra, using examples inspired by engineering applications...Applied mathematics is a key skill for practicing engineers and mathematical modelling is an ever-increasing field within engineering. This free course, Introducing...
Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction
Education & Development

Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction

...course on conducting a basic qualitative interview. The course covers preparing for interviews, setting up an interview, familiarisation with research tools and obtaining informed consent. It then covers tips and suggestions for conducting the interview before moving on to after the interview and recording fieldnotes...Do you want to find out what people think about an...
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Society, Politics & Law

Advancing Black leadership

...course, learners will develop and explore skills to empower themselves as leaders...This free course, Advancing Black leadership, explores techniques members of the Black and Minority Ethnic communities can use to influence people and organisations with power. Advancing Black leadership builds on and consolidates learning from the Introducing Black leadership course....
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
What can philosophy tell us about race?
History & The Arts

What can philosophy tell us about race?

...course, What can philosophy tell us about race?, will introduce you to debates about the fundamental nature of race and racism, and encourage you to explore the ways in which philosophy matters for understanding the world around us...Categorising human beings into races has had, and continues to have, an enormous impact on people’s lives. Many societies have been shaped...
Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...course, Historical perspectives on race, will introduce you to ideas and scholarship dealing with the construction of race, and help you to start exploring people’s lived experiences of race through a set of case studies from the late eighteenth century onwards...Race is not biological. It is a social construction. Yet we know that in our contemporary world and in...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introduction to Arabic
Education & Development

Introduction to Arabic

...course you will learn the Arabic alphabet, vowels, and also a little bit about the history of the Arabic language...This free OpenLearn course is a two week pre-course for the Open University short course Introduction to Arabic Language and Culture by the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures. Completing this course will take you about four hours. This ......
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs