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Ouverture: Intermediate French
Languages

Ouverture: Intermediate French

...adult education classes, time spent in French-speaking countries, regular contact with French-speaking people or other sources. The course materials are carefully designed to develop the four language skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing. They also contain activities focusing on practicing language structures, grammatical explanations and learning...
Children’s perspectives on play
Education & Development

Children’s perspectives on play

...adults reflecting on their childhood days spent playing in their streets. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course E110 Young children’s play and creativity...Children’s perspectives on play: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand and outline the significance of play and creativity in...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Do you have a photographic memory?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Do you have a photographic memory?

...adults have this special ability. This allows them to continue to see an image, in detail, for a short while even after it's taken away. Do you think you have this ability? Do you have a photographic memory? Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or...
Open Minds - Diabetes and Depression: A Tale of Three Cities
Miscellaneous

Open Minds - Diabetes and Depression: A Tale of Three Cities

...adults living in a deprived area of London. Understanding how young adults live with diabetes creates a greater awareness of the difficulties and helps provide appropriate support to individuals as they self-manage their condition. This research led her, in 1991, to obtaining a fellowship in Pittsburgh, USA, where she worked alongside researchers from all over the world,...
Alternative education: listening to the voices of young people
Education & Development

Alternative education: listening to the voices of young people

...adults who emphasise the importance of learning choice and space. “You can do things with adults around you that you don’t really get to do – you can spend more time with them. Like with granny and grandad, I can spend a lot more, longer chunks of time than I would be able to in school.” (14-year-old participant) Photovoice discussion also covered the educational...
Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children

...adult sexual predators. Playboy's extensive range of merchandise for women, encompassing make-up, jewellery, stationery, bed linen and more, all bearing its recognizable bunny logo and frequently found in children's sections of shops, catalogues and websites, has been a particular object for campaigners. In fact, Playboy itself has denied deliberately targeting younger...
Does Inside Out accurately capture the mind of an 11-year-old girl? A child psychologist weighs in
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does Inside Out accurately capture the mind of an 11-year-old girl? A child psychologist weighs in

...adults often use to interpret their emotions. This misses the mark. Children aren’t simply little adults; as developmental psychologists like Urie Bronfenbrenner have noted, it’s important to take into account the extent to which children are embedded in systems like family and school, where parents and teachers play a huge role in teaching children Riley’s age how...
Charting new reading research directions
Education & Development

Charting new reading research directions

...adults wonder whether print or digital books are better for children. What does the research say? Natalia Kucirkova: Numerous studies have compared print and digital books, but what really matters is why, how, and what children read. It is now widely acknowledged that comparing print books with digital books is akin to comparing apples and oranges, especially since...