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The role sustainable chemistry plays in shaping the planet's future
Science, Maths & Technology

The role sustainable chemistry plays in shaping the planet's future

...resources and the environmental impact of society on the planet...Find out more about The Open University's Chemistry courses. Sustainable use of resources must be considered because fossil fuels and other mined commodities are being depleted, and there is increasing demand from humanity. Achieving sustainability involves many challenges, from preserving resources to...
Developing reading skills in relation to the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Developing reading skills in relation to the Social Sciences

...resources, with suggestions on how to read such materials critically and effectively. The material is primarily an audio file, 11 minutes in length and recorded in 1998. Participants in the audio programme were: John Clarke Professor of Social Policy at The Open University; Ross Ferguson Social Sciences lecturer at The Open University; Gordon Hughes Social Sciences...
Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research
Education & Development

Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research

...Open University offers a number of modules and qualifications in postgraduate education studies...Learning to teach: An introduction to classroom research: Learning outcomes - After studying this unit, you should be able to: understand what makes something ‘research’ rather than reflective practice know how to approach the design of a piece of research understand two...
Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice
Education & Development

Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice

...educational structures, resources, technologies and differing ideas about what it means to be literate. There is a complex interaction between the agency of learners and the structures that shape their educational settings and experiences. In this course, we use the term ‘agency’ to mean all people’s inherent capacity to engage, interpret and make choices within...
Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...educational resource on children and young people’s mental health. It offers a wide range of free e-learning sessions, one of which is ‘the aggressive/difficult child’. This particular session gives you the opportunity to recognise the signs and symptoms, and possible causes of aggressive and antisocial behaviour and to consider how such behaviour could be handled....
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
What’s corruption got to do with climate change, and why should we care?
Nature & Environment

What’s corruption got to do with climate change, and why should we care?

...our seas This changes everything Only action against corruption can solve the world’s biggest problems: Alexei Navalny The conversation Nature: Why young climate activists have captured the world’s attention IPCC report Open Justice Centre Education for Justice Anti-corruption education [Screenshot of animation for COP26] Click on the banner to explore the COP26 hub...
Black and Minority Ethnic Network Podcasts - series 2
Education & Development

Black and Minority Ethnic Network Podcasts - series 2

...these interviews, potentially will help BME, people that may live in Milton Keynes, desire to be a part of the OU or to apply for these jobs. Copyright Copyright OpenLearn publishes all its content using a creative commons licence which allows all our content to be re-used for educational purposes if The Open University is credited. More details are available here....
Supporting learners to become agents for sustainability
Education & Development

Supporting learners to become agents for sustainability

...education, health and spiritual wellbeing, finance and economics, land tenure and community governance. The outer layer of the flower has the following 12 principles: Observe & Interact, Catch & Store Energy, Obtain a Yield, Apply Self-Regulation & Accept Feedback, Use & Value Renewable Resources, Produce Zero Waste, Design from Patterns to Details, Integrate Rather than...