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Golden Globe Ocean Race 2018
Science, Maths & Technology

Golden Globe Ocean Race 2018

...education. He is raising money for a scholarship fund to help others obtain education and collecting research samples for The Open University academics. Follow his journey around the world and check out insights from our OU academics along each step of his journey. Here is Antoine Cousot’s boat in build... [Antoine's old boat] The old boat [Antoine's boat at Falmouth]...
Open Hip Hop
History & The Arts

Open Hip Hop

...Education. WHAT: Our aim is to document, engage with and share the knowledge and lived experiences gathered at the conferences and future events in an accessible manner. HOW: We aim to operate on both digital and physical spaces by working with those who share an interest in advocating and exploring the cultural elements of Hip Hop cultures as an educational tool....
Article 5 mins
Dive into World Ocean Day with OpenLearn
Science, Maths & Technology

Dive into World Ocean Day with OpenLearn

...our collection of free educational resources about Earth’s oceans - and oceans beyond...Discover the wonders of our oceans - on Earth and beyond. From interactive games like Ocean Explorer to free courses and thought-provoking articles (including oceans in space!), this collection brings together a wealth of learning to inspire curiosity and care for our marine world....
OpenMinds: Why visit Mars and what we might find there?
Miscellaneous

OpenMinds: Why visit Mars and what we might find there?

...Technology, Engineering & Mathematics and Rhian Chapman (@RhianInSPACE ), PhD student, will look at the challenges of landing on the Red Planet and markers of life there. Transcript Dr Lewis will question why missions fly to Mars, why it is so hard to land there and what the recent European Space Agency ExoMars 2016 mission found there and will reveal next. As...
Do we really want speed on our roads to be further reduced?
Society, Politics & Law

Do we really want speed on our roads to be further reduced?

...technologies available to either limit the speed of the vehicle to the speed limit in operation, or send the incriminating information to the police, DVLA or whoever – so why don't we use it? Do manufacturers and other vested interests, politicians included, fear that motorists would reject new cars fitted with this technology in favour of older models? Would motorists...
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Education & Development

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

...education, published books to explain their views about the importance of early childhood education. Their work made significant contributions to understanding how children develop emotionally and socially. Their work and practice remains an influence in contemporary nursery education. [This is a black-and-white photograph of Susan Isaacs sitting with a group of...
Teaching secondary music
Education & Development

Teaching secondary music

...education and how this affects music in the secondary school curriculum...This free course, Teaching secondary music, will identify and explore some of the key issues around teaching music in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on and develop your practice as a music teacher and develop a greater awareness of the...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Are schools the best place for children to learn?
Education & Development

Are schools the best place for children to learn?

...education seems to be subsumed by processes and structures, dominated by an overemphasis on what might be seen as component parts of any wider goal (e.g. types of behaviour, grades, particular bits of subject knowledge, certain skills, school identity). Consequently, many learners can be disabled by what schools offer and expect. [teacher telling off a chilld] Doing the...