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Voices from the Global South: an international field trip
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: an international field trip

...central Africa, including the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, which lies on the borders of The Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda. This is an area where Satyal and his colleagues have worked for many years. Satyal speaks about the lingering impact of the establishment of ‘reserves,’ put in place by the then colonial government in Uganda, the...
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Article 5 hrs
A question of ethics: right or wrong?
Health, Sports & Psychology

A question of ethics: right or wrong?

...central role in influencing moral behaviour, stating ‘the coaching session, the training field, the changing room, the game, are all environments where children (and older athletes), alongside the presence of the coach, develop and test the moral dimensions of their evolving characters’. To help practitioners to work within these ethical and moral standards,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Icarus: entering the world of myth
History & The Arts

Icarus: entering the world of myth

...central characteristics (or ‘tools of the trade’) of their chosen genres which can be fruitfully applied to their texts. Brueghel and his work Pieter Brueghel the Elder was born around 1520 and died in 1569. He was master of the Antwerp Guild in 1552 and is renowned for his landscape painting (the Alps and Italian scenery inspired his work). But his subsequent...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression

...central assumption behind the biopsychosocial model is the interdependence between biological, psychological and social factors. We noted that 'this approach examines the three interdependent factors, biological, psychological and social, in devising explanations and possible interventions in mental health', and that 'the biopsychosocial model is … an arguably more...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2
Health, Sports & Psychology

Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2

...central to discussions and decisions made in relation to the child’s experience of pain. You will now look at one of the primary challenges parents/carers face when trying to communicate with a nurse about their child’s pain: nurse busyness...Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2: 3.1 Overcoming busyness - For parents/carers of children in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Introduction to child psychology
Education & Development

Introduction to child psychology

...central to child psychology understand how child psychologists work in different applied settings...Introduction to child psychology: 1 What is child psychology? - How are children’s lives changing and what role do child psychologists have in supporting children? Child psychology is a broad area, covering how people change as they grow up from birth through to...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Writing what you know
History & The Arts

Writing what you know

...central part of how we think of ourselves, and indeed a central strand of what we might know. Memory is not simply a mechanical process. It works in various ways and you will use it in various ways in your writing. If you study A215 Creative writing, the Open University course from which this course was extracted, you will have the opportunity to think about how to make...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction
Digital & Computing

Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction

...central ideas of systems thinking. Gather up your ideas of what these central ideas are by spending around 15 minutes on the following activity. Activity 5 Make notes on what you think are the main features of systems thinking. This is not a test question. There are no right or wrong answers. I am simply inviting you to explore what you already understand about systems...
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Level 3: Advanced 75 hrs