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A future for languages in schools?
Languages

A future for languages in schools?

...educational resources (OER) is available through the OpenLearnWorks project website offering language teachers the possibility to communicate with each other, across different schools, using a dedicated forum to discuss and exchange their ideas around a series of online activities. ‘A future for languages in schools?’ The Colloquium in July 2015, entitled “A Future...
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Privileged and Overconfident but Full Steam Ahead!
Health, Sports & Psychology

Privileged and Overconfident but Full Steam Ahead!

...educated members of an elite, millionaire set. David Cameron’s Cabinet was notably composed of members of the ‘Bullingdon club’– the infamous Oxford University dining club. Even in Theresa May’s Cabinet, which has the lowest number of private-school educated ministers since 1945, 33% of the total positions are held by an Oxbridge educated group, whilst most of...
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Interdisciplinary study: disciples of disciplines?
Education & Development

Interdisciplinary study: disciples of disciplines?

...education itself, for example, Bridges suggests that: ‘Discipline meant that enquiry was conducted in accordance with some established rules and procedures which provided the basis for among other things distinguishing truth from falsity, warranted from unwarranted belief. The requirement for disciplined enquiry became translated into the ‘disciplines’ which...
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Teaching reading: what are our long term goals?
Education & Development

Teaching reading: what are our long term goals?

...Education at The Open University examinines teachers’ perceptions and practices, as well as children’s own experiences, of reading pedagogy...In the light of the House of Commons Education Committee Inquiry into the purpose and quality of education, I’ve been pondering on the primary profession’s long-term goals for teaching reading in England. Do teachers aim to...
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Five things you might like to know about Recovery Colleges
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five things you might like to know about Recovery Colleges

...educational rather than a clinical or rehabilitation approach to improving mental health. As far as possible the distinction between service users and professionals is avoided and there is an emphasis on co-production, co-delivery and co-participation in the learning. An individual with experiences of mental health problems can be engaged in designing and delivering...
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...education by reaching millions of learners each year, through free educational resources. ​Free learning resources are core to our social mission. We believe that the main barriers to starting education are access, lack of confidence and cost. This is why the Open University works to remove these barriers: We build on formats and platforms that are available offline and...
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52 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

52 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...Educational Film (University) Award at the Learning on Screen Awards 2020. We condensed Homer’s enormous poems The Iliad and The Odyssey into two award-winning animations. Brad Pitt doesn’t feature, but the dulcet tones of Don Warrington do (see the video below). Our most popular course over the years is, Start Writing Fiction. Give it a whirl if you aspire to be the...
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53 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Education & Development

53 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...Educational Film (University) Award at the Learning on Screen Awards 2020. We condensed Homer’s enormous poems The Iliad and The Odyssey into two award-winning animations. Brad Pitt doesn’t feature, but the dulcet tones of Don Warrington do (see the video below). Our most popular course over the years is, Start Writing Fiction. Give it a whirl if you aspire to be the...
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