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Teaching secondary geography
Education & Development

Teaching secondary geography

...Introduction - This free course, Teaching secondary geography, is designed for people who are learning to be a teacher, are in their first few years of teaching, or who are working in an educational setting. It identifies and explores some of the key issues around teaching geography in secondary schools. Engaging with these issues and debates will help you to reflect upon...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Why did millions march against Trump?
Society, Politics & Law

Why did millions march against Trump?

...project, Mobilizing Millions: Engendering Protest Across the Globe. We want to understand why people participate in a march of this scale, at a critical historical juncture in our political landscape. Within weeks of discussion of the first march, there were already “sister” march pages national and internationally. While it is beyond the scope of this post to discuss...
Classical studies: it's more than the words
History & The Arts

Classical studies: it's more than the words

...project map] Screengrab from Hestia Project map The word ‘history’ derives from the Greek word ‘historia’ (or historiê in some dialects, including Herodotus’), which means ‘enquiry’: to understand the past, you must research it. Herodotus ‘reproduces’ that sense of enquiry in the very way that he structures his material. You’ll find that frequently he...
Why books are a lifeline for prisoners
Society, Politics & Law

Why books are a lifeline for prisoners

...project I saw in action is called The Big Book Share, and involves prisoners reading and recording chapters of children's books. A CD of the reading is given to their families so that children (and, in the case of some of the women prisoners, grandchildren, nephews and nieces) can listen to a bedtime story from inside. A copy of the book being read is also supplied,...
A global dimension to science education in schools
Education & Development

A global dimension to science education in schools

...Introduction - There are many compelling reasons for introducing a global dimension in science education. This unit, aimed at teachers in secondary schools explores why the global dimension in science education is so important and how you might incorporate it in your lessons. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 2 study in Education, Childhood & Youth...A...
Modelling and estimation
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling and estimation

...Introduction - Please note: a Statement of Participation is not issued for this course. Making sense of data, and hence obtaining useful and well-founded answers to important questions is the major goal of statistics. This free OpenLearn course, Modelling and estimation, is an extract from the Open University course M248 Analysing data, a second level course that aims to...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change

...Project Kimberly Nicholas Interview Key RH: = Roger Harrabin, interviewer KN: = Kim Nicholas, Associate Professor, Lund University, Sweden. Researcher into climate change, sustainable food and ecosystem services, participant. RH: So I’m standing on a street corner in Paris. It’s a damp evening, looks like its just about to start to rain, and I’m waiting for my...
Supporting climate action through digital education
Education & Development

Supporting climate action through digital education

...Introduction - Session 1 gives you an indication of the issues that educators need to think about when preparing to teach about the climate emergency. You’ll begin by exploring which skills learners need. You’ll then consider the important issue of climate anxiety and how learners can be supported. You’ll also question what role individual actions play in addressing...