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Beginners’ German: Places and people
Languages

Beginners’ German: Places and people

...course is an adapted extract from a previous edition of the Open University course L193 Rundblick: beginners' German...Beginners' German: Places and people: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate knowledge of the singular forms of personal pronouns, singular forms of the regular verb kommen and generalisations using man use...
Transport and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Transport and Sustainability

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course T213 Energy and Sustainability. ...Transport and Sustainability: Introduction - Transport has considerable environmental impacts. It creates problems of urban air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. There is also the problem of determining who is the most important urban road user; the private car, public...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...Open University course U212 Childhood). National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (2002) Call for National Strategy on Child Deaths, http://www.nspcc.org.uk/html/information/callfornationalstrategyonchilddeaths.htm (accessed 1 May 2002). Ohsako, T. (1999) ‘The developing world’ in Smith, P.K., Morita, Y., Junger-Tas, J., Olweus, D., Catalano, R. and...
Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course W102 Law: concepts and perspectives...Modern slavery: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the historical origins of slavery as well as examples of slavery understand the international legal framework prohibiting slavery understand the concept of modern slavery and...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Who are Europeans?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are Europeans?

...TPCOM All other materials included in this course are derived from content originated at the Open University. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ ......
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
An introduction to social work law
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to social work law

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K271 Social work law....An introduction to social work law: Introduction - In this free course, An introduction to social work law, you will consider the role of social workers and the values that shape social work practice. You will be asked to examine some of your preconceptions about social work and the law...
Two concepts of freedom
History & The Arts

Two concepts of freedom

...Open University. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 2 study in Arts and Humanities...Two concepts of freedom: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: distinguish between negative and positive concepts of freedom understand the main points in Isaiah Berlin's article ‘Two Concepts of Liberty’ recognise emotive language, to...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
The social in social science
Society, Politics & Law

The social in social science

...open to disagreement and, as you read through this course, you will begin to identify the ways in which science itself is a contested concept and can mean very different things to different approaches in the philosophy of social science. In addition, frequently used concepts, such as experience, causality, theory, models and scientific method, may have very different...
Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs