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Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...Open University. This chapter in Volume 1 of the Open University course, D215 The Shape of the World provides a fuller discussion of the issues raised in this study skills supplement...Why maps are made: Acknowledgements - The content acknowledged below is Proprietary (see terms and conditions) and is used under licence. Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Passports: identity and airports
Society, Politics & Law

Passports: identity and airports

...course. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course DD308 Making social worlds...Passports: identity and airports: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the historical and sociological context of how passports became commonplace identify ways in which passport regimes are used to sort, ......
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance
History & The Arts

Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course DA332 Religion and global challenges in the past and present....Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance: Introduction - The global challenge of growing inequalities is intricately linked to the distinction made between those historically regarded as human and those not....
Social problems: Who makes them?
Society, Politics & Law

Social problems: Who makes them?

...Hulton-Deutsch Collection; Figure 7 Vaughan Melzer Photography; Figure 8 Harry Venning. Courtesy of: Andrew Warran 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/ free-courses...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems
Nature & Environment

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

...Open University. © 2008. This book forms part of The Open University course Y161 Introducing Environment. Figure 2: OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP)/NOAA; Figure 3: Photo By Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 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...
Attachment in the early years
Education & Development

Attachment in the early years

...Open University course E219 Psychology of childhood and youth...Attachment in the early years: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe attachment classifications and how they are assessed describe the features of caregiving that influence attachment, and the significance of attachment for lifespan development discuss why the...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The technology of crime control
Society, Politics & Law

The technology of crime control

...course, but also the media and held open meetings with different groups of businessmen, community forums, the local authority, we we told everybody what we were doing. There was a lot of support from both the people who come into town to work, those people who have businesses, and those people who come into town on an evening to socialise and drink, we were quite...
Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Does prison work?
Society, Politics & Law

Does prison work?

...course allows you to listen to a discussion on the purpose, efficacy and regulation of prisons. Does prison benefit those serving the sentence or simply satisfy a public demand?...Does prison work and what purpose does it serve? This free course allows you to listen to a discussion on the purpose, efficacy and regulation of prisons. Does prison benefit those serving the...
Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr