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Secondary learning
Education & Development

Secondary learning

...educational setting and are interested in learning more about some of the theory that underpins good teaching. At the heart of education are knowledge and learning. Both are complex but how they are viewed has profound effects on what happens in formal educational settings such as classrooms. Together they are manifested in classroom ‘pedagogy’, defined as ‘the...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Are women under-represented at tech accelerators?
Money & Business

Are women under-represented at tech accelerators?

...technology entrepreneurship – women just don’t feature prominently in the industry and the numbers in accelerator programmes reflects this. The evidence, however, indicates that within Europe women own around 15% of all science engineering and technology ventures. So, where are all the women when it comes to accelerators? Their minority status in the sector does not...
Climate Change Collection
Nature & Environment

Climate Change Collection

...education and STEM, it provides an introduction to the issues surrounding climate change. OpenLearn contains many more articles on environmental issues. You can navigate the site by subject area or by searching for key words in the search bar. Notes to teachers All OpenLearn courses can be downloaded as documents (PDF, Word, ePub, Kindle) by clicking into the course and...
Are you care experienced and considering university?
Education & Development

Are you care experienced and considering university?

...Education. [Cartoon of a man, woman and teenager] The CLASS Cymru website is designed to provide clear, concise advice and signpost to relevant sources of support and information. Covering the whole timeline from considering a university degree through to what to do when you graduate, this bilingual resource provides care-experienced people and those who support them with...
My unique path to university: real stories
Education & Development

My unique path to university: real stories

...education. Tom's story Hear how Tom overcame health challenges and adapted to life as a student. [My Path to University: Tom's Story] Andrea's story Andrea shares his perspective as a young carer and the first member of his family to go to university. [My Path to University: Andrea's Story] Liam's story Liam shares his experience of joining university later in life and...
Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...Education-associated transitions are less obvious and refer to the less formal changes in children’s lives and routines that occur outside an institutional setting. These changes may occur in everyday life away from school but can affect and shape children’s lives and well-being. Divorce would be an example of this sort of change...Developing and managing...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Physical and mental health for young children
Education & Development

Physical and mental health for young children

...educate babies and young children can do to support and promote good health in practical and low-cost ways. This free course will increase your knowledge and skills and show you ways that adults, both parents and professionals, can play an active role in supporting and promoting good health in babies and young children. The Open University would really appreciate a few...
Decolonising computing?
Digital & Computing

Decolonising computing?

...technology is the embodiment of rational calculation and a driver of twenty-first century capitalism, can it indeed be ‘decolonized’ – overhauled or appropriated for other ends?” (p. 2). While I think it is possible that computing can be dis-articulated (de-linked, decoupled etc.) from capitalism – or rather, racial capitalism since capitalism cannot be...