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An introduction to school librarianship Badge icon
Education & Development

An introduction to school librarianship

...Psychological Wellbeing in Malaysia’, Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 19(1), pp. 87–101. Available at: https://eric.ed.gov/ ?id=EJ1295387 (Accessed: 1 July 2022). Yusof, A. (2021) Readinf habits among students in the digital era. Available at: https://aclim.uitm.edu.my/ article/ article/ view/ 5 (Accessed: 31 August 2022)...Session 4: Creating a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Principles and practices of peace education
Education & Development

Principles and practices of peace education

...psychological, social and spiritual wellbeing, and you’ll discover activities to help your children learn to affirm and accept affirmation, building self-esteem. This enhances wellbeing and contributes to a peaceful culture. But it can take time for ‘pick-ups’ rather than ‘put-downs’ to become the norm. Children need to see and experience affirmation and to be...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...psychology Learning from sport burnout and overtraining Coaching others to coach The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport Exploring the psychological aspects of sport injury There is also a page of sport and fitness courses on OpenLearn. Interested in taking your learning further? Explore the OU’s BSc (hons) Sport, fitness and coaching...Session 5: Notable...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing
Money & Business

Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing

...psychological health and wellbeing of spending time in the open air. How to make the most out of our visit to the Great Outdoors: walking with The Parks Trust and staying mindful. In this article we discuss the importance of walking, spending time outdoors and being mindful. The benefits of mindfulness and five common myths surrounding it. In this short article we discuss...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision

...psychology. I say opposition because there was quite a lot of hard feeling between the two groups. Psychologists tended to work in laboratories with rats in mazes and artificial conditions for the animals; what the ethologists decided was that it was more correct to go out into the field and to study animals in their natural habitat. And of course the criticism was,...
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Approaching plays
History & The Arts

Approaching plays

...psychological or emotional condition (Ryan, 2000, p. 163). It is also worth observing that the text, whilst occupying a privileged role in the field of drama today, would not have done so at the time of Hamlet's early performances. Similarly the author, who today commands a form of reverence among many of his readers and audiences, would not have been regarded with the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four
Society, Politics & Law

George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four

...psychological and physical control over a joyless, fearful population. Totalitarianism Totalitarianism is a political system in which order is imposed on the population through ideological manipulation and the systematic use of state terror. A totalitarian state is a one-party state in which dissent is ruthlessly suppressed. The term has been used to describe both...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
An introduction to design engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to design engineering

...psychologically or socially driven factors, such as the desire to have the same (or better) product as one’s peers. To improve something: the need to improve something follows on from the driver of problem solving. Being able to do something better, faster or more reliably are all examples of improvement that can be significant drivers of design. In fact, much of modern...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs