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An introduction to data and information in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to data and information in health and social care

...concept of sensation, and how perceptions of sensation (such as feeling something is warm or seeing colour or hearing sounds) can be represented so that a computer can do something with them...An introduction to data and information in health and social care: 3.1 Human beings, data, signs and symbols - We live in a sea of sensation: sight, sound, touch, taste, smell and...
Exploring issues in women's health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring issues in women's health

...Concepts Series: Key Concepts in Health Studies, London, Sage UK. Zipp, S., Røstvik, C.M. and Purcell, C. (2018) ‘Ending period poverty: Scotland’s plan for free menstrual products shatters taboos and leads a global movement’ in The Conversation [Online]. Available at https://theconversation.com/
Children’s perspectives on play
Education & Development

Children’s perspectives on play

...concepts in sociocultural theories of play and learning. Barbara Rogoff (2003, p. 287) refers to such mutual learning and meaning-making as a part of the process of ‘guided participation’ through which children learn as they participate with others. Music and play There is a sense in which all music-making and participation involves aspects of exploration,...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Approaching leadership with care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Approaching leadership with care

...concepts of leadership by exploring the significance of empathy, compassion, and understanding when leading others and yourself. This course is designed to help you define your leadership style, cultivate a caring approach, and enhance your overall leadership skills. This course is adapted from the Open University course, K318 Leading, managing, caring...Unlock the...
Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Exploring critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring critical social work practice

...concepts around equality, diversity, inclusion, all of those issues; but also, it has also really recapped on the importance of expert by experience in an academic environment, so it is as important for students to learn from expert by experience as it is from, you know, reading and, um, understanding the theoretical perspectives. PETER LATCHFORD: I agree. I think it does...
Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...concepts from the related fields of science communication and engagement, focusing in particular on digital and information literacy skills (Holliman, 2011). By completing this course you should have a better understanding of how contemporary science progresses and how ‘cutting edge’ scientific knowledge circulates in the public sphere...Assessing contemporary...
Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...concepts explained in the books I read. I try to take notes but I'm really lazy at ‘proper’ note taking – I don’t find it works for me as I never go back and read them. There is so much to read. I get lost and don’t know where to start. You may have experienced similar difficulties. You may also have found ways to help you cope. Academic and specialist texts may...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Does counting calories work?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does counting calories work?

...concept. Inaccurate as they are, calorie counts remain a helpful guide to relative energy values: standing burns more calories than sitting; cookies contain more calories than spinach. But the calorie is broken in many ways, and there’s a strong case to be made for moving our food accounting system away from that one particular number. It’s time to take a more...