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Without it we are dead! Water is essential, but what processes must it go through to become fit for human consumption? This unit will guide you through the continuous cycling of water between land, open water surfaces and the sea before moving on to an overview of the water treatment and supply process.
Learning outcomes By the end of this unit you should be familiar with: the underlying values and justifications of teaching art and art history within the school curriculum; developing strategies to explore and engage with some of the subject criticisms voiced; enhancing and supporting pupil engagement with and exploration of these issues; extending teaching approaches that incorporate some of these values and ideas. Learning outcomes The learning outcomes for this unit are: to gain an understanding of the rationale for careers education and guidance (CEG) and young people's need for it; to understand your school's statutory responsibilities for CEG and its links with Connexions; to develop the basic knowledge and skills needed to help students access careers information and guidance; to gain knowledge of the school's CEG programme and the confidence to carry out y Learning outcomes The learning outcomes for this unit are: To consider the value of democracy, through examples. To try to challenge perceived wisdom about our political systems. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Author(s): Learning outcomes The learning outcomes for this unit are: Critically appreciate the significance of claims made for ‘global corporate citizenship’. Understand the nature of work and ‘social citizenship’. Recognize the difference between ‘acts citizenship’ and ‘status citizenship’. Be able to assess the ‘ethical dimension’ to arguments about citizenship. See the relevance of historical compari Learning outcomes In this unit we will: open up and ‘map’ geography and the ways the subject is understood (and sometimes misunderstood); examine ways in which the subject is under pressure – especially with regard to the ‘chasm’ that is said to exist between university and school geography; establish reasons why the subject is important in relation to topical debates about sustainable development and citizenship; evaluate the power Learning outcomes Learning outcomes After reading this unit you should be able to: appreciate diagrams as a powerful aid to thinking and acting; distinguish between systems diagrams and diagrams helpful in systems work; demonstrate sufficient skills to ‘read’ and ‘draw’ a wide range of diagrams, following given conventions, that help improve your understanding of a situation; select diagrams suited to the needs of the situation you are investigating an Learning outcomes After reading this unit you should be able to: recognise how images can be analysed and interpreted; comprehend how images can be used to express uncertainties; give examples of images that show change and of social and cultural diversity. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this c Learning outcomes On completion of this unit, you should be able to: give a definition of crime (in terms of society); state the steps and factors that lead from a crime to conviction; illustrate how society views crime ‘with fear and fascination’; give examples of the relationship between crime rates and the evidence to support these claims. Except for third party materials and otherwise state Learning outcomes Learning outcomes Learning outcomes Learning outcomes Learning outcomes Learning outcomes Growth strategies for start-ups: Learning objectives and overview Learning outcomes After studying this unit you should be able to: understand private equity and the role of venture capital companies in providing this; understand why and how public equity issues can be undertaken; look at the reasons for cross-listing on stock exchanges; examine why a company might de-list from an exchange and return to private ownership. Except for third party materials and ot Learning outcomes Learning outcomes
This unit is aimed at teachers who wish to review how they go about the practice of teaching maths, those who are considering becoming maths teachers, or those who are studying maths courses and would like to understand more about the teaching process.
This unit considers the type of care offered in hospitals, using Leeds General Hospital as a case study. The unit looks at the people who have roles within the hospital, how they interact with each other and patients and what they consider to be 'care'. The different approaches and contributions to care by doctors and nurses are explored and patients give their perspective on the care they receive.
Frightened of the internet? This unit will help you make effective use of the internet, giving you the basic skills required for using web-based resources. Useful tricks and tips are provided as well as information on web browsers, the main features of a browser window, how to look at websites, using hyperlinks, searching for information on the internet, copying text, avoiding computer viruses, and using PDFs.
Alcohol abuse, healthy living and Alzheimer’s disease all regularly hit the headlines. This unit will take a brief look at these issues and introduces you to the type of issues that you would be asked to examine should you wish to study OU course Y158 Understanding Health.
The search for sustainable energy will dominate the twenty-first century. This unit provides an introductory overview of the present energy systems and takes a brief look at where the world may find energy in the future – cleaner use of fossil fuels or renewable energy sources?
Tables and charts are a great way to present numerical information in a clear and concise form. This unit explains how to use the Windows calculator to carry out basic operations and calculate percentages. You will then learn how to use charts and tables to represent and interpret information.
Global warming: are we responsible? Is our environmental impact damaging the planet? This unit examines the use of ozone depleting technology, the impact of fossil fuel use and explores how the development of technology can influence the direction of a society. From the Industrial Revolution to the present day find out how we have changed the planet.
Global Text Project
The aim of this unit is to enable you to get started in Classical Greek. It has been developed in response to requests from students who had had no contact with Greek before and who felt they would like to spend a little time preparing for the kind of learning that takes place on a classical language course. The unit will give you a taster of what is involved in the very early stages of learning Greek and will offer you the opportunity to put in some early practice.
This unit will help you to understand the forms of data that are handled by software and look at the various processes that can be applied to the data. These ideas are demonstrated through the use of a supermarket till and illustrate how simple data sets can be manipulated.
