1.1 Preparation for study One of the main purposes of this course is to help you develop two kinds of skills: the general skills of being a student some skills which are particularly associated with the way social scientists work. Both are of fundamental importance to your success in studying other courses. This course is about the very basic study skills of reading and taking notes. These are basic in the sense that they are the foundation for al
3.1 The beginning of the research process What distinguishes psychological research from common sense is that psychologists approach information and knowledge in a systematic and consciously articulated way. They use rules and procedures about how to build and apply theories, how to design studies to test hypotheses, how to collect data and use them as evidence, and how to evaluate all forms of knowledge. (See Figure 1, ‘The cycle of enquiry’ in Author(s):
2.3.2 Inner experiences A second kind of data is people's inner experiences, including their feelings, beliefs and motives. These cannot be directly seen from the outside; they remain private unless freely spoken about or expressed in some other way. Examples of these inner experiences include feelings, thoughts, images, representations, dreams, fantasies, beliefs and motivations or reasons. These are only accessible to others via verbal or written reports or as inferred from behaviours such as non-verbal communicat
Formats Later in 2013, OpenLearn free courses will be available to be downloaded or taken away in several formats: At the asset level, the major formats you will find are:
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3 Finding and evaluating OERs When seeking content for adaptation and re-use in open educational contexts there are several tools available to support discovery. Many of these tools are the result of experimental prototyping and short-term funded projects, however, and therefore carry with them a certain amount of risk. Not all are sustained beyond the life of the funding, but these initiatives have sought to use a variety of search technologies to support the discovery of generic and domain-specific OERs. As we move forw
Round 2: Acronyms What do the followi 6 One hundred possibilities The more teachers are convinced that intellectual and expressive activities have both multiplying and unifying possibilities, the more creativity favours friendly exchanges with imagination and fantasy. Creativity requires that the school of knowing finds connections with the school of expressing, opening the doors to the hundred languages of children. (Loris Malaguzzi, 1990) In each of t 4.1 Geography as a medium of education Geography is what geographers do. (Anon) Aren't we all geographers now? (Buttimer, 2004) Define history. Now define geography (Gritzner, 2004) Charles Gritzner supplies us with one of t 2.1 The significance of geography as a subject It has been argued that geography ‘has been hijacked by environmentalists’. Following the publication of his original article, ‘Constructing a value map’ (see under the link below), Alex Standish (a former geography teacher) appeared on the Radio 4 Today programme to discuss this topic. Listen to the interview again and read the transcript again by clicking on the link below. Read Alex Standish's 'Constructing a value map' by clicking 'view document' below. 1.1 Chasms and great divides: can we imagine a world without geography? Many school systems around the world do not have geography with the status of a separate subject. Schools in England and Wales are different. Here, geography is a national curriculum subject (5–14 years) and the former Minister for Schools (Stephen Twigg) has asserted the subject's importance in several speeches in 2004. For example, he says: ‘The unique contribution of geography is preparing young people to en References 4 Performance skills Performance skills are those aspects that set dancing apart from mechanical movement. Often, our attention is drawn to the dancer who is using a range of performance skills effectively, because they stand out from the rest. Performance skills are aspects such as: focus; projection; musicality; timing; emphasis; expression. All of these aspects are connected Motive: Upper Intermediate German 2.1 Different types of grammatical description As a way of helping you to consider what we mean by ‘grammar’, look at the following sentences and see how many meanings of the word Learning outcomes After studying this course, you should be able to: Understand the differences between spoken and written English Understand the factors that influence use of grammar and vocabulary in speech and writing Understand the different ways in which grammar has been described. Introducción In this session you are going to learn how to ask about different places of interest in Spain, Chile and Uruguay: what they are, where they are and what they look like. Key learning points Asking and answering where a monument or a building is Describing a building Using estar to indicate location Acknowledgements Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce materia 4.8 Gender and difference The discussion above referred to some of the stereotypes about the ways in which men and women supposedly communicate and interact with each other. For example, there is a view that in meetings men tend to talk in a supposedly rational way, while women's talk is associated more with feelings and emotions. It was also suggested that male workers are more likely to be intimidating or overwhelming in their relationships with service users and, by implication, that female workers might be less in 4.4 Where does gender come from? In Author(s):
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This course extends language skills and cultural knowledge. By working with authentic material from German-speaking countries, you will learn how to communicate in a wide range of situations: expressing opinions; reporting other people’s comments; explaining processes and trends; electronic communications; structured notes and texts. Cultural themes explored include changing demographic and social patterns; jobs and the role of work; German media and arts; issues of faith and personal beliefs;
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