Learning outcomes After studying this unit you should be able to: develop awareness of the underpinning knowledge relating to the key roles of social work; illustrate the application of knowledge, skills, values and processes through case study examples; demonstrate awareness of the skills required to build relationships with service users, colleagues and others through effective communication; introduce the social work service standards and codes of p
Introduction Ever wondered what social workers do? This brief introduction gives you some insight into social work practice and the theory which informs the practice. This unit is made up of a series of six extracts. You are introduced to the four components to good practice and will look at the importance of the following approaches to social work practice: Biography The social context of social work Responding to children’s needs
If the evolution of intelligence is inevitable, what are the theological implications?
Prof. Simon Conway Morris FRS: Seminar
Introduction Some elite athletes in the United Kingdom are provided with financial support to allow them to train and prepare for competition. Where does the money come from to finance this? This unit will examine this question by looking at the funding of elite sport in the UK. This unit is an adapted extract from the Open University course Introduction to sport, fitness and management (E112)
6.3 What size of majority vote should decide the issue? In many types of democratic vote, a bare majority (technically, 50 per cent +1) is enough to decide outcomes. But often constitutional changes – changes which would affect the basic structures or political rules of the game – are regarded as needing ‘supermajorities’ of, say, 60 or 70 per cent. A basic change in the sovereign political unit would certainly count as a constitutional change. If the Bs get to vote, we might be concerned if only a bare majority favoured secession, es
4 What is a ‘nation’? Guibernau (1996, p. 47) has defined the nation as: ‘a human group conscious of forming a community, sharing a common culture, attached to a clearly demarcated territory, having a common past and a common project for the future and claiming the right to rule itself’. So awareness, territory, history and culture, language and religion all matter. However, it is rare in the real world to find a case of a nation with a clear-cut and homogenous character in terms of this list of possibili
Introduction This unit takes you on a journey of discovery where you are invited to challenge ideas, both new and old, in relation to mental health. It is made up of a series of three extracts. The first extract, ‘Boundaries of explanation’, sets out the theme of boundaries: boundaries within and between groups; within and between explanatory frameworks; and within and between experiences of mental health and distress. The second extract, ‘Whose risk is it anyway?’, considers a critical
1.4.10 A note on accuracy
This Unit will introduce you to a number of ways of representing data graphically and of summarising data numerically. You will learn the uses for pie charts, bar charts, histograms and scatterplots. You will also be introduced to various ways of summarising data and methods for assessing location and dispersion.
1.4.6: Measures of dispersion
This Unit will introduce you to a number of ways of representing data graphically and of summarising data numerically. You will learn the uses for pie charts, bar charts, histograms and scatterplots. You will also be introduced to various ways of summarising data and methods for assessing location and dispersion.
Learning outcomes After studying this unit you should be able to: acquire and critically apply the research, analytical and evaluative skills needed for effective practice and the promotion of equality across universal and specialist services for children; develop a skilled, dynamic and ethical approach to working with children; understand and analyse the contributions of different approaches to the study of children, childhood and families, and recognise the potenti
Introduction This unit explores a wide range of children's experiences, a number of different services, and interviews with a number of key practitioners. It features voluntary as well as statutory work with children, and tries to capture some of the details of everyday life for children, parents and practitioners. The associated video material features children, practitioners and practice in the Plus organisation based in Stirling, Scotland. Looking at the overview of the Plus organisation in
Pakistani minister shot dead
Christian Pakistani Minister for Minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti, who had called for changes to the country's controversial blasphemy law, has been shot dead in Islamabad.
Rescued by Righteous Among the Nations: Testimony of Kristina Keren (Krystyna Chirowski)
Kristina Keren (Krystyna Chirowski) was seven years old when her family escaped from the massacres in Lwow and went into hiding in the city's sewers. For almost one and a half years they remained in the underground tunnels, never seeing daylight, and completely dependent on the help of Leopold Socha, a sewer worker of the municipality.
Read more about Leopold Socha: http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/righteous/stories/socha.asp
What next after human capital, infrastructure, and good governance?
It takes more than human capital, infrastructure and good governance to foster economic growth and development, writes Sami Mahroum from INSEAD's campus in Abu Dhabi.
2.2.1 The phonological processing deficit Recall Alexander Faludy's difficulties in learning to read and write, and the other behavioural characteristics associated with having dyslexia. You might have noticed that many features of dyslexia point to a difficulty with some aspects of memory. That is, people with dyslexia have difficulty with tasks that require short-term memory processing such as mental arithmetic, writing and learning new information. However, these tasks have an additional feature in common: they contain a phonologi
Interview with Luke Ursell - Joint EU-US shortcourse on Marine Bioinformatics
By: mediomix Joint EU-US Theoretical and Practical Training Course on Marine Bioinformatics "Marine Omics". Jacobs University Bremen, Germany, 17.06 - 30.06.2012
More Information: www.microb3.eu/events/workshops/eu-us-training/background and www.jacobs-university.de
Contact: Jennifer Biddle (US) & Frank Oliver Glöckner (EU)
'Cream of the crop'
Northeastern students and alumni discuss the impact of their co-op experiences at AMC Networks Inc. The video, produced by AMC Networks, was recently presented in Los Angeles at the Promaxbda Conference in a Creative Educators' Forum on "What a Difference a Partnership Makes: Building Access Channels for Student Talent Into the Media and Entertainment Industry."
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The Daily Five: Fostering Literacy Independence in Third and Fourth Grade (Virtual Tour)
The Daily Five is described and how each component is used in the classroom. Selecting Good Fit books are discussed. Students use word collectors to record new words and use them in their writing. This is a great resource to help enhance and to expand literacy instruction in the classroom. (2:03)
