Courses - April 2024
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smallhobbitFive courses this month, although one took eight weeks.
FutureLearn
The Meiji Restoration and the Modernisation of Japan: The Dynamism of Yukichi Fukuzawa (Keio University) A really interesting course about someone I had never heard of and am very glad to have learnt about. From the 1860s, when Japan began to modernise Fukuzawa was keen to help and set up his own school to teach his values. Many of his ideas are as relevant today as they were then. His key theme was 'independence and self-respect' which meant that education should not be simply to fulfil a government's aims, but to teach how to challenge established thoughts and ideas. Self-respect meant that each individual was equal to every other, which in turn means others need to be treated with respect.
OpenLearn
International Relations: Exploring Territorial Divisions A short course covering how the world has been divided over the years including how the current Middle East situation began.
Discovering Chemistry This was a badged course and a definite struggle. I'm unlikely to do any more specifically science based courses, although if there are specific areas, having done some chemistry will help. Anyway, I passed the tests and got my badge, so I'm happy!
Intermediate French: Holiday plans I'm off to Belgium (the French-speaking part) in a couple of weeks, so I thought doing a French course would help as a refresher. I was pleased with what I could understand.
The Many Guises of the Emperor Augustus Part of a new collection of courses on Graeco-Roman culture and history. Seeing the different ways Augustus chose to present himself to win over the different sections of the Roman population and therefore maintain his power was interesting.
Coming up I have a couple of FutureLearn courses planned, plus there are 7 OpenLearn courses in the Graeco-Roman collection, so I shall work my way through them over the summer.
FutureLearn
The Meiji Restoration and the Modernisation of Japan: The Dynamism of Yukichi Fukuzawa (Keio University) A really interesting course about someone I had never heard of and am very glad to have learnt about. From the 1860s, when Japan began to modernise Fukuzawa was keen to help and set up his own school to teach his values. Many of his ideas are as relevant today as they were then. His key theme was 'independence and self-respect' which meant that education should not be simply to fulfil a government's aims, but to teach how to challenge established thoughts and ideas. Self-respect meant that each individual was equal to every other, which in turn means others need to be treated with respect.
OpenLearn
International Relations: Exploring Territorial Divisions A short course covering how the world has been divided over the years including how the current Middle East situation began.
Discovering Chemistry This was a badged course and a definite struggle. I'm unlikely to do any more specifically science based courses, although if there are specific areas, having done some chemistry will help. Anyway, I passed the tests and got my badge, so I'm happy!
Intermediate French: Holiday plans I'm off to Belgium (the French-speaking part) in a couple of weeks, so I thought doing a French course would help as a refresher. I was pleased with what I could understand.
The Many Guises of the Emperor Augustus Part of a new collection of courses on Graeco-Roman culture and history. Seeing the different ways Augustus chose to present himself to win over the different sections of the Roman population and therefore maintain his power was interesting.
Coming up I have a couple of FutureLearn courses planned, plus there are 7 OpenLearn courses in the Graeco-Roman collection, so I shall work my way through them over the summer.
