Bell and Thorpe provide a stimulating and critical overview of the key theoretical debates on research paradigms and methodologies and relate them to the day to day practice of the research, demystify
Women’s Agency and Social Change: Assam and Beyond focuses on varied oppression, power relations and ideologies embedded in the complex yet interdependent social, political, economic and legal structu
This book explores both the practical and ethical considerations for researchers and provides strategies for designing and conducting effective and ethically sound research.
This book explores both the practical and ethical considerations for researchers and provides strategies for designing and conducting effective and ethically sound research.
Globalization: Prospects and Problems, by JoAnn Chirico, provides a comprehensive and enlightening overview of globalization issues and topics. Emphasizing the theory and methods that social scientist
Designed to give students and public relations professionals the knowledge and skills they need to become successful crisis managers, Applied Crisis Communication and Crisis Management: Cases and Exer
What is youth? How do we understand youth in its social and cultural context? In this timely and sought-after title, Mark Cieslik and Donald Simpson provide a concise and readily accessible introducti
Teaching Primary Mathematics covers what student teachers really need to know and why, including approaches to teaching and learning, planning and assessment, and using resources in math teaching. Syl
Teaching Primary Mathematics covers what student teachers really need to know and why, including approaches to teaching and learning, planning and assessment, and using resources in math teaching. Syl
What is youth? How do we understand youth in its social and cultural context? In this timely and sought-after title, Mark Cieslik and Donald Simpson provide a concise and readily accessible introducti
The Third Edition of this popular book reflects contemporary research and thinking about the role and value of play in learning and development, within and beyond early childhood. The author explores
The Third Edition of this popular book reflects contemporary research and thinking about the role and value of play in learning and development, within and beyond early childhood. The author explores
Separated and Divorced Women in India examines the economic rights and entitlements of separated/deserted women in law and practice in India, and explores all the laws and policies relating to financi
Brotherton (working with children, young people, and families, Newman U., UK) and Parker (health and social care and social sciences, Open U., UK) are joined by contributors working in health and soci
Gangapadhyay (director of the School of Hunitarian and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar U., India) and Sathakumar (Azim Premji U., India) explain the theory and practice of the law and economics approach t
Krauss, a teacher and curriculum and program development consultant to organizations interested in project-based learning and teaching, and Boss, a writer and educational consultant, offer teachers, s
This popular textbook gives healthcare students and practitioners the practical knowledge and skills they need to effectively communicate and promote health and wellbeing. The second edition has been
For scholars and students, Fahy and Rau (environmental geography and political science and sociology, National U. of Ireland, Galway) compile 10 essays contributed by geography, sociology, and social
Sullivan (education, College of Staten Island, City U. of New York) and Glanz (professional ethics and values, Yeshiva U.) present school leaders and undergraduate and graduate students in education w
Sophisticated, original and comprehensive, this book investigates photographic research practices and the conceptual and theoretical issues that underpin them. Using international case studies and '
Tinkler (sociology, U. of Manchester, UK) shows researchers and students how to use photographs in social and historical research and the conceptual and theoretical issues involved. She draws on devel
Kaplan, a retired school administrator and current education writer, and Owings (educational leadership, Old Dominion U.) show principals and educators how to assess their current school culture and s
Statistics for Criminal Justice and Criminology in Practice and Research by Jack Fitzgerald and Jerry Fitzgerald is an engaging and comprehensive introduction to the study of basic statistics for stud
Hollingsworth, a researcher and trainer who provides staff development to schools on classroom instruction, and Ybarra, a researcher and former physics and chemistry teacher, principal, and assistant
Dena Bain Taylor is an experienced teacher of writing and critical skills across the range of allied health professions, and understands the types of writing nursing and midwifery students do and the
Featuring a clean, readable layout and many individual, pair, and group activities in each chapter, this introductory text is intended not only for students and professionals in counseling and psychot
Merenbloom, an educational consultant and former teacher and administrator, and Kalina, who has been a nurse, middle school teacher, and consultant, show middle and high school administrators working
Houston, who teaches and practices gestalt therapy and organizational behavior in London, briefly explains gestalt therapy theory and practice to practitioners. She describes human nature and gestalt,
The Fourth Edition of this widely used and respected book has been thoroughly revised and updated to include newly contributed and updated articles utilizing the latest research and studies in the are
From the Ontario Principals' Council (mainly the OPC Equity and Inclusive Education Team and a group of three authors who are education scholars and current and former principals in Canada), this guid
Eack et al. (social work and psychiatry, U. of Pittsburgh) offer a concise and practical guide for social work students and new practitioners (and their supervisors) that explains the functions of the
Spaulding (educational research and program evaluation, College of Saint Rose) and Smith, a consultant and mentor for instructional coaches and former teacher, principal, and superintendent, draw on t
Anderson, a social worker, educator, and art therapist, and Davis, a secondary school, community college, and university teacher who has also taught in prisons and homeless shelters, present a framewo
Andreas Witzel and Herwig Reiter present the first English book about this popular and widely recognized method and introduce it to the international research community. The comprehensive and hands-on
Theses and dissertations are now often submitted and stored in unconventional non-print formats. In this book, UK and US contributors in education, media, intellectual property, and technology discuss
The diversity education literature, both nationally and internationally, is broad and diffuse. Consequently, there needs to be a systematic and logical way to organize and present the state of researc
Colvin, an educational and behavioral consultant who has been a special and general education teacher, administrator, and university researcher, and Sheehan, who has a background in research psycholog
Davis and Smith (education, U. of Edinburgh, UK) explain multi-professional working in children's services to undergraduate and graduate students, professionals, and managers in health, education, and
Miller and Moran (primary education and education and professional development, U. of Dundee, UK) present a text for student teachers, faculty, and teachers in primary classrooms on how to enhance the
Miller-Perrin and Perrin (Pepperdine U.) introduce the topic of child maltreatment and its treatment and prevention to undergraduate and beginning graduate students. They cover its history and definit
