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Whether a research student or experienced researcher, this book explains how to conceptualise and ethically conduct research, analyse and theorise from multiple perspectives, and disseminate and publish.

Whether a research student or experienced researcher, this book explains how to conceptualise and ethically conduct research, analyse and theorise from multiple perspectives, and disseminate and publish.

This agenda-setting text brings together the biggest names in membership categorization analysis to provide readers with a contemporary analysis of the field and a platform to build upon when doing research.

Outlines how social work students can undertake a research project from either a qualitative, quantitative or mixed methodological approach. They introduce concepts in an accessible and structured manner and demonstrate each of the approaches from in

Going beyond simply understanding the work of key theorists, this book helps the reader comprehend and recognize what learning actually looks like and how to best facilitate it in any setting. The exercises, real-life examples and chapter summaries i

Provides a landmark overview of the field of early childhood research and sets an agenda for early childhood research into the future.

Written by an experienced and multidisciplinary team, and supported by a wide range of case studies, activities, further questions and topics for discussion, this book will show students the differing contexts of where, how and why coaching and mento

Drawn from the author's experience as an internationally recognized theorist, lecturer and practitioner, this book on existential therapy elucidates this notoriously difficult and distinctly different therapeutic approach to counselling and psychothe

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This book helps readers to make sure they are choosing the very best method for their research by explaining key decisions, suggesting strategies and outlining the positives and negatives of the main approaches, with the focus throughout being on pro

Covering racist, religiously motivated, homophobic and disablist hate crime, along with gender and violence, this book provides readers with a fully up-to-date exploration of the relation of hatred and prejudice to crime and criminal justice.

Robin Wensley explores all the basic analytical approaches required to inform a sound analytical approach to practical issues in the management of human organisations. Readers will gain crucial insight into the link between managerial theory and the

A self audit and application text for trainee teachers to support them in the acquisition of subject knowledge for arithmetic.

Looking at contemporary issues such as drone warfare, state violence, gender and political violence, cyberterrorism, lone-wolf terrorism, and de-radicalization, this book draws on the expertise of members of the Terrorism and Political Violence Assoc

Moving from conventional accounts of the society of states to non-state-centric understandings of global politics, this book presents readers with a state-of-the-art overview of international political theory.

Through case studies and a review of contemporary literature, this book sets out a clear framework for conducting participatory research with children and young people.

Through case studies and a review of contemporary literature, this book sets out a clear framework for conducting participatory research with children and young people.

The only student focused, applied primer for Geocomputation in the social sciences. With example code and data sets provided as add-ons, it enables readers to work through all the examples themselves. An accessible text, specifically designed for rea

Exploring a range of teaching approaches to meet different learning styles, this book helps trainee teachers become confident, reflective teachers of reading.

An intro-level textbook that provides a core understanding of often difficult philosophical concepts in relation to Education.

Can baboons read? That is the thought-provoking question that opens this wonderfully accessible book for trainee and practising primary school teachers to fully understand the process of reading comprehension. It develops subject knowledge and provid

'Excellent resource that should be essential reading for all those considering working with young people whatever their background or discipline' - Miss Isabelle King, WFD, national Council of Voluntary Youth Services

Enables practitioners, scholars and academics to understand how to re-design or suggest changes to curriculum structure, shape and content.

An exploration of approaches to teaching through multiliteracies, this text helps trainee and practising teachers understand and support learners to enable development of their reading and writing skills.

Going beyond a general introduction to offer a hands-on guide, Participatory Research empowers students to feel confident understanding and applying participatory methods to their research projects.

Covering all the major qualitative approaches in business research (including case study research, ethnography, narrative inquiry, discourse analysis, grounded theory and action research), this practical, how-to guide shows how qualitative methods ar

In covering both traditional and newer approaches, and presenting them alongside each other, and by consistently referring to two data sets throughout, this book provides students with a brand-new way of understanding methods and a tool with which th

Focussing on the global nature of research in today’s society, this book takes the reader through the process of designing, conducting and analysing a research project within the context of international networks, cultural signifiers and technologica

This is an in-depth yet practical guide for Masters students showing how to design, develop and successfully deliver research questionnaires.

The ‘holy grail’ of planning, this book explains why medium term plans are important and how to actually go about constructing them.

This book looks at the role and purpose of assessment in primary education and provides guidance and practical strategies, so students will gain a firm understanding of assessment and how to use it effectively in their teaching.

This book looks at the role and purpose of assessment in primary education and provides guidance and practical strategies, so students will gain a firm understanding of assessment and how to use it effectively in their teaching.

Challenging readers to move beyond the formality and idealized settings of conventional methods teaching, this book offers frank, practical advice designed to empower students and researchers working in the real world.

With a grounding in both theory and practice, this book focuses on the use and consumption of case studies to show readers the value and effectiveness of using this research method for their projects.

With engaging real-life examples from brands such as Netflix and Paypal, this friendly textbook will lead students to exam success whilst encouraging them to think critically about key topics such as digital technologies, globalization and being gree

The bestselling text for students of developmental psychology returns with more on the biological foundations, moral development and applied aspects of developmental psychology.