We are all aware of social media and how it is seamlessly integrated into our private and public lives as everyday users, but this book aims to provide a deeper understanding of social media by asking questions about its place in our society, our culture and our economy.
The third edition of the bestselling student guide to doing media and cultural studies research provides all the knowledge and practical expertise needed to carry out a project or dissertation.
Practical and engaging, this book shows how work placements can be used to practice and develop your research and professional skills. It helps you... Læs mere
This handbook embraces ideas and empirical work from a range of fields including psychology, business and management, economics, and science. Topics covered... Læs mere
A guide for busy academics of all subject disciplines who have been asked to convert their face to face teaching into an online model of delivery.
Supports trainee and beginning teachers to develop the personal professional skills and behaviours needed to Be a Teacher.
This book provides a skills focused entry point to the interventions, techniques, strategies and core knowledge you need to work with children and young people.
How to Think empowers you to pause, think twice and, above all, think well. A short and punchy essentials guide, it introduces the fundamental habits and practices for critical thinking and gives 10 key concepts for applying and building clear thinking for effective study.
With contributions from over 30 experts, and dispelling common myths, this is a practical and evidence-based guide into the benefits of social media and how it can be used beneficially by both children and adolescents.
This guide gives realistic, reassuring support for the complexities and challenges you face when undertaking a part-time doctorate while working full-time in higher education.
This book will guide trainee teachers through each step of the teaching training process, from initial stages of planning and research, through to how to analyse data and write up a research project.
A must-read for anyone who is keen to learn what we should know and do about this highly complex and ever-contested boundary line.