Providing concise, focussed introductions to everything from the central research methods, to ethics, to metaphysics, and with helpful features such as real-world examples, cross-references and lists of key thinkers, this guide is an ideal introduction.
Providing concise, focussed introductions to everything from the central research methods, to ethics, to metaphysics, and with helpful features such as real-world examples, cross-references and lists of key thinkers, this guide is an ideal introduction.
Unpacks ideas of equality, equity, diversity and social justice, providing practitioners and those training to teach with an understanding of equality in order to address educational values and practice.
With a strong focus on the interdisciplinary, this book gives practical advice for carrying out successful evaluations as well as covering the philosophical underpinnings of the associated theories – providing readers with the complete introduction to the area.
Including nine new entries, this thoroughly revised edition provides an authoritative account of gender studies, reflecting on the complex and multi-faceted character of the field in a way that is accessible to students across the social sciences and humanities.
John MacInnes takes the fear out of statistics for students, and helps to raise the standards of their quantitative methods skills, by clearly and accessibly introducing all that’s needed to know about using secondary data and working with IBM SPSS Statistics.
Providing a full introduction to all the theory and skills needed to work across the range of helping professions, this book... Læs mere
Providing a full introduction to all the theory and skills needed to work across the range of helping professions, this book... Læs mere
The work of 40 innovative and influential thinkers are profiled in this text to provide students with an engaging introduction to and intellectual survey of those who are and have been instrumental in the way we interact with cities
Packed with examples from across the social sciences, this book helps students and researchers alike in turning systematic reviews into recommendations for policy and practice.
This book discusses theoretical and conceptual ideas linked to direct strategies for the classroom. It guides students towards becoming proactive and effective learners, giving them the confidence to take charge of their professional future in teaching.
Drawing on the most up-to-date policies and professional regulations, and with an emphasis on the provision of person-centred care, the authors - both of whom have... Læs mere