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Brings together a range of issues and themes, and also the challenges that face those who work with young people.

Attitude Measurement is one of the most essential areas within social psychology. International figures, within this field, Jowell and Roberts bring together the most inclusive collection embracing methodological to theoretical issues.

An engaging textbook that brings together a range of critical perspectives and issues, and which maps directly onto the Post-Qualifying Child Care Award (a compulsory programme for social work graduates wishing to specialise in child-centred social work).

The Curriculum Topic Study (CTS) process provides a professional development strategy that links mathematics standards and research to curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

This timely handbook presents evidence and recommendations to make informed decisions for planning, funding, and operating high-quality educational programs for children ages 3-8.

Take a peek into an effective workshop-based classroom and discover how you can enhance adolescents' technical and creative abilities in reading, writing, and thinking.

Based on the Parallel Curriculum Model, this book provides curriculum units in social studies, science, art, and language arts for use in primary, elementary, middle, and high school settings.

This third edition of Erickson's bestseller provides updated information about designing curriculum aligned with state and national content standards, using brain-based teaching methods, and developing higher-order thinking skills.

Using his trademark humor and encouraging style, the author explores the beginning teacher's concerns with issues of instruction, curriculum, classroom management, and the rewards of teaching.

Enrich reading instruction with 40 classroom-tested best practices from award-winning teachers

Discover winning inquiry-based strategies for teaching science in diverse classrooms using robotics, rockets, straw-bale greenhouses, expeditionary learning, independent research study, technology and music, and much more!

This collection of outstanding, teacher-tested methods for K-12 social studies instruction for diverse classrooms offers fresh ideas and strategies covering citizenship, diversity, community, and more.

Authored overviews of 26 classic texts by established scholars. Will be widely adopted throughout human geography courses at all levels.

With 19 new chapters, showcasing the best work of thinkers writing in this area and providing a coherent picture of key ideas and concepts to have emerged from this exciting field.

Contains chapters on intuitive cognition, complexity, emotion, team innovation, development and well-being. This textbook includes seminal papers on creativity, perception, style, culture and sustainable development. It gives an overview of the topics discussed whilst explaining their practical implications.

A collection of essays on identity and the self from some of the biggest names in social theory today.

Using case studies of mentoring in practice, this book examines the roles of mentors and practitioners and how mentoring supports personal and professional development.

Offers an introduction to the key issues, perspectives and debates within the field of medical sociology. This book helps readers understand how sociological approaches are crucial to understanding the impact that health and illness have on the behaviour, attitudes, beliefs, and practices, of an increasingly health-aware population.

Restructured and expanded editon of this popular introduction to the theoretical approaches to urban governance.

School leaders will find practical guidance on managing risk, facilities, and human resources, and a review of issues such as the workforce remodeling agenda and extended schools.

This accessible resource includes guidance on developing whole-school policies, improving classroom practice, promoting home-school collaboration, and creating positive classroom settings to promote learning.

Describes various approaches used by effective schools, which are concerned with improving pupil attainment. This practical, research-based book explains how success can be achieved and maintained, and also describes ways of working that bring about high levels of pupil attainment.

Presents readers the skills they need to successfully complete their social work training, and go on to be an effective practitioner. The book takes a holistic and critical approach, not only enabling students and practitioners to understand how to practise social work effectively, but also how to locate this practice within its societal context.

A collection of over 320 of the writings on globalization, structured around four interrelated themes: Violence; Economy; Culture; and Politics.

Provides an intergrating framework for understanding the nature of management learning as process and practice. The text includes an introduction to the subject's context and history, and discusses the values and purpose inherent in the practice and theory of management learning.

Re-evaluates mainstream issues. Specialists contribute their experiences and thoughts on strategy (regards operations as an asset in their own right), methodology (examines approaches towards process improvement), technology (asks why implementation of technology problems dog organizations) and human issues (repositions human input to the top).

Offers a comprehensive, contemporary and critical review of the key issues in strategic human resource management. This book helps students to explore thinking on topics as diverse as performance, pay, process reengineering, structure, ethics, culture, change and leadership.

A compact survival guide for all online students

A compact and accessible book that links issues regarding post-modern society to the ideas and individuals that gave rise to sociological thinking in the late 19th century.