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A guide to the current uses and importance of case study methods in social research.

Practitioners and trainers understand how vitally important school leadership is to the practice of headship. Living Headship presents the experiences of successful heads working in primary and secondary schools. We hear in their accounts the authentic voices of heads determined to ensure that their leadership enhances the performance of their schools.

Analysis of variance (ANOVA) constitutes the main set of statistical methods through which undergraduate and postgraduate students carry out multivariate analysis. This textbook adopts a pioneering approach to ANOVA with an emphasis on confidence intervals rather than tests of significance.

The Reengineering Revolution

This major collection explores the nature of love and eroticism, examining the ways in which erotic bodily pleasures have become central to contemporary consumer culture. Drawing on the work of feminists, sociologists and cultural theorists, it contains wide-ranging and accessible contributions to contemporary debates on sexuality, love and eroticism.

This text is an essential sourcebook of key statements about transformations in media culture. Focusing on questions of democracy, technology and culture, it provides theoretical approaches to past and present media transformations; and case studies of a range of media, both old media in new times and emerging new media.

This collection provides a complete guide to social theory from 1700 to 1920. Issues addressed include: social action and basic processes of interaction; social institutions; social structure; social representations; social change; and theoretical orientations.

Qualitative Research in Social Work

What is culture? What is the relationship between social structure and culture in a globalized and networked world? This book explores the key themes in social theory: the nation state; the city; modernity and reflexivity; post-Fordism and the spatial logic of the informational city.

An overview of developments in social identity theory. Three major areas are addressed: theoretical contributions to the field; empirical assessments of key elements of the theory; and applications of social identity theory to effect changes in problematic intergroup relationships.

Rather than being a `how to do' book, this volume will prove vitally useful for advanced students and researchers who wish to engage with those ideas and practices in terms of their applicability for an understanding and explanation of the place of qualitative research in the social sciences.

In this book Iain Crow provides an accessible overview of the concepts of treatment and rehabilitation, adopting a deliberately broad definition, and considers the historical basis of treatment, and its place within the penal system and British criminology.

Doing Social Psychology

Critical Elections

The first part of this volume links the concepts of organizational learning and trust with theories of knowledge and uncovers underlying theoretical assumptions. The second part presents practical approaches to managing, measuring and developing knowledge in organizations.

Evaluates supervisory structures and practices in the light of contemporary research and experiences. This book provides counsellors and psychotherapists with a considered examination of the supervision process and draws attention to those aspects of supervision that may benefit from critical analysis and reform.

This is a comprehensive guide to the complexities of social theory today. Over 30 chapters, written by an international team of contributors, demonstrate clearly the practical applications of social theory in helping students to make sense of the modern world.

This book helps mathematics leaders build a high-quality instructional programme to enable them to engage and empower mathematics teachers

This updated resource provides headteachers and other school administrators with the tools needed to become effective instructional leaders, build teamwork, and boost student achievement.

Based on their vast experience with professional development, the authors present innovative "morphological grids" containing 144 strategies for designing workshops, professional learning communities, and staff meetings.

This book helps teachers nurture enthusiastic learners, promote school readiness, and meet state standards by integrating creativity, curiosity, and courtesy into the curriculum through developmentally appropriate, fun activities.

This book enables teachers to foster lifelong literacy for students through the educational phenomenon of author Web sites.

Written by an experienced district administrator who accomplished reform and an internationally recognized expert in large-scale educational change, this book offers 14 key parameters for realizing districtwide improvement.

Updated and expanded to include recent examples, case studies, and speeches that have occured since the first edition.

These explicit, reiterative strategies improve motivation, help struggling students "learn how to learn," and provide them with an effective skill set for all content areas.

A ready-to-go resource for creating lessons that allow all students to take in and process new information and teachers to assess their learning

This revised edition of Begin With the Brain helps teachers to identify and apply brain-compatible and learner-centered techniques to improve classroom instruction and management.

Beyond School Improvement: The Journey to Innovative Leadership assists leaders in understanding when and how to improve and when and how to innovate.

Featuring real-world examples and instructional strategies for secondary schools, this research-based book provides the guidance secondary administrators need to implement RTI and improve student outcomes.

Offering practical advice for education leaders at all levels, this essential guide helps readers build a dynamic career by design - not by default - and leave a lasting legacy.