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Shows teachers how to incorporate practices such as constructivism and inquiry-based learning into their science instruction to help students move beyond memorising facts to deeper levels of understanding. This resource provides science lessons that give students maximum exposure to different ideas and ways of thinking.

Drawing widely on evidence from around the world, this book provides recommendations for policy-makers and practitioners seeking a new image of the educational leader: one who secures high levels of achievement for all students in all settings.

Describes the sources of late modern vertigo as twofold: insecurities of status and of economic position. This book engages with the ways in which modern society attempts to explain deviant behaviour - whether it be crime, terrorism or riots - in terms of motivations and desires separate and distinct from those of the 'normal'.

Provides an introduction to the skills needed to be an effective life coach, and incorporates a range of practical activities for coaches to use to help their clients develop self-coaching skills. This book presents a four stage life coaching model based around the core concepts of relating, understanding, changing and client self-coaching.

Inventing Adulthoods is based on a study of a diverse group of young people over a 10 year period. The book explores high profile policy issues including: education, employment, drugs, cultures of violence and well-being. It is the set book for the Open University course Youth: Perspectives and Practice (KE308).

Looking for an easy-to-read guide to embedding ICT within the primary curriculum? This book is filled with practical examples and suggested activities to help the busy teacher or teaching assistant. It provides the reader with the subject knowledge they need to confidently teach ICT skills and use ICT in planning, preparation and assessment.

Schools serving young people on the margins of society face a major challenge in trying to create an environment where students can succeed. This work examines key issues in the field of school improvement, drawing on evidence from the SFECC (Schools Facing Exceptionally Challenging Circumstances) project.

This second edition enhances the "five big ideas" for raising reading achievement with seven cognitive strategies and more than twenty "teaching for learning" tips for daily instruction.

This book provides insights into contemporary issues that inform better behavior management in schools and offers practical advice for improvement through policy, communications, and practice.

Discusses the art of writing for newspapers and magazine. This work introduces the major elements of non-fiction writing, in chapters organised by genre - profile writing, reportage, news analysis, investigation, sports writing, personal and opinion columns and 'lifestyle' among them.

Offers an introduction to the subject of travel and tourism that helps readers extend their understanding of key concepts and enhance their thinking skills in line with course requirements. This book provides support on how to revise for exams, how to present calculations and how to prepare for and write assessed pieces.

Informed by new research and the author's own experience within mainstream and alternative journalism, this book addresses topics such as trust, the public interest, deception, news values, source relationships, crime reporting, regulation and the Hutton inquiry.

Cognitive Psychology provides student readers with essential help with all aspects of their first course in cognitive psychology, including advice on revising for exams, preparing and writing course assessment materials, and enhancing and progressing their knowledge and skills in line with course requirements in cognitive psychology.

This easy-to-use guide to curriculum mapping and instructional planning for K-8 student-centered classrooms blends standards, rubrics, interdisciplinary units, and a "Teacher's Tool Chest" for successful learning.

Offering effective methods for teaching appropriate behavior to students who are defiant and disruptive, this book includes real-life teaching anecdotes, research-based strategies, and a unique parent supplement.

This invaluable resource explores situations that principals are likely to encounter and presents questions and issues to help them confront difficult ethical dilemmas.

Presents an informative and accessible account of survey research. This book guides the reader through the main theoretical and practical aspects of the subject and illustrates the application of survey methods through examples.

This book explores qualitative methods using international examples from the wide variety of contexts that might count as 'researching the vulnerable'. Numerous salient points for the conduct of research within vulnerable groups of people are considered, and discussed in the context of sensitive and innovative research methods.

Offers an overview of the core themes in child abuse and child protection, helping readers understand both the theory and practice involved in child protection, as well as enhancing their thinking skills in line with course requirements. This book is intended for those on post-qualifying training programmes involved in working with children.

Provides an introduction to the subject that helps media, journalism and law students understand key concepts and aid their revision. This book covers the established principles and developments in media law, including privacy and confidentiality, defamation, contempt of court, reporting restrictions, freedom of expression, and more.

Bringing a fresh perspective to the evaluation of management problems, this book considers how managers use ideas and visions to frame their employees' internalized understanding of the external rules and instructions that govern their work. It brings an interpretative perspective to the question of individual and group competence.

Traces and analyzes the development of the modern field of sport from its ancient and medieval precursors, through to its inception in the mid-19th century as a set of activities designed to instill character and discipline in students in exclusive British public schools, up to its transformation into a global institution and popular spectacle.

Like many other popular academic terms, 'identity' has been asked to do so much work that it has often ended up doing none at all and, as a consequence, there has been a recent turn away from identity work. In this book, the author moves identity theory in a new direction.

The process of making marketing decisions is frequently dependent on quantitative analysis and the use of specific statistical tools and techniques which can be tailored and adapted to solve particular marketing problems. This book talks about the most widely used quantitative measurements and statistical techniques in marketing.

Offers an overview of the place of various concepts in Developmental Psychology under three headings, namely its meaning, origins and current usage. This book is suitable for undergraduate students who need to learn the language used by developmental psychologists in describing their studies.

Emmy van Deurzen asks searching questions about the meaning of life, seeking to define what a good life consists of and how therapists might help their clients to live well rather than simply in search of happiness.

Samuel Vuchinich assesses the implications of research on problem solving for family-based prevention and intervention programmes. He explores family conflicts, the nature of family problems, problems across the life cycle, and social constructions.