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Supports and inspires practitioners on how to research their implementation of meaningful and sustainable change in early childhood contexts.

Address your teacher trainees' anxieties about being in a mathematics classroom by developing not only subject knowledge but also as critically reflective teachers, aware of potential challenges and what underpins effective mathematics teaching in primary schools.

By suggesting the pros and cons and do's and don'ts for each strategy, as well as covering all recent opportunities and developments in the field, this book helps readers to ensure they are getting the most out of the surveying they are doing online.

This comprehensive, up-to-date core text covers all aspects of the early childhood studies course. Throughout, key theories and research findings are highlighted and explored to help readers make links between theory and early years practice.

This colourful new edition focuses on creative ways of teaching Science and working scientifically. It is also full of activities and ideas for practice that not only support trainee placements but also the first year in teaching.

Examines how successful the integration of mental health services within the NHS has been from a social care perspective.

An accessible guide to quality assurance and performance management in social care for those working towards the PQ qualification in management and leadership.

A key text combining the needs of those working towards HLTA status with detailed information and practical advice for supporting pupils with special educational needs.

Covering all core areas - from the role of ICT in teaching and learning mathematics through to mental calculation - this book provides high quality resources and support for teaching assistants working towards Higher Level Teaching Assistant status.

A coordinated and comprehensive volume of international research on this subject edited by members of the well-established European Early Childhood Education Research Association Outdoor Play and Learning SIG (OPAL).

The SAGE Handbook of Research on Teacher Education offers an ambitious and international overview of the current landscape of teacher education research, as well as the imagined futures.

Drawing on their own extensive experience of running RCTs, this book provides a thorough, practical introduction to the use of RCTs in education. It also examines the controversial aspects of Randomised Controlled Trials (RCT) in education and sets out the potential and pitfalls of the method.

This book supports teachers to plan, assess and develop children's writing for a range of purposes in a range of styles. Chapters focus on different subjects exploring the different opportunities for writing across curriculum areas.

This book supports teachers to plan, assess and develop children's writing for a range of purposes in a range of styles. Chapters focus on different subjects exploring the different opportunities for writing across curriculum areas.

Written using clear language this book shows how health promotion can be implemented while drawing on the main theories, models and evidence that inform practice. The book covers essential topics like lifestyle changes, health screening and patient education.

This comprehensive and accessible guide is written by experts on intitial teacher training and provides all the information needed to apply to initial teacher training in England.

This bestselling book has helped thousands of people find ways of dealing with everyday emotional difficulties, and also supported practitioners and trainee psychotherapists in their work with patients.

A seven-step toolkit to help you produce winning essay and assignments, build your confidence and improve your grades.

This cutting-edge overview explores big data and the related topic of computer code, examining the implications for education and schooling for today and the near future.

Tackling the questions raised by twenty-first century urbanization, this handbook engages with contemporary debates and contributions to policy as well as looking at recent empirical and methodological shifts in the area

Provides busy social work and health care practitioners with an accessible guide to adult safeguarding in the context of mental capacity and financial abuse. Drawing on evidence and contemporary examples from practice this book will help readers understand the new landscape of safeguarding adults since the implementation of the Care Act 2014 and the introduction of Adult Safeguarding Boards. There are chapters on the current political landscape of adult social work, specific issues and contexts that make people vulnerable (social isolation, mental capacity, dementia), and important methods of assessment and intervention. A range of pedagogical features are also used to aid learning and understanding including the use of case studies, reflection points, brief exercises and further reading.

Does it pose threats if people choose to write under a pen name? Is that as true of a book as a Tweet? Why should that be? This special report includes an analysis of the value of anonymity with articles looking at when it is used and why. It also looks at why writers, journalists and artists choose to do work under an assumed name.

Provides busy social work and health care practitioners with an accessible guide to adult safeguarding in the context of mental capacity and financial abuse. Drawing on evidence and contemporary examples from practice this book will help readers understand the new landscape of safeguarding adults since the implementation of the Care Act 2014 and the introduction of Adult Safeguarding Boards. There are chapters on the current political landscape of adult social work, specific issues and contexts that make people vulnerable (social isolation, mental capacity, dementia), and important methods of assessment and intervention. A range of pedagogical features are also used to aid learning and understanding including the use of case studies, reflection points, brief exercises and further reading.

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

Provides the technical basis for SAFs relevant to internalised radionuclide activity in the organs of the reference adult male and reference adult female. This title outlines the computational methodology and nomenclature for assessment of internal dose in a manner consistent with that used for nuclear medicine applications.

For teachers wanting to find out what works best for their class, this text shows how to harness the power of small or large scale research to help them find the answer.

Addresses the all too common pitfalls of essay assignments, as well as providing students with a step-by-step programme to approach essay questions, both in coursework and exam contexts.

A clear and accessible introduction to safeguarding adults in nursing practice with a range of clients and across different settings.

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.