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Useful strategies and guidance for anyone needing to explore the practical and ethical issues around researching with children and young people.

Useful strategies and guidance for anyone needing to explore the practical and ethical issues around researching with children and young people.

This new five-volume collection brings together the seminal articles that students and scholars must assimilate if they are to have a fully rounded understanding of the relevance of philosophy for their research, the varied nature of marketing and consumer research, and to help situate their own contributions to knowledge.

With engaging real-life examples from brands such as Netflix and Paypal, this friendly textbook will lead students to exam success whilst encouraging them to think critically about key topics such as digital technologies, globalization and being green.

This four-volume major work brings together the key articles on marketing theory, with a distinctive focus on international developments in the field.

"This is a thoughtful update on previous editions; Julier takes time to pick up on 'sticky' issues and explain them in detail without sounding pedantic or over-bearing. This new edition will be a welcome addition to contemporary design culture and of use to designers and students alike." - Dr Juliette MacDonald, Edinburgh College of Art

Bringing together a range of expert voices to tackle the essential topics relevant to the study of disability from a social perspective, this interdisciplinary introduction includes over 50 chapters relevant across health and social care.

This is a complete social worker's guide to undertaking qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods research.

Bringing together a range of expert voices to tackle the essential topics relevant to the study of disability from a social perspective, this interdisciplinary introduction includes over 50 chapters relevant across health and social care.

A practical guide offering simple steps for trainee teachers or experienced practitioners new to research, on getting started with their education research project.

A succinct guide to understanding and developing transferable skills, explaining why they are needed and how they can be acquired, and how to use them to impress prospective employers.

The child is placed at the heart of the text and it includes substantial chapters examining key pieces of legislation, law, policy frameworks and the overreaching theoretical and research evidence to support good practice and help students gain confidence whilst on placements.

Concise, authoritative and jargon-free, the new edition of Jonathan Wilson's best-selling introduction to business research is the perfect guide to completing a successful research project.

This new major work on sport and leisure management takes a wide and holistic view of the topic, conceptualising sport and leisure management as an area of study that is underpinned by a range of social science disciplines.

A broad range of contributors explore the key themes and debates surrounding international perspectives on early childhood education and care.

A broad range of contributors explore the key themes and debates surrounding international perspectives on early childhood education and care.

A key text to understanding effective leadership, this book explores leadership practices that can make a positive difference to early years provision and improve outcomes for both children and families.

This is the first multi volume reference work to explore drugs and alcohol from an interdisciplinary perspective. Contributions are drawn from an international field of excellence and draw on a wide range of approaches, including: psychology; sociology; psychiatry; anthropology; criminology and economics.

Based on years of experience teaching sociology to health care students, Lani Russell has written a truly introductory text which explains the main sociological concepts without jargon or becoming too advanced. Using carefully chosen examples, she shows how health issues are influenced by social phenomena such as class, race or sexuality and the relevance this has for practitioners.

Having sold over 15,000 copies since first publication, this book is the definitive introduction to the principles and techniques of psychosynthesis. Pitched clearly and accessibly, it explains how the counsellor or psychotherapist can incorporate psychosynthesis into their own work with clients.

For people working in health and social care this new edition provides models and tools for assessing grief, engaging therapeutically with it and measuring the grief changes taking place in clients and patients.

"Accessibly written and very well-structured, the book will be one of those you go back to time and time again throughout your studies. In addition it also offers that much-needed, little-found extra in a textbook: critical engagement with media and society. A joy for those of us teaching the subject" - Joke Hermes, University of Amsterdam

Looking back over the grounded theory debate and highlighting what's relevant to today's researchers, this book adeptly guides students through this often intimidating area

Takes the academic, the student and the professional on a meaningful "journey" from formulating a research question all the way to analysis and delivery.

Takes the academic, the student and the professional on a meaningful "journey" from formulating a research question all the way to analysis and delivery.

Bringing together an impressive range of UK, US and other international contributors, this new edition is fully revised to offer up-to-date guidance and recommendations for future research and practice on emotional and behavioural difficulties.

Drawing on over 20 years experience as a practitioner, Sara Gilbert further unravels the complexities of working with Anorexia, Bulimia and Binge Eating disorders, drawing on practical, cognitive behavioural and educational approaches to theory, assessment, treatment and practice.

This book provides students with accessible and authoritative knowledge of the essential topics of nursing and healthcare research.

This book provides students with accessible and authoritative knowledge of the essential topics of nursing and healthcare research.

The first handbook to provide a state-of-the-art overview of the whole field of QDA, and a must-have for all qualitative researchers