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A hands-on, practical toolkit for students, this is a complete guide to the practice of sports journalism across all platforms.

This book provides an impressively comprehensive critical review of contemporary issues, debates and trends across the domain of organizational research. It will be an indispensible reference work for all organizational researchers.

A new and engaging key text for cognitive psychology providing core knowledge plus learning and skills support for all undergraduate psychology students.

Play is an underlying theme of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) but it is often a challenge for practitioners to provide a play-based curriculum. This book provides guidance on how practitioners can focus on play and meet the requirements of the EYFS.

This is the first book to offer a global introduction to the major debates in the theory of education. It reflects developments in the social and political theory and introduces theorists such as Bourdieu, Dewey and Habermas.

Describes the terms and methods used to assess the radiation exposure of astronauts, and provides data for the assessment of organ doses.

Essential course reading that draws on contemporary research on the brain and mind to provide a comprehensive overview of the central aspects of young children's health and well-being - a key component of the revised EYFS curriculum. Coverage includes key areas like attachment theory and brain development.

Edited by two of the biggest names in the field, Windy Dryden and Rhena Branch, with 26 chapters by leading experts, this timely book alone as the most accessible yet comprehensive guide to CBT theory, skills, research and practice.

Providing a detailed rationale for an holistic approach to learning in the early years, this book explains the theoretical context and highlights the research evidence that supports implementing this method.

A major retrospective and prospective overview of social marketing, helping to define and shape its current and future developments.

A fresh and critical perspective on coaching and mentoring challenges commonly held assumptions about the field.

A much needed book that weaves together the varying strands of the growing term 'The Creative Industries'. International in coverage, the book traces the historical and contemporary ideas that make the term more relevant today that its ever been.

Brings together the different areas within one text to offer a more integrative understanding of business and management, thereby addressing concerns about the fragmentation and 'silo' nature of traditional MBA teaching.

A much needed digest of magazine journalism that analyses the origins of this global format with a view to understanding the future directions of the magazine model. It takes an economic and policy focused stance to provide a comprehensive analysis of not just the magazine, but the magazine industry.

An in-depth, critical and multi-disciplinary overview of this expanding subject area.

Authoritative collection from the Open University team.

This book explains why and how you can improve your medical practice through using a variety of investigative skills.

This collection takes stock of the foundations of research in the area of organizational networks research, examines the status of current work and identifies future directions for the field.

A book on how children learn to read.

Critical view of various different approaches, accessible to practitioners and parents

Existing literature glosses over the often difficult interrelationship between practical research design and the theoretical underpinnings of methodology. This text addresses these issues head on and helps the reader to better understand each stage of the research process.

Featuring key discussions and debates about the application of particular methods within early childhood literacy, this collection takes a broad view of what literacy is in homes, communities, schools, and in terms of local and global policy, with a section on new directions in the field.

A unique textbook on urban geography, taking a global perspective with a through theoretical grounding and an extensive and diverse range of case studies.

A no-nonsense, entertaining guide to developing successful research proposals and grant applications from an author team with the inside track on what works.

Mapping on to the increasing number of courses on long term conditions, this book will be valuable reading for students across the health, social care and nursing field.

Now up-to-date with new chapters and masters-level content, this new edition offers an overview of modern teaching practice in an engaging and accessible manner.

Includes case examples from a range of mental health care settings. This title is embedded with pedagogy, including worksheets, sample questions and diagrams. It highlights the challenges, strengths and weaknesses of each approach. It focuses on the practical application of therapeutic models.

A guide to helping and supporting young people experiencing difficulties at home and at school or college. Covering issues from low self-esteem and sexuality, to substance misuse and aggression, it draws on a method of brief integrative counselling to illustrate how a time-limited therapy can work in an often pressured and time-limited setting.

Supported with practical examples, case studies and resources exploring effective practice, Teaching Secondary Music covers the key concepts and approaches which underpin good practice in secondary music education.

A complete guide to carrying out and completing a leadership or management project or dissertation.