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This book is a systematic, flexible guide to using biographical narrative methods as part of a research project, featuring a diverse range of case studies that show students how methods can be adapted to a range of international contexts and disciplines.

Whether you're a student or a practitioner, this book provides you with a thorough grounding in how to develop a successful career in psychology.

This book helps readers better understand both the developmental patterns and sequences in children's development and how the context of this learning impacts on children's progress.

Written for the non-mathematician and free of unexplained technical jargon, Applied Statistics: Business and Management Research provides a user-friendly introduction to the field of applied statistics and data analysis.

Spanning the full research process, from philosophy and ethics to design and methods and through data collection, management, analysis, and dissemination, this handbook focuses specifically on the practicalities needed to conduct effective and culturally responsive research in the Asian context.

This book supports those training to work with young children to explore the many factors that impact on child health and wellbeing.

Just being outside doesn't always guarantee a connection to the natural world. An awareness of the environment needs to be embedded within the curriculum, and with climate change and sustainability being such important and urgent issues, this book is a timely and much needed resource for early years and primary educators.

Learn everything you need to know about personality, intelligence, and individual differences in the third edition of this clear and accessible textbook.

Learn how to study smarter and succeed at university, with the definitive guide to study skills. Packed with practical tips and advice, it's essential reading for anyone who wants to do their best at university.

Examining contemporary issues of gender, culture and ethics, this concise and highly practical textbook covers the essential, need-to-know theories required by current and future leaders.

This book focuses on writing in different aspects of the curriculum and provides guidance, case studies and theoretical perspectives to show readers how they can become writers with and for children. It demonstrates how to write and model writing for children and includes many examples of good classroom practice in this area.

Guides nursing and healthcare students through the concept of evidence-based practice, explaining what it is, why it is important and providing practical guidance on its utilisation in clinical practice.

Now in an updated second edition, Social Inequality continues to be an essential guide to understanding social inequality and stratification, helping readers to understand what inequality is, how it is defined, explored and measured, and what the key social divisions are at both global and national level.

This bestselling text offers theoretical detail and depth alongside a programme of activities to implement in practice which can improve literacy levels and support children with dyslexia.

Written by leading academics, this handy guide interweaves both study skills and employability skills, providing advice across all three years of a psychology degree.

This book brings together theory on parents and early learning, and the role of education professionals in developing partnerships with families, focussing on how to support parents in their teaching of literacy and other aspects of early learning at home.

Written by leading academics, this handy guide interweaves both study skills and employability skills, providing advice across all three years of a psychology degree.

This book is the definitive guide to how play can transform children's lives. Bringing together for the strands of research on play, this book shows the unique and profound place play has in the neurological development, emotional well-being and health of children.

A guide for primary and secondary school teachers on interacting and working with parents with a strong focus on developing empathetic professional skills.

Combining theory with plenty of practical, technical advice - and accompanied by original case studies and data sets - this book makes sure that students both understand Stata and know exactly what to do to make it meet their needs.

This approachable book introduces network research in R, walking you through every step of doing social network analysis.

This fully updated 2nd edition of Sensation and Perception covers in detail the perceptual processes related to vision and hearing, taste and smell, touch and pain as well as the vestibular and proprioceptive systems.

This book focusses on captivating, and maintaining the engagement of, students in the methods they need to know about to be successful in their psychology degree and does this with inventive pedagogy.

This book focusses on captivating, and maintaining the engagement of, students in the methods they need to know about to be successful in their psychology degree and does this with inventive pedagogy.

An easy, step-by-step guide to planning your dissertation, this book helps you stay on track, manage your time effectively and overcome procrastination.

Understanding Homicide is a valuable resource for students studying homicide, violence, its investigation and responses to it, as well as researchers and practitioners interested in homicide and violence.

A critical analysis exploring nursing theory and the way nurses learn. It focuses on the way theory manifests in day-to-day practice and contributes to nursing education and professional development and learning.

A practical book for students of health promotion and public health. Grounded in the real world, it explains how to design, implement and evaluate public health improvement projects.