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This book brings together key themes in Childhood Studies to provide an accessible yet scholarly introduction for students and practitioners.

Introducing Qualitative Research in Psychology is a vital resource for students new to qualitative psychology. It explains when each qualitative research method should be used, the procedures and techniques involved, and any limitations associated with such research. Throughout the new edition, material has been re-organized and updated to reflect developments in the field, while Carla Willig's style of writing, popular with students and lecturers alike, remains unchanged.Key features of the new edition include: .Two new chapters, one on metasynthesis and one on pluralism in qualitative research .A broadening the Visual Methodologies chapter to include other non-linguistic methods of data collection that engage with the physical environment, such as the walking interview and object elicitation.Information and analysis on innovative dissemination methods such as performances and exhibitions.Expanded coverage of the core question, "What makes qualitative research 'research'?", including clear explanations of the key tenets of the scientific method .'But it's not as simple as all that' boxes at the end of each chapter, where more complex issues, theoretical critiques and conceptual challenges are raised.This title is supported by an Online Learning Centre, which includes an array of extra resources for both students and instructors."This book is a vital resource and a valuable reference, both for those new to research and for those looking to further develop their skills and knowledge of qualitative research in psychology."Nollaig Frost, Adjunct Professor, School of Applied Psychology, University College Cork, Ireland"This exceptionally well-written text deserves a place in every psychology researcher's toolkit, regardless of their career stage."Benjamin Gardner, Reader in Social Psychology, King's College London, UK"Readers of this text will find it to be accessible and comprehensive. It will enable many people to become confident in conducting their own qualitative research." Alex Bridger, Senior Lecturer in Critical Social Psychology, University of Huddersfield, UKCarla Willig is Professor of Psychology at City, University of London, UK. She is the author of numerous bestselling books for Psychology students and is widely admired for her friendly, practical approach to writing and to teaching.

The SPSS Survival Manual throws a lifeline to students and researchers grappling with this powerful data analysis software

This popular book demystifies literature reviewing and answers the questions students have about how to tackle the process.

The second edition of Positive Psychology features ground-breaking evidence and thinking on the topics of happiness, flow, optimism, motivation and more. Discover how to increase happiness levels, what obstacles to flourishing affect our day-to-day lives and how to apply positive psychology to diverse professional disciplines. The authors map the key positive psychology interventions available and discuss their merits with an emphasis on practice and evaluation. Ilona Boniwell and Aneta Tunariu skilfully combine a breadth of information about positive psychology with reflective questions, critical commentary and up-to-date research. Written in a witty, engaging and contemporary manner, this new edition includes: . Chapter summaries to help you check your understanding and speed up your revision. Experiments boxes to highlight research methodologies and contextualize the latest psychological findings. Personal development exercises to enhance your skills in wellbeing . Review questions to test your knowledge. Suggested resources to make your study time more efficient. Time out boxes to highlight key concepts and thinkers . Think about it boxes to develop your critical thinking skills. Measurement tools to introduce you to current thinking and debates . Mock essay questions to help you practise for your exam. Further reflection topics to delve deeper. Links to media materials within as well as beyond the typical academic literature. End of chapter quizzes to help you check your understandingPositive Psychology is essential reading for students taking modules in positive psychology and wellbeing; will be of interest to students of applied, coaching and sports psychology; and can help develop practising psychologists, coaches, counsellors and researchers interested in this burgeoning field of mental wellbeing and human happiness."A highly recommended resource for teaching and studying positive psychology. Up-to-date, incorporating both the history and the latest developments in this field. Very clearly laid out, with key topics and concepts explained well along with practical learning activities for the use in classroom and/or for students' individual learning."Vanessa King, MAPP (UPenn), Board Member Action for Happiness

This practical text offers the ideal introduction to the economic techniques used in public health.

A new edition of a classic text in the philosophy of science illuminating the major developments in the field.

"Using their extensive experience of university teaching as well as pedagogic theory, the authors have created an essential compendium to support students throughout their learning journey; from day one of their degree up to their first steps into a career in nutrition and dietetics."Professor Kevin Whelan, Professor of Dietetics, Head of Department of Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, UK"It is an outstanding handbook and written to the highest of standards. I recommend it most highly."Professor Susan Lanham-New, Head of the Nutritional Sciences Department & Professor of Human Nutrition, University of Surrey, UK "This textbook not only contains everything that students need to become successful nutritionists and dietitians, but it can also serve as a tool for Nutrition and Dietetics curriculum design."Dr Katerina Vafeiadou RNutr, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition & Dietetics, University of Hertfordshire, UKWritten by experienced Nutrition and Dietetics university lecturers with a passion for enhancing the learning experience, The Study Skills Handbook for Nutritionists and Dietitians is essential reading for all students who want to improve their academic skills and take control of their learning. Designed as a companion for students who are studying at university to be Registered Nutritionists and/or Dietitians; this book will provide you with the knowledge and skills required to identify and develop the expertise essential for academic and professional success.Key features of this book:. Practical examples allow students to see how skills relate to both study and practice. Encourages reflective ways of thinking and ethical practice. Provides all the study skills needed for university and beyond. Specifically tailored for students with career aspirations in this fieldRecognising that the transition to higher education is different for everyone; the supportive writing style will encourage you to be an active learner who can reflect on their academic and professional development.Dr Sue Reeves, Registered Nutritionist is the Head of Undergraduate Provision and Student Experience in the School of Life and Health Sciences at the University of Roehampton, UK.Dr Yvonne Jeanes, Registered Dietitian is a Principal Lecturer in Clinical Nutrition and Head of Postgraduate taught provision within the School of Life and Health Sciences at the University of Roehampton, UK.

Challenges the notion that anti-oppressive practice has lost its potency or become commodified into a professional response to inequalities. This book explores key questions such as : How is anti-oppressive practice relevant in contemporary practice? and How can the law be used as an empowering tool?

The original Dementia Reconsidered: The Person Comes First by Tom Kitwood was published by Open University Press in 1997. It was a seminal text in the field of dementia studies and is still cited and referenced as core reading on person-centred dementia care. Tom died unexpectedly, just 12 months after the book was published. This book continues to inspire many people to challenge simplistic paradigms about dementia. Since the original book was written, however, there have been many changes in our understanding of dementia.The editor of this new edition, Dawn Brooker was mentored by Tom Kitwood. She has drawn together a remarkable group of writers to provide a commentary on Kitwood's work. This new edition reproduces the original chapters but provides extra content from subject experts to update the book to a contemporary level.Dementia Reconsidered Re-visited is an ideal main text or supplementary text for all those studying or working in nursing, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, occupational therapy, social work, adult education, gerontology and health and social care more generally."This important book does three things. It brings to a new generation the insight and vision of Tom Kitwood. It highlights the remarkable progress we have made in recent years. But most important of all it reminds us what still needs to be done if we are to fully respect the rights of people with dementia and their family care-givers. Kitwood inspired Alzheimer's Society to knit together research, care, and societal change. We are now re-inspired to make sure all progress is evidenced and evaluated for its impact. We must realise the enormous opportunities the digital age offers people affected by dementia but in doing so constantly listen to and learn from their many and varied voices across nations and cultures."Jeremy Hughes CBE, Chief Executive, Alzheimer's Society, UK

Are you confused by the feedback you get from your academic teachers and mentors?This clear and accessible guide to decoding academic feedback will help you interpret what your lecturer or research supervisor is really trying to tell you about your writing—and show you how to fix it. It will help you master a range of techniques and strategies to take your writing to the next level and along the way you’ll learn why academic text looks the way it does, and how to produce that ‘authoritative scholarly voice’ that everyone talks about. This book is an easy-to-use resource for postgraduate students and researchers in all disciplines, and even professional academics, to diagnose their writing issues and find ways to fix them. This book would also be a valuable text for academic writing courses and writing groups, such as those offered in doctoral and Master''s by research degree programmes.''Whether they have writing problems or not, every academic writer will want this handy compendium of effective strategies and sound explanations on their book shelf—it’s a must-have.''Pat Thomson, Professor of Education, University of Nottingham, UK

Develops an approach to professional learning that has motivated teachers and resulted in improvements in student learning, for students who traditionally underachieve in school. This book identifies the shifts that need to happen for the power of professional learning to be realized in promoting student engagement, learning and well-being.

This book presents early childhood students and staff with a broad and diverse range of teaching techniques to support children's learning. It examines 26 techniques ranging from simple ones, such as describing and listening, to more complex methods, such as deconstruction and scaffolding.The strategies selected are derived from the best current research knowledge about how young children learn. A detailed evaluation of each strategy enables childcare staff, early childhood teachers and students to expand their repertoire of teaching strategies and to critically evaluate their own teaching in early childhood settings.Vignettes and examples show how early childhood staff use the techniques to support children's learning and help to bring the discussion of each technique to life. Revised and updated in light of the latest research, new features include:* Coverage of the phonics debate* Addition of ICT content* Questions for further discussion* Revision to the chapter on problem solving* Updated referencing throughoutTeaching Young Children is key reading for students and experienced early childhood staff working in diverse settings with young children.

This book focuses on the issues facing practising clinicians wishing to engage in research. It outlines approaches involving both clients and other professionals in the research and argues for approaches that combine an exploration of the experience as well as the effectiveness of therapies.

Studying Popular Music contends that popular music can be properly understood only through interdisciplinary study methods. He demonstrates this through a critical analysis of issues from the political economy of popular music, its history and ethnography, to its aesthetics and ideology.

A collection of over sixty extracts from classic works on the philosophy of social science. It highlights the work of some of the influential authors who have shaped social science.

Whilst women were barred access to scientific training in psychology's formative generations, men are now the statistical minority among psychology undergraduate degrees in the 21st century. Why and how has gender come to determine who writes about whose psychology and with what effect? When did the psychology classroom become a female space? Why are men still over-represented among professors in psychology departments? Why does Freud always mean Sigmund rather than Anna? Why is the concept of formal operations attributed to Jean Piaget rather than Barb Inhelder? Do you have to be hysterical if you are a woman who wants more than a footnote in the field's history? And where did the idea of gender come from anyway?>This Feminist Companion to Historical and Conceptual Issues in Psychology gives students both the space to explore such questions about their chosen field of study and the means to find the tools to find those answers in this space. It will navigate the history of psychology through key moments where conceptual frameworks took shape or were shaken, whilst the meaning of gender was at stake. By so doing, it aims to give opportunities to develop the skills to debug the discipline's male-centred hardware and rewrite its code.>Students reading this book will dialogue with the field's foremothers about how their desires to shape psychology got actualized, diverted or forgotten. They will use this dialogue to conceptualize their own present moment as contingent, and as a key moment that can be seized with feminist hands to meet the challenge of creating psychology's sustainable, inclusive and ethical future.>

The fifth edition of Starting from the Child? reintroduces a question mark in its title. It explores whether, in light of increasing pressures from inspection, assessment and government reforms, it is still possible to plan a curriculum and pedagogy 'starting from the child'. Julie Fisher's overwhelming message is positive. Whilst acknowledging the challenges, she demonstrates in highly practical, principled and realistic ways how and why the young child must always be at the centre of good early years practice.

This is a textbook for medical students, for use on their Communication Skills modules. Medical students are taught psychological theory, yet often do not have the chance to apply this knowledge to practice situations. This book will help them to apply their knowledge of health psychology and learn how to include it when speaking with patients.Understanding the human behaviours that influence health and illness is essential within the field of medicine, and learning how to apply this knowledge when communicating with individuals in healthcare settings is vital. Never has this been clearer than during the recent pandemic, when public understanding of health communications has become an immediate matter of life and death.This book includes a valuable and helpful mix of theory and evidence, as well as detailed examples of how and when to apply your knowledge of health psychology to facilitate conversations about behaviour change with patients. This book covers behaviour change conversation tips and real, clinical practice examples to help build the communication skills that all medical students and doctors need to help improve public health.

"This book is an engaging and enlightening read. I highly recommend it to all personal tutors, academic advisors and anyone in higher education who guides students to learn more about themselves."Dr David Grey, UK Advising and Tutoring Association CEO"This book provides a unique, engaging, perspective on successful reflection, which is a welcome addition to the arduous academic textbooks on offer."Shelley O'Connor, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing, Liverpool John Moores University, UK"The second edition of this essential book continues to provide practitioners with an accessible and thorough account of reflection's essential ingredients."Dr Marc Roberts, Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Health, Education, and Life Sciences, Birmingham City University, UKThis book is an easy to read, practical guide that will show you what reflection is and how you can do it successfully.Assuming no prior knowledge, this fully revised and updated text utilises the established ten essential ingredients of reflection from the first edition. It builds on this foundation to develop much needed reflective skills with new and updated chapters, enabling you to apply complex reflective theory and become an effective reflective practitioner.In clear and supportive language, Nicola Clarke will equip you with evidence informed understanding and ideas for application to your own situation, and support you to become an emotionally resilient, self-aware individual who can reflect and empower yourself to become the best version of you. This book includes:. Expansion beyond nursing to include those who study any subject in allied health and the related fields where reflection is a requirement.. New chapters exploring what reflection is, reflective writing for academic purpose, guided reflection, and new frameworks to support reflection.. A 'how to approach' using exercises for and examples from Health, Education and Life Sciences (HELS) and the everyday - reflection and reflective practice made real.. Authentic, jargon free writing that speaks to and is inclusive of the reader.. Information that will empower you to reflect correctly and inform how you receive, and who you allow to support guided reflection in you.This book is a must-have text for all students of nursing, allied health, social work and all fields where an understanding of self and reflection is required.Dr Nicola Clarke is a senior lecturer and doctoral supervisor for the faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences (HELS) at Birmingham City University, UK.

Coaching Skills is a popular text for coach training schools all over the world, brought to life with dozens of case studies and practical guidance, while also emphasizing the importance of underpinning psychological awareness and understanding.Substantially updated throughout, the latest edition has new material on coaching and the human brain, working with clients on their self-limiting beliefs, new models of understanding what coaching is and being a coach during the psychological stresses of a severe economic recession.Coaching Skills is a popular text for coach training schools all over the world, brought to life with dozens of case studies and practical guidance, while also emphasizing the importance of underpinning psychological awareness and understanding.This book will support you whether you are an experienced coach working with senior executives, or a beginner taking your first steps on the journey to becoming a master-practitioner. The book answers questions such as:.Are there really boundaries between coaching, therapy and training, or is it all more fluid than many people acknowledge?.Which tools and techniques pay dividends every time and which should you avoid?.What are the magic ingredients that determine whether the coach-client relationship works?.Why are goal-setting and questioning such important skills for any coach and how can you acquire them?.How as a coach can you work with clients to make truly transformational changes in their lives?"A straight-forward approach to the simple art of coaching conversations, while offering insight into the complexity and sophistication of coaching for those looking to take their practice to the next level."Dr Jonathan Passmore

The book will provide a theoretical and practical exploration of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) for Social Work research. The reader will take a journey through how lived experience can be discovered, how effective social work research can be designed and explore practical strategies for maximising quality. The book will explore the specific fit of IPA with social work as a professional practice drawing together values, skills and knowledge for eliciting, responding to and representing accounts of lived experience. The book will also consider the opportunities that IPA offers for the future of producing professional social work knowledge.This text will be a distinctive contribution to the creation of knowledge for social work practice. IPA is a methodology that enables exploration of the lived experience, which is a best fit with social work, a profession underpinned by working with those whose lived experience can lead to intervention from a social worker.

Part of the Understanding Public Health series, this newly revised edition of Making Health Policy has been updated to cover and aid the analysis of significant political and health policy developments since the publication of the second edition in 2012. The new edition includes a greater diversity of expertise and perspectives and reflects the latest research and thinking about how to do health policy analysis, including a new focus on issues such as the role of values in health policy, policy making in response to climatic and environmental change, and the growing importance of social media in the policy process. The new edition also draws on the COVID-19 pandemic and its response to highlight key aspects of the health policy process. The book, nonetheless, maintains the strengths of earlier editions that have made it popular with students, practitioners, policy makers, and teachers of health policy through its accessible style, comprehensive nature, use of empirical case studies from low- to high-income countries and range of learning resources.

This book aims to describe a number of research methods that are specifically useful for psychologists working in applied settings. This includes psychologists in training, such as clinical, counselling, health and educational psychologists, but also includes psychologists who are already working in applied settings, have had previous training but maybe feel rusty regarding research methods. The book aims to introduce some particular features that make applied psychological research distinct, including the reality of often having small sample sizes available. It will then outline a number of relevant research methods that work well in an applied setting. Charlotte Emma Wilson is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Prior to working in academia, she was a practicing Clinical Psychologist.

More than most teachers, art teachers need to negotiate two professional identities of artist and teacher. They negotiate liminal spaces situated between artist-self and teacher-self, where contemporary art practice, identities and pedagogies fluidly coalesce. Pedagogic strategies that support symbiosis of artist and teacher, and the communities and professional practices that emerge differ according to the individual contexts they operate within. Contributing authors draw on extensive experience in the field to present pedagogic and practical insights in relation to the UK context. The book explores the importance of teaching communities and partnerships with cultural institutions. The four sections highlight the variety of influences that artist teachers need to combine and provide practical advice about how to maximise the opportunities that are available within the classroom.