Strategic Training and Development translates theory and research into practical applications and best practices for improving employee knowledge, skills, and behaviors.
A good story sets the stage for engaged learning. Nowhere is this more important than in foundational courses, such as Introductory or History of Psychology. By weaving foundational and modern characters across a historical landscape, John Hogan's Twenty-Four Stories from Psychology captivates readers with the rich stories- the who, what, where, why and how- for many of the major theories and colorful characters who have shaped the development of Psychology as a field.
In Pollock's trusted IBM SPSS (R) workbook, students dive headfirst into actual political data and work with a software tool that prepares them not only for future political science research, but the job world as well.
Macro Social Work Practice: Advocacy in Action shows students studying in macro social work practice how to enact change at the organizational, community, societal, and global levels. An emphasis is placed on engaging in macro practice using the tenets of the award-winning author team's Advocacy Policy and Practice Model (APPM) that highlight the inclusion of economic and social justice, supportive environment, human needs and rights, and political access.
A Practical Guide to Digital Reporting and Publishing
The fourth edition of Journalism Next: A Practical Guide to Digital Reporting and Publishing is updated with the latest technological innovations and media industry transformations, ensuring that Mark Briggs's proven guide for leveraging digital technology to do better journalism keeps pace with ongoing changes in the media landscape. Briggs offers practical and timely guidance for both the seasoned professional looking to get up to speed and the digital native looking to root their tech know-how in real journalistic principles.
Gathering Social Network Data fills an important gap in the literature by focusing on methods for designing, collecting, and evaluating the data that are the subject of these analytic techniques. Author jimi adams draws on his extensive teaching experience to provide a guide that can be used by both novice and more experienced researchers alike. The volume focuses on principles, with the goal of providing readers the tools needed to develop their own approach to gathering social network data.
Political Science Research Methods helps students to understand the logic behind research design by guiding them through a step-by-step process that explains when and why a researcher would pursue different kinds of methods.
Editor J. Bradley Cousins and colleagues used a multi-phase empirical process to develop and validate a set of principles to guide collaborative approaches to evaluation. This book outlines the principles that the team developed. The case studies that are then used to demonstrate how these principles have been applied draw on programs globally in education, health, and community development. The text is an invaluable supplementary text for program evaluation courses where students' projects are focused on more collaborative and participatory approaches, and it is an essential resource for practicing evaluators, and those who commission program evaluations.
Connecting career aspirations with the post-college world is crucial for students today. Careers in Psychology, Fifth Edition helps students navigate and plan for their futures by offering exposure to the rich careers in each subfield of psychology and prompting students to consider the what, why and how of each option.
