This book gives primary student teachers the professional knowledge required to succeed in the classroom and an understanding of how to develop their teaching skills throughout their teacher training course. Taking the key themes of the ITT Core Content Framework, this comprehensive book covers every major aspect of contemporary teaching and supports new teachers in reflecting on what good pedagogic practice looks like and how to develop this through observing and learning from expert colleagues. Case studies, based on real examples provided by headteachers and other experts, offer the chance to explore day-to-day teaching issues in real life. Critical tasks and question guides challenge readers to deepen their practical knowledge. This is essential reading for all students on primary initial teacher education courses including university-based (PGCE, BEd, BA with QTS) and school-based (School Direct, SCITT, Teach First) routes into teaching.
Embarking on your own psychology research? This book equips you with the skills you need to complete a qualitative project confidently. The book takes you through the process of doing your project, showing how to plan and execute each stage. It helps you make good decisions about key steps such as choosing a research topic, designing your project, doing ethical research and writing up. This second edition: Offers a host of learning features including 'in a nutshell' summaries, further reading, activities and top tips to help you develop your understanding and skills. Devotes more space to the important topics of project planning and doing ethical research with a new chapter on each. Enables you to critically evaluate your work, helping you conduct high-quality research. Discusses student success stories and cautionary tales illustrating, from start to finish, how qualitative projects are done in the real world. This is the perfect guide for undergraduates doing a final project or dissertation, and postgraduates who are relatively new to qualitative research.
Managing Change in Organizations, second edition, explores a broad range of perspectives on change management, encouraging critical reflection and making sense of a complex field of theories. Its unique approach, based around three key perspectives of change, will help you to understand: * How change is accomplished - the tool perspective * What change means for those involved - the process perspective * Why change is initiated (and whether it is necessary) - the critical perspective Updated throughout to include new examples, case studies and exercises, this essential text offers you the chance to learn pragmatic tools for managing change, as well as gain an in-depth understanding of different theories and their values. Stefan Sveningsson is Professor of Business Administration at the School of Economics and Management, Lund University. Nadja Soergarde is Senior Lecturer in Business Administration at the School of Economics and Management, Lund University.
International Relations and Globalisation in the 21st Century
Extensively revised, the third edition of World Politics: International Relations and Globalisation in the 21st Century takes a global and critical perspective, focusing on history's impact on key international structures. With an approach that goes beyond dominant western themes, this textbook presents the concepts, theories and applications from the field of world politics in a comprehensive and contemporary style. Covering all the essential topics, from international law and regionalism to critical theory and security studies, this updated third edition includes: three new chapters on Foreign Policy Analysis, Race and Identity and Global Health a strong historical perspective an expanded range of topics, cases, examples, research, and terminology World Politics: International Relations and Globalisation in the 21st Century is the ideal guide to help you successfully navigate the exciting and complex field of global politics, giving you a clear overview of the field and making sure you make the most out of your course. Dr. Bruce Pilbeam is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at London Metropolitan University. Jeffrey Haynes is an emeritus professor of politics at London Metropolitan University. Peter Hough is an Associate Professor in International Politics at Middlesex University, London.
As an adult nurse you will come into contact with a wide-range of service users during your practice. Whilst your focus might be on the physical problem that brought them to you, understanding their mental health is also a key part of your role and important to treating people effectively. This book will give you practical guidance on how to respond to the needs of those in your care who face mental health challenges, helping you be more prepared and be able to deliver person-centred care confidently. Key features * Fully mapped to the new NMC standards of proficiency for registered nurses (2018) * Case studies, activities and other learning features help you translate the theory to practice * A practical guide to help you achieve the proficiencies required of you by the NMC
'Indispensable and subversive' - Simon Caulkin, The Observer 'A highly entertaining polemic.... This slim volume more than lives up to its title' - Stefan Stern, Financial Times Conceived by Chris Grey and written to get you thinking, the 'Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap' series offers informal, conversational and critical overviews of popular areas of study. Updated throughout with examples from the biggest global news events, including the Trump presidency, cost-cutting at Boeing, working conditions at Sports Direct and the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic, the fifth edition explores contemporary developments in organizations. This book is ideal for students of organizational studies, management professionals and anyone curious about the workings of organizations. Chris Grey is Emeritus Professor of Organization Studies at the School of Business and Management at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.
Everything you need to know about Learning Theories in Early Childhood practice. This book explores the key theorists and theories that form the foundation of learning and development in early childhood. Building your own understanding and knowledge of children's learning, it then helps you develop the skills of translating theory into practice. How does this book support you? * The structure of the book mirrors your student learning journey, to compliment your course and seminar reading. * Parts 1 and 2 help you develop your reflective and analytical skills through critical questions, photographs and discussion points. * Part 3 gives real life case studies to help you understand how the theories can be practically applied in settings to improve your own practice.
A critical introduction to power, cities and urbanism in the 21st century
What is Urban Theory? How can it be used to understand our urban experiences? Experiences typically defined by enormous inequalities, not just between cities but within cities, in an increasingly interconnected and globalised world. This book explains: Relations between urban theory and modernity in key ideas of the Chicago School, spatial analysis, humanistic urban geography, and 'radical' approaches like Marxism Cities and the transition to informational economies, globalization, urban growth machine and urban regime theory, the city as an "actor" Spatial expressions of inequality and key ideas like segregation, ghettoization, suburbanization, gentrification Socio-cultural spatial expressions of difference and key concepts like gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity and "culturalist" perspectives on identity, lifestyle, subculture How cities should be understood as intersections of horizontal and vertical - of coinciding resources, positions, locations, influencing how we make and understand urban experiences. Critical, interdisciplinary and pedagogically informed - with opening summaries, boxes, questions for discussion and guided further reading - Urban Theory: A Critical Introduction to Power, Cities and Urbanism in the 21st Century provides the tools for any student of the city to understand, even to change, our own urban experiences.
Unlock the full potential of your qualitative research projects with this invaluable manual from world-renowned authority Johnny Saldana. This essential guide delves into the latest advancements in coding, including the integration of AI tools like ChatGPT-4, empowering researchers to enhance their data analysis processes and outcomes. This ......
