This is your step-by-step guide on how to write successful research proposals in the health sciences, whether it is for a thesis or dissertation review committee, an ethical review committee or a grant funding committee. Using quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research approaches, follow the journey of Liang and Natasha, two fictional researchers who will help you complete your proposal alongside reading the chapters. This practical guide includes top tips from the authors, read-reflect-respond activities and examples of project plans to equip you with all the tools you need to succeed with your research proposal.
The economic and political situation of cities has shifted in recent years in light of rapid growth amidst infrastructure decline, the suburbanization of poverty and inner city revitalization. At the same time, the way that data are used to understand urban systems has changed dramatically. Urban Analytics offers a field-defining look at the challenges and opportunities of using new and emerging data to study contemporary and future cities through methods including GIS, Remote Sensing, Big Data and Geodemographics. Written in an accessible style and packed with illustrations and interviews from key urban analysts, this is a groundbreaking new textbook for students of urban planning, urban design, geography, and the information sciences.
Anyone who works within children and adolescent mental health services will tell you what a challenging and complex world it is. To help prepare you, the authors have produced a clear introduction to child and adolescent mental health that takes you step-by-step on a journey through the subject. Beginning with the foundations, the book explores the common mental health concepts and influences that you can expect to encounter examining topics like the difference between emotional and mental health issues and how mental health problems develop. It then moves on to explore the vital skills that you will need to develop like effective communication and basic counselling skills, and introduces some of the common interventions like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Psychodynamic theory and Family work. Written by a multi-disciplinary team of passionate and experienced experts, the book strikes an effective balance between introducing the relevant theory and showing how this can be applied in the real world. It is an essential starting point to the subject of child and adolescent mental health and suitable for any students planning to support this group.
This book is essential reading for all involved in contemporary tourism, leisure, cultural policy, design, economic regeneration, heritage and the arts.
Circle Time for the Very Young has been used by teachers and practitioners alike for the last ten years! Now in its third edition, this book has been fully updated and includes a CD Rom to help you with Circle Time in your early years setting. Circle Time is used to help form positive relationships, increase confidence and self-esteem and provide a safe environment to explore feelings and opinions. Covering the 3 to 9 age range and focused on the core PSHE themes, this book contains the following to help you establish, and maintain, circle time in your setting: - An explanation of Circle Time and how it works - Over 100 plans for different Circle Time sessions - Different plans for both young and older children - Activity sheets to use at the end of each session - Evaluation sheets to use at the end of each theme All the activity and evaluation sheets can be printed from the new CD-Rom making it an ideal resource for those that want to use circle time but don't have time to plan the sessions. This book is easily used in any setting and is a must-have for busy practitioners.
This handbook offers everything students and scholars need to master the craft of developing insightful and delightful data visualisations. Across over 300 pages packed full of useful knowledge this book is an essential reference to help readers harness the wide range of contextual, analytical, editorial, and visual ingredients that shape this complex but invigorating subject. With an emphasis on critical thinking over technical instruction, the importance of good decision-making is placed at the centre of a proven step-by-step process. Blending conceptual, theoretical, and practical thinking, this updated edition will inspire you to elevate your ambition and inform you how to get there. With this book and an extensive companion collection of digital resources, readers will: ? See more than 200 examples showcasing visualisation works from a diverse list of talented creators covering a spectrum of topics and techniques ? Develop a detailed understanding of 40 different chart types ? Discover the many little details that make a big difference, with four chapters dedicated to the presentation design of interactive features, annotated assistance, colouring and composition ? Learn practical tips about how to most robustly gather, examine, transform, then explore your data ? Follow online exercises to apply knowledge, build skills and develop confidence ? Get access to hundreds of curated reading references to help hone the craft.
Design is everywhere: it influences how we live, what we wear, how we communicate, what we buy, and how we behave. In order for designers to design for the real world and define strategies, rather than just implement them, they need to learn how to understand and solve complex, intricate, and often unexpected problems. Research for Designers is a guide to this new, evidence-based creative process. Gjoko Muratovski is a university executive, award winning designer, and innovation consultant working with leading organizations, Fortune 500 companies, and governments from around the world. He holds a PhD in Design Research and is also a Fellow of the Design Research Society. Taking a step-by-step approach through the basics of research, and highlighting the importance of data, the third edition of Research for Designers includes: - A new chapter on discourse and narrative methods - New coverage of coding and thematic analysis - An augmented section on research ethics, with a decolonising research approach - Even more real-world cases - New suggested further reading and exercises at the end of each chapter. Incorporating interviews with design experts from across the globe, Research for Designers is an essential guide for anyone doing research in Design Studies or looking to develop their design research skills.
You will never look at social media the same way again. Social media are an integral part of contemporary society. From news, warfare, politics, advertising, consumption, entertainment, friendships, labour, and economy to friendships, leisure, language, and everyday life, they have changed the way we communicate, use information and understand the world. Social media shape and are shaped by contemporary society. In order to understand contemporary society we have to ask critical questions about social media. This book is the ultimate guide for digging deeper into issues of ownership, power, class, and (in)justice. This book equips you with a critical understanding of the complexities and contradictions at the heart of social media's relationship with society. The Fourth Edition contains new chapters and has updated and revised versions of other chapters: ? The book includes a new chapter on TikTok in the context of global capitalism and the geopolitical conflict between China and the USA. ? It explores new topics such as information and social media warfare in the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the implications of Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter for democracy and the public sphere, the prospects of Twitter-alternative Mastodon, digital fascism, influencers and the attention economy on TikTok, digital capitalism, the role of big data in digital capitalism, The Public Service Media and Public Service Internet Manifesto, social media's digital alienation, and Putinism and information warfare. ? It explores populism, racism, nationalism, militant patriarchy in a chapter on right-wing authoritarianism on social media that includes two case studies of Donald Trump and Putinism. ? It analyses the phenomenon of social media influencers in the age of TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat. ? It explains in an updated chapter what digital capitalism is and what role big data plays in it. ? It explores the growing prominence of platforms and platform capitalism. ? It analyses fake news, misinformation, and surveillance capitalism in the context of Facebook, WhatsApp, Cambridge Analytica, and the Internet Research Agency. ? It shows why Google is simultaneously the Internet's God and Satan. ? It discusses digital democracy and the digital public sphere in the context of Twitter. ? It challenges you to envision and achieve a truly social media that serves the purposes of a just and fair world. ? It introduces platform co-operatives and the Public Service Internet. There are winners and losers in the age of digital capitalism. This book is an essential guide for anyone who wants to critically understand how we got to digital capitalism and capitalist social media, what we can do about it, and what a democratic public sphere looks like.
Authenticity is key for successful leaders-they remain true to themselves, drawing strength from their diverse constellation of experiences, perspectives, and heritages. Leadership invites you to challenge traditional norms about leader identity and develop your own positive leadership behaviors. This book's transformational approach empowers you to critically examine your beliefs, values, and experiences, fostering a reflective self-knowledge base, an appreciation for multiple perspectives, and a sense of personal agency. It offers a clear, concise overview of leadership, emphasizing that there isn't a single best way to lead; true leadership emerges from within. Your learning is supported by over 30 in-text activities and self-assessment quizzes designed to reframe your past experiences as leadership interventions and draw out valuable self-knowledge. This book is ideal for both undergraduate and postgraduate Leadership students. Andrei A. Lux is a Lecturer in Leadership at the School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University.
