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This book supports teacher trainees as they help students develop maths reasoning skills. It uses the Causal Connectivity Framework and enhances the knowledge and skills of trainees in sequencing teaching content with cumulative knowledge and understanding. It covers a variety of contexts from primary education up to GCSE level and includes practical examples of what is possible. The book offers maths teachers an alternative way of incorporati...

A breakthrough text in its first edition, this theory textbook is returning in its second edition. Publish for ODP students studying at degree level, the text maps neatly onto the ODP degree curriculum. Written by experts from the ODP profession the book covers the core theoretical and professional components of the ODP curriculum, including chapters on:.Professionalism.Law.Ethics.Reflective practice.Decision making.Psychosocial aspects of car...

Coaching for Wellbeing is the ultimate guide to the theory and practice of coaching for wellbeing. This book provides readers with clear explanations of wellbeing theory and a practical framework for coaches to use as they support improvements of their client's wellbeing. It offers an in-depth understanding of wellbeing theories and concepts, alongside the challenges that come with coaching for wellbeing. It is essential that coaches understan...

This book offers a holistic approach to special educational needs and inclusive practice. Psychology and special education have an important role within the inclusive process, but it must be understood and used effectively and in ways that do not contribute to exclusion. The book draws on psychological and educational theories, research and practice in order to increase students' and practitioners' awareness of issues related to identifying, a...

This book provides extensive coverage of each of the human body systems. It relates pathophysiology to the clinical environment, relevant investigations and treatments for disease. A useful text for both newly qualified and student nurses."Amy Hutchinson, Student Nurse, University of Ulster, UK"From a nursing student perspective this book is excellent... It is laid out very well allowing the reader to learn individual body systems in manageabl...

This book holds the story of a monumental research effort... It provides a moving, thoughtful, understanding of what "neighbourhood" means and is a beacon for efforts aimed at improving the quality of life of all involved." Steven R. Sabat, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA "It is indicative reading for educators, researchers, clinicians and policy makers nationally and internationally. By grounding...

This edited book will examine leisure in the lives of people with dementia, emphasising the active role people with dementia can play as citizens in contributing to the world in which they live, given opportunities to make choices about their participation in it. The content will be wide-ranging, with contributors from multiple disciplines discussing involvement in leisure interests and activities from sports and physical activity, and the art...

The book provides a simple introduction to evidence-based practice in the field of health and social care. Evidence-based practice is a concept and theme that underpins all modules across the nursing and healthcare curriculum and will come to the fore for healthcare students when taking their Research Methods, Dissertation or Literature Review modules. However, despite being a term that is widely used and regularly cited, students often fail t...

Dit toegankelijke studieboek geeft een multidisciplinair overzicht van theorieën, praktijken en instrumenten in de publieke inkoop. Het beschrijft het wat en waarom van publieke inkoop en geeft professionals en studenten in het hoger onderwijs inzicht in hoe op een moderne manier ingekocht kan worden in de publieke sector. Centraal staat hoe publieke organisaties via de inkoop van werken, leveringen of diensten op een verantwoorde manier publi...

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De coronapandemie heeft niet alleen zijn sporen nagelaten op de volksgezondheid, maar ook op de samenleving in brede zin. Sociologische inzichten over de veranderingen in bijvoorbeeld ongelijkheid, sociabiliteit en maatschappelijke veerkracht worden steeds duidelijker nu de start van de pandemie verder achter ons ligt. In deze bundel laten sociologen en wetenschappers uit aanverwante disciplines hun licht schijnen op de uitdagingen van deze ti...

Kritisch denken is een van de grootste lacunes in ons onderwijs. Zin van onzin leren scheiden is van enorm belang in het informatietijdperk waarin we leven. Dit boek helpt je op systematische wijze inzicht te krijgen in en komaf te maken met de belangrijkste denkfouten die elke mens spontaan maakt. Het helpt je ook drogredenen en onbetrouwbare informatie te ontmaskeren. Naast inzicht in wat kritisch en wetenschappelijk denken inhoudt, kom je ...

This edited collection continues the call for evolving multicultural dialogues within education and the wider social sciences. Dialogue and education are essential tools that can help tackle some of the biggest cultural problems we are facing, including post-Coronavirus education realities. The contributors of this edited book from across the globe explore the necessity of sustained dialogue within the wider social and political sciences, alon...

The restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic since early 2020 have prompted a revolution in higher education as lecturers move to deliver their modules online. This shift is being followed by a growth in online resources for teachers, including a range of online courses providing 'quick tips' and techniques for online teaching. In our field of applied linguistics, the continuing need for support in transferring pedagogy online has been re...

Why is American labour law so different from the law in other states? And can we expect in the nearby future changes in the present state of American Labour Law? This textbook tries to find the answer by exploring the background of labour law, the size, geographical situation, population, culture and economic data of the USA.

Every university is a community of ambitious people. People who love challenges and see new opportunities. A university is part of a society: it tries to understand it to contribute to its wellbeing. How can we do that in today¿s world? When can we say that a university is ¿good¿? And how can we explain to society what the university is good for? These are the questions that the contributors to this volume tackle in their critical reflections....

This book provides an accessible, evidence-based, practical resource to support effective dementia workforce development based on the authors decades of experience. It is aimed at those working in health and social care services who are responsible for, or interested in, training and development of their staff. Its authors are experts in the field, with extensive experience of developing, delivering and researching dementia, education, trainin...

This book is about research- and evidence-informed educational improvement. It synthesises and reframes the distinct schools of thought within the Educational Effectiveness and Improvement (EEI) fields for a renewed research and professional education agenda. At the book's heart is a problem: that educational improvement is often short-lived, rarely achieved at scale and, as some prominent researchers have argued, mostly illusory. The chapters...

All organizations are political environments. Politics is present in all the major processes, including resource allocation, succession planning and equal opportunities. Yet being political is often regarded as a negative trait, associated with lack of authenticity, unethical behaviour and sociopathy. For employees, managing politics is a core skill. For coaches and mentors, there is the constant dilemma of how to help a client thrive in a pol...

Critical thinking is one of the biggest hiatuses in our education system. Learning to distinguish sense from nonsense is of great importance in the information age that we live in. In a systematic way, this book helps you to gain insight into, and subsequently eliminate, the most important reasoning errors that we all tend to make. It also helps you to debunk weak and fallacious arguments and unreliable information. In addition to understandi...