Growth Mindsets are recognized as a powerful teaching and learning tool in the UK and this book offers clear guidance that is backed up by research and avoids quick fixes or suggestions with little evidence base. The text will appeal to teachers as a pragmatic and trusted guide to a well-known strategy proven to enhance learning.

Questioning Performance Measurement: Metrics, Organizations and Power is the first book to interrogate the organizational turn towards performance metrics critically. Performance measurement is used to evaluate a diverse range of activities throughout the private, public and non-governmental sectors. But in an increasingly data driven world, what does it really mean to measure ‘performance’?

A very practical guide teaching students everything they need to know to successfully apply theory, methods and approaches in real-life practice.

Pre-empt any student anxiety about their maths skills ahead of their forthcoming statistics module with this hands-on workbook. Packed with clear explanations, real-world examples and practical exercises it gives them all the necessary maths skills to tackle statistics with confidence.

As a social worker, you could work in a variety of different organisation, so understanding and examining the complex issues involved in the management and organisational context of social work practice is crucial for practitioners and managers. This book helps you to develop strategies for ethical, reflective and relational practice, covers key themes including leadership, supervision, risk and decision making and emphasises the importance of active participation for positive change.

Packed with features like case studies and checklists, this accessible book gets you up and running so you can both understand interview research and use it in your project.

Final year book for students studying BA Leadership and Management, UWTSD.

A new edition of the seminal textbook in media and mass communication. Denis McQuail's classic book has been revised and updated by Mark Deuze to reflect the contemporary media landscape and to speak to needs of today's media students.

Written specifically for Politics and IR students, with subject-specific guidance and examples, this book provides students with a step-by-step introduction to quantitative methods using SPSS