Now updated with coverage on babies and early reading, language acquisition and how children learn, this new edition continues to provide trainees and teachers with a broad understanding of teaching reading and phonics.

A fun and humorous introductory book that helps readers to begin to make sense of brands - what they are, what they do, why and how - through theory made enjoyable by plenty of current examples.

Packed full of essential study advice on topics such as reading strategies and exam technique, plus information on the latest assistive technology, this one-stop guide motivates, inspires and guides students with dyslexia and other SpLDs to succeed throughout your studies.

Forest School expert Dr Sara Knight provides a practical all-ages guide to Forest School, grounded in the latest research, that encourages practitioners to take an innovative approach to outdoor play and learning.

With lots of illustrations and interviews with key urban analysts, this book 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 with Jean McNiff's trademark enthusiasm and accessibility, this book - complete with a practical workbook - gives readers all they need to be able to do action research in their own context with confidence.

The SAGE Handbook of Developmental Psychology and Early Childhood Education explores a range of issues in early childhood development and education.

A positive and practical guide that shows you how to succeed in academia, helping you hone your skills in teaching and research as well as building softer skills like interpersonal development.

Practical and engaging, this book shows how work placements can be used to practice and develop your research and professional skills. It helps you successfully secure and undertake a social science work placement or internship, understand your role as a researcher and maximize the benefits of experiential learning.

Addressing a common question posed by researchers, this book introduces readers to power analysis and sample size determination and clearly illustrates why sample sizes need to be sufficiently large to give good power properties and low error rates.