Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is a qualitative research approach committed to the examination of how people make sense of their major life experiences. This handy text covers its theoretical foundations and provides a detailed guide to conducting IPA research.

Trusted and proven text employs a comparative approach to show how the geography, history, political culture, institutional structures, economic underpinnings, and demographics of states and localities both clash and converge.

A comprehensive examination of family communication theory and research. Leading scholars expand the definition of family, address recent shifts in culture, and cover important new topics, including families in crisis, families and governmental policies,social media, and extended families.

This book highlights the elements of effective Rounds and provides facilitators with specific skills that will enable them to develop well-functioning teacher Rounds groups that improve instruction and student learning in their schools.

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Offers an evaluation model for school leaders based on research from authorities such as John Hattie and Viviane Robinson, alongside various tools including performance rubrics, sample self-assessments and final evaluation forms.

Edited by two senior public human resource management scholars, this well-regarded edited volume gathers concise essays by major scholars on critical issues in the field of contemporary public human resources management.

In this new edition of A Short History of the Middle Ages, Barbara H. Rosenwein offers a panoramic view of the medieval world from Iceland to China and from Sweden to West Africa. Yet the book never loses sight of the main contours of the period (c.300 to c.1500) or of the fate of the heirs of the Roman Empire.

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The American Drug Culture uses sociological and other perspectives to examine drug and alcohol use in U.S. society. Arranged topically rather than by drug categories, the book explores diverse aspects of drug use, including popular culture, sexuality, legal and criminal justice systems, other social institutions, and mental and physical health.

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