Provides students with a concise introduction to the philosophy of methodology.

Encourages early years practitioners to take a critical stance in relation to a wide range of themes and issues

Public health is high on government agendas thanks to the increasing burden lifestyle related illness places on healthcare providers. This book answers the need for a comprehensive text covering the core knowledge, competencies and skills taught to the growing public health workforce.

It provides a comprehensive coverage of issues and debates in qualitative research applied to a purely educational context.

Covering working with children from infancy to secondary school, this book is an essential resource for both trainees and practising therapists who wish to work in schools.

Addressing everything a new trainee needs to know and do in a way that is entirely accessible and jargon-free, this book: provides a short history of the existential tradition; puts key concepts into contexts, showing how theory translates into practice; discusses issues in the therapeutic process.

Updated to reflect current developments and trends in internet research, this book presents a state-of-the-art review of the Internet as a tool for conducting research in the social and behavioural sciences.

'This is a really good text which will support students through their dissertation proposal and project. It covers statistics in a simple understandable way' - Mrs Pamela Williams, School of Human & Health Sciences, Huddersfield University

Takes the academic, the student and the professional on a meaningful "journey" from formulating a research question all the way to analysis and delivery.

This comprehensive second edition offers readers a complete guide to carrying out research projects involving structural equation modeling (SEM).