A user-friendly book that explores and reflects on effective practice in this key area of the social work curriculum, children and families.

A collection of practical articles on best practices in classroom management and assessment by the premier researchers and authors in the US and UK.

Covering the full spectrum of skills needed, including planning, scoping, analysis, argumentation, theory building, modelling theories, methods, gathering data, presenting evidence, and writing, this book clearly helps students through each stage of doing a research project.

This book is a guide for students progressing through field work to help them review key skills and reinforce their field learning experience.

Interspersed with inspirational quotes and expert guidance from senior administrators at top universities, this book provides all that students in psychology need to map their course to academic and professional success.

This practical, hands-on guide helps beginning researchers create a mixed methods research proposal for their dissertations, grants, or general research studies.

This practical book provides researchers strategic and practical guidance on using text mining methods to analyze large text collections more efficiently and productively.

"This book honors the rich history and impact of traditional Asian healing practices by providing a comprehensive exposition of the history, philosophy, traditional practices, contemporary formulations, and its integration with Western practices." - Fernand Lubuguin, University of Denver

The books aims to help educators understand the value and power of meaningful informal conversations about teaching and to provide all educators with the "mental maps" and practical tools to enable them to conduct meaningful, although frequently informal, professional conversations about practice.

Featuring thirty-one new articles by experts in the field, this dynamic forensic psychology reader emphasizes the ways that forensic psychologists apply psychological knowledge, concepts, and principles on a day-to-day basis.