Understanding Digital Societies provides a framework for understanding our changing, technologically shaped society and how sociology can help us make sense of it.

This book provides teaching plans for key numeracy topics, aimed at those working with students aged 9-16 in order build the self-esteem of students who need extra help and give them a basic foundation in number.

Mapped to the 2018 NMC Standards and written with the support of a student advisory board, this is the ultimate resource for developing students' confidence and competence in end of life care.

A step-by-step guide to 50 of the most common nursing skills and procedures.

Nurses work in complex situations with daily challenges, where the needs of each patient represent unique demands. Action research helps nurses to investigate their practices as reflective practitioners, allowing them to ask 'What is going on? How do we understand the existing situation? How do we improve it?'

From aggression to altruism, prejudice to persuasion, Essential Social Psychology, Fourth Edition introduces students to the discoveries and debates that define social psychology today.

Inspiration and Guidance to Develop Collective Teacher Efficacy Collective efficacy, or a shared belief that through collective action educators can positively influence student outcomes, has remained at the top of a list of influences on student achievement in John Hattie’s Visible Learning research. Collective efficacy has been embodied by many educators, though collaboration tends to be focused on building community and relationships, which alone are not enough to move the needle...

First, let's commend ourselves: how in the midst of a pandemic we faculty stepped up at record speed to teach in such a foreign learning environment. Try we did, adapt we did, and learn we did. But to be clear, and we already recognize this, this past spring was less about distance learning and more about crisis teaching.

This time around we have the opportunity to be much more purposeful and intentional, and that’s where The Distance Learning Playbook for College and University Instru...

A step-by-step and practical guide of how to compile a professional portfolio for use throughout nursing programmes and in initial nursing roles, where portfolios are an essential tool for interviews and employee appraisals.

An essential guide for students transitioning from undergraduate to registered nurse. The book covers all topics included on a final year transition module, is suitable for all fields of nursing, and is mapped to the latest NMC standards.