Introducing Communication Research teaches the basics of communication research in an accessible manner by using student-focused real-world examples, engaging application exercises, and up-to-date resources. The Fifth Edition adds coverage of social media and big data, artificial intelligence (AI), and changes in communication brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

This captivating book delves into the complex realm of management and organizational dynamics, focusing on the significance of paradoxes. From the intricate interplay between social obligations and business missions to the tension between stability and change, this textbook unveils the essence of these enduring contradictions. As organizations evolve, paradoxes become defining features, and illustrative cases of this are included throughout the textbook.

Are you looking to use counselling skills to enhance your existing helping role? Are you taking the first steps towards becoming a professional counsellor? This practical guide will provide you with the ideal introduction, showing you what helping and counselling is all about. Part 1: Counselling Skills will introduce readers to the underpinning knowledge and practical tools needed to develop a range of helping skills for use in a variety of helping roles, showing what it means to work safel...

The essential primary English subject knowledge text covering all the knowledge you need to teach primary English.Â

Assuming no prior grammatical knowledge, Understanding Syntax explains and illustrates the major concepts, categories and terminology involved in the study of cross-linguistic syntax. Taking a theory-neutral and descriptive viewpoint throughout, this book: introduces syntactic typology, syntactic description and the major typological categories found in the languages of the world; clarifies with examples grammatical constructions and relationships between words in a clause, including word cla...

A focused guide for trainee and beginning teachers on Adaptive Teaching offering ′how to′ guidance and support for placements and the first years of teaching.

This essential textbook is written to support and guide trainee teachers to understand Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in Primary settings. This book includes:Up to date information on policy and legislationCoverage of the four key areas of needthe role and responsibilities of the teacherworking with support staffand strategies for ensuring an engaging and inclusive learning environmentDirectly linked to the areas of the Core Content Framework, the Early Career Framework and the Te...