Informed by international research along with contrasting perspectives on different forms of play, this book emphasises the importance of play to children, and the opportunities that play provides for learning and development.

This book explores the professional journeys of well-known psychologists and counselors, examining factors that contributed to their successes and struggles in the field.

Drawing on their expertise in business and education, the authors provide a simple, sustainable framework that will help readers overcome educational inertia to reach new heights of achievement.

Presented from a criminal justice perspective, Cyberspace, Cybersecurity, and Cybercrime introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of cybercrime by exploring the theoretical, practical, and legal framework it operates under, along with strategies to combat it. Authors Janine Kremling and Amanda M. Sharp Parker provide a straightforward overview of cybercrime, cyberthreats, and the vulnerabilities individuals, businesses, and governments face everyday in a digital environment.

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Cybercognition explores the ideas of technology addiction, brain training and much more, and will provide readers with a guide to understanding concepts related to the online world.

Welfare Words analyses a number of keywords and phrases commonly used by policy-makers, news-outlets and wider society, when referring to social policy, welfare reform and social work in the present-day culture of neoliberal capitalism.

This text will provide trainee teachers with the subject knowledge, expert advice and practical solutions needed to offer children the best possible experiences in art, craft and design.

This book is a guide to help schools understand how to deal with the ever-changing issues involving social networking and healthy female development, and provides a starting point of reference for school districts and policy makers.

An accessible, practical guide for anyone involved in local regeneration on effective partnership development, fundraising, and project management, containing illustrations of key points by cartoonist Kipper Williams.

Guiding readers through the Jeffersonian transcription conventions, this book sets out the best practices for successfully transcribing talk and interaction, and covers guides to software and technology and how to transcribe more than just words.