Statistical Methods for Geography is the essential introduction for geography students looking to fully understand and apply key statistical concepts and techniques.

This book is a first steps introduction to cognitive behaviour therapy that will appeal to the interested reader and professionals wanting to learn about the approach.

The SAGE Handbook of Aging, Work and Society offers a critical overview of the most significant themes and topics, with discussions of current research, theoretical controversies and emerging issues.

A critical exploration of the constructions of childhood across the social sciences. It questions common global Northern conceptions of childhood and children by providing a wider lens through which to challenge inherent Eurocentrism.

Introducing students to the research process in a range of educational contexts, this updated Second Edition contains everything they need if they are studying on a research methods course or doing a research project for themselves.

Examining what it takes to be a competent and confident CBT supervisor and using the authors' unique framework of learning - the PURE Supervision Flower - this book equips trainees with the skills and competencies needed to Prepare for, Undertake, Refine and Enhance supervision practice across a wide range of settings.

Fully-updated in line with the new National Curriculum and Teachers' Standards, this Second Edition provides a coherent overview of teaching and learning languages, combining practical strategies for use in the classroom informed by theory and research.

Critical, broad and extensively researched, Understanding New Media remains the essential guide to the new media world, with expanded coverage of key topics, including digital participation, extreme pornography and online radicalization and engaging case studies on topics such as selfies, trolling and gaming addiction.

The author has been involved in a dispute with his employer, Lancaster University, about what he sees as irregularities in the REF process. In this title, he criticizes the REF for discouraging innovation and harming staff morale, and questions the REF's claim to provide 'expert review of the outputs' - the very heart of its legitimacy.

Tackling the questions raised by twenty-first century urbanization, this handbook engages with contemporary debates and contributions to policy as well as looking at recent empirical and methodological shifts in the area