Emmy van Deurzen asks searching questions about the meaning of life, seeking to define what a good life consists of and how therapists might help their clients to live well rather than simply in search of happiness.

Qualitative research is designed to explore the human elements of a given topic, while specific qualitative methods examine how individuals see and experience the world. Qualitative approaches are typically used to explore new phenomena and to capture individuals' thoughts, feelings, or interpretations of meaning and process. Such methods are central to research conducted in education, nursing, sociology, anthropology, information studies, and other disciplines in the humanities, social scien...

Amajor update of an incredibly popular book which explores the everyday issues which all counsellors face, regardless of theoretical orientation.

An interesting and accessible introduction to ethical issues raised by various forms of human use of animals. This textbook avoids moral lecturing and presents a range of ethical viewpoints without defending or applying any specific stance. Readers are encouraged and provoked to reflect for themselves, and to sharpen their own points of view regarding the ethical limits on our use of animals.

They will also gain further understanding of the views held by other people. Early chapters of this i...

Updated with the changes to C#, Beginning C# 2008 Objects: From Concepts to Code introduces complete beginners to C# coding practice with a solid methodological foundation written by two critically–acclaimed experts in the field, already authors of the best–selling Beginning C# Objects.

By building from first principles in object–oriented terminology, then advancing through application design with Unified Modeling Language (UML) into practical examples, Beginning C# 2008 Objects: From C...

The Student's Guide to VHDL is a condensed edition of The Designer's Guide to VHDL, the most widely used textbook on VHDL for digital system modeling. The Student's Guide is targeted as a supplemental reference book for computer organization and digital design courses.Since publication of the first edition of The Student's Guide, the IEEE VHDL and related standards have been revised. The Designer's Guide has been revised to reflect the changes, so it is appropriate that The Student's Guide al...

Innovatie en beleid sorteren in het onderwijs nauwelijks het effect dat zij beogen. De kwaliteit neemt niet toe, de schooluitval blijft hoog, het leraartekort is schreeuwend. Deze innovaties veroorzaken alleen maar onrust.

Op scholen, van basisonderwijs tot universiteit, van onderwijsassistent tot College van Bestuur, heerst het paradigma van het 'centraal geleid onderwijsbeleid'. Centraal geleid onderwijsbeleid ontstaat wanneer onderwijsbeleid en -innovaties door voorschriften opgelegd worden...

Het ziekenhuis heeft door de invoering van de gereguleerde marktwerking steeds meer de rol van ondernemer gekregen. Bij deze nieuwe rol horen nieuwe onderwerpen, zoals het optimaliseren van de zorgportfolio, het bepalen van een marketingstrategie en het vaststellen van verkoopprijzen voor zorgproducten. Deze ontwikkelingen vereisen niet alleen nieuwe vaardigheden van het management, maar ook een herziening van de huidige sturing en beheersing van het ziekenhuis en de instrumenten die hiervoor...