An up-to-date, clear and practical guide to understanding and using SEM - authored by a world-renowned researcher in the field who can incorporate his own data to show how the method is applied

This book is a "survival guide" for students and researchers who would like to conduct a qualitative study with limited resources.

Unlike other books about coaching, Making Sense of Coaching examines the process of coaching rather than its techniques and goals and addresses issues such as the problematic relationship between coach and coachee in business coaching when the explicit goal is to improve individual performance within an organisation.

Introducing the idea of 'granular ethnography', this interdisciplinary text shows readers how to take ethnography's theoretical foundations into account and clearly lays out the importance of doing so.

The third of three edited texts in the Cultures and Globalization series, boasting a truly international set of contributors.

An expansion of Baxter's earlier award winning work on relationship communuication and 'relational dialectics theory', the 1996 Relating Dialogues and Dialectics (co-authored with Barbara Montgomery).

In this unique text, Digby Tantam brings together the many different professional and theoretical perspectives of well-being, unpacking the complexities of each to help students understand what well-being means in their chosen field.

A critical introduction to this increasingly popular subject from one of the most highly regarded authors in the field. The perfect balance between theory and practice.

This easy-to-read book answers teachers' legal questions regarding employment and instruction. Key topics include tenure, collective bargaining, academic freedom, copyright law, safety, and student bullying.

This resource helps teachers to learn how current research and theory from educational psychology can be applied to create child-centered learning environments and developmentally appropriate practices.