This accessible book details the competencies, functions, and strategies that help members benefit from a positive group culture as they pursue their own learning.

Packed with student-friendly advice and the necessary tools for a rewarding and fulfilling educational experience this book will enable students to excel in their personal and professional lives as they train for their careers as counsellors and within the helping professions.

Uses dance, yoga, and meditation metaphors to help researchers tap into the intuitive and creative side of their research.

A unique text about human mating relationships aimed specifically at a university audience.

The first book to be published on a topic which is rising on the agenda in health studies and public health. The book will be recommended reading for those studying and working in public health and health promotion.

Bringing key developments and debates together in a single volume, this book provides an authoritative guide for students and practitioners embarking on qualitative research in social work and related fields.

A broad range of contributors explore the key themes and debates surrounding international perspectives on early childhood education and care.

This succinct overview focusses on the experience of conducting linguistic ethnography and the role of the researcher, providing readers with both a philosophical and practical introduction

With a strong focus on the theoretical, this book covers both the fundamentals and important applications of realist research and clearly illustrates why scientific realism is of such relevance to the social sciences