Focused on the needs of the new classroom researcher and those studying education on Masters-level courses, this is a thorough and thoughtful guide to the research process, covering qualitative, quantitative and mixed research methods.

With a new chapter on the literature review, this accessible step-by-step guide to using the five major approaches to research design is now in a thoroughly revised second edition. The prior edition's user-friendly features are augmented by a new companion website with worksheets keyed to each chapter. For each approach, the text presents a template for a research proposal and explains how to conceptualize and fill in every section.

Interdisciplinary research examples draw on current events a...

Yuval Noah Harari's bestselling phenomenon now in a beautifully packaged new special edition. Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old.

Grafisch ontwerpen biedt praktische informatie voor iedereen die zich bezighoudt met grafische vormgeving op de computer. Deze herziene editie bevat tips en advies over hoe je verschillende soorten projecten ontwerpt en hoe je afbeeldingen en animaties digitaal bewerkt. Daarnaast leer je apps voor tablets en smartphones maken, en ontwerpen voor het web.

The only up-to-date, accessibly written short guide to community development, this third edition offers an invaluable and authoritative introduction. Fully updated to reflect changes in policy, practice, economics and culture, it will equip readers with an understanding of the history and theory of community development, as well as practical guidance on how to do it. This is a key text for all students and practitioners working with communities.

It includes:* a broad overview of core themes, ...

Space is both a product and a prerequisite of social relations, it has the potential to block and encourage certain forms of encounter. In Common Space, activist and architect Stavros Stavrides calls for us to conceive of space-as-commons - first, to think beyond the notions of public and private space, and then to understand common space not only as space that is governed by all and remains open to all, but that explicitly expresses, encourages and exemplifies new forms of social relations a...

Man denke sich den folgenden dichterischen Charakter. Ein Mann, edel und leidenschaftlich, aber auf irgendeine Weise gezeichnet und in seinem Gemüt eine dunkle Ausnahme unter den Regelrechten ... vornehm als Ansnahme, aber vornehm als Leidender, einsam, ausgeschlossen vom Glücke, von der Bummelei des Glücks und ganz und gar auf die Leistung gestellt.« Was Thomas Mann 1907 noch auf Shakespeares ›Othello‹ bezog, gestaltete er selbst vier Jahre später zu Gustav Aschenbach in dieser »No...

We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: with ambition, drive, and talent, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession regardless of where you started out. But with opportunity comes responsibility. Companies today aren't managing their knowledge workers careers.

Instead, you must be your own chief executive officer. That means it's up to you to carve out your place in the world and know when to change course. And it's up to you to keep yourself engaged and productive during a ca...

‘Juf, ik zie een oogdiertje!’ Voor deze leerling die onder de microscoop een andere wereld ontdekt, gaan biodiversiteit, voedselketens en successie leven en wordt ecologie een blijvende belevenis. Dat is hard nodig, want in de hoofden van veel leerlingen is de buitenwereld een invasieve exoot. Daar moeten we in het biologieonderwijs mee concurreren.

Dit boek helpt. Het ‘leren & onderwijzen’ in de titel dekt de inhoud. Ecologische experts leverden leerzame intermezzo’s over actuele e...