Onderzoeksbevindingen uit de humane wetenschappen worden te pas en te onpas ingeroepen in het publieke debat. Dit boek verduidelijkt de methoden waarmee die wetenschappers tot hun conclusies komen. Dat helpt hun onderzoek beter naar waarde te schatten.

Het boek legt voor verschillende wetenschapsdisciplines uit wat deze bestuderen, hoe ze te werk gaan en wat de verdiensten en beperkingen van hun werkwijze zijn. Het bevat hoofdstukken over zowel literatuurstudies (geschiedenis, theologie, rec...

De mens heeft altijd de neiging zich te vergelijken met de toonaangevende technologie van zijn tijd. Steeds weer gaan we de concurrentiestrijd aan met datgene wat we zelf hebben gecreëerd. Nu zijn dat computers en robots – kunstmatige intelligentie. Ons ideale mensbeeld lijkt op dat van een superrobot: extreem slim, voorspelbaar en in staat tot het leveren van topprestaties. Al vanaf de geboorte wordt daarom alles wat we doen en kunnen gedocumenteerd, in curves gegoten en vergeleken met wa...

The Handbook of Coaching Psychology: A Guide for Practitioners provides a clear and extensive guide to the theory, research and practice of coaching psychology. In this new and expanded edition, an international selection of leading coaching psychologists and coaches outlines recent developments from a broad spectrum of areas. Part One examines perspectives and research in coaching psychology, looking at both the past and the present as well as assessing future directions.

Part Two presents a...

This is a new edition of a bestselling introductory counselling textbook. Richard Nelson-Jones is an established and much loved author who's books have helped to train thousands of counsellors and therapists.

A concise guide to understanding assessments in counselling and psychotherapy.

Insightful, relevant and comprehensive, this book explains how offender rehabilitation has developed historically and in recent years.

Offering a practical and evidence-based guide to all aspects of the therapeutic relationship in counselling and psychotherapy, this book helps trainee and practising therapists facilitate a strong working alliance with each of their clients.

With contributions from across the globe, this is the first book of its kind to focus specifically on the ethics of education research. Part of the popular BERA/SAGE Research methods in Education series.

The past decade has seen increased attention to cost-effectiveness and benefit-cost analysis in education as administrators are being asked to accomplish more with the same or even fewer resources, philanthropists are keen to calculate their "return on investment" in social programs, and the general public is increasingly scrutinizing how resources are allocated to schools and colleges. This text (titled Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in its previous editions) is the only full-length book to p...

An exciting new book from the bestselling author and series editor, Colin Feltham. This book thoroughly examines key questions and topics in counselling and psychotherapy.