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.

Veiligheidsdeskundigen zijn nooit populair. Ze vertragen de processen van hen die voor snelle oplossingen zijn. Maar ze voorkomen ook ongevallen en dus processtoringen. Dit doen ze door de toepassing van modellen. Om de snelle beslissers te overtuigen van hun dwalingen en om daarmee mensen te redden. Dit boek is bedoeld voor de beginnende veiligheidskundige. Het wijst u een weg in de chaos van modellen.

Modellen maken het mogelijk om een beetje dezelfde taal te spreken. Als op zo'n moment ver...

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...

In the newly revised Fourth Edition of Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used, prolific author and renowned consultant Peter Block delivers the latest version of his bestselling book. He offers an intuitive and insightful distillation of research and over fifty years of firsthand experience, walking you through the skills, tools, and behaviors you'll need to employ to find success in the wide world of consulting. The book is a deep and contemporary discussion of what you ...