Offering a clear but critical overview and interrogation of the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Code of Practice 2015, this book provides the context for understanding recent developments in SEND policy reform.

This is a clear, comprehensive, systematic and practical guide to achieving Early Years Teacher Status and meeting the EYT Standards and requirements.

This highly international handbook addresses the most significant research themes, methodological approaches and debates about social media. Leading scholars provide a range of disciplinary perspectives.

This short, easy to read introduction to grounded theory covers each stage of the process from formulating a research question to coding and forming theories from data, helping the reader to employ the method in their research project.

In this concise, lucid and entertaining book, with more than forty maps and illustrations, acclaimed historian John Hirst explores the qualities that have made Europe a world-changing civilisation.

Beginning with a rapid historical overview from the ancient Greeks to the present day (the ‘shortest history’ itself), Hirst goes on to examine what makes Europe unique: its political evolution; the shaping influence of its linguistic boundaries; the crucial role played by power struggles betwe...

This essential guide brings supply chain theory to life. Intended for readers with a business interest in supply chain management, the book covers the key topics in eleven chapters, including planning, sourcing, making, delivering and returning, as well as strategy, people, finance, customer service and outsourcing. Each chapter starts with a brief summary and learning objectives that guide the reader through the text. This second edition also explores digital, sustainability and innovation i...

- International edition of the popular Dutch textbook for Financial Management;

- contains new sources of finance, such as business angel, crowdfunding and credit unions;

- comes with lots of rich online materials for both students and teachers.

This is the additional exercise book of Basics of Financial Management.

Financial Management is the international edition of Basisboek Bedrijfseconomie. A perfect introductory textbook for first year students. Part 1 introduces students to the main e...

Music Thinking is a method to create meaningful collaborations.

Music Thinking is a method to create meaningful collaborations.

Music as a universal principle has the power to connect everyone. The variety of cultures, systems, styles, instruments, emotions, and their underlying patterns and structures can be applied and used for business, society, and individuals. Music Thinking is the quest for the ultimate remix of empathy & strategy, plan & performance, thoughtfulness & playfulness, inspi...

Rhythm is fundamental to life. Rhythm can be perceived in the movement of the sun, the moon and the stars. Rhythm makes our hearts tick and defines our breath, in and out. And even the smallest particle in a microbe is part of rhythmic movements. Rhythm in activities is important for culture, for religion, and for sports, schools and hospitals for example. Yet in social situations, social analyses and in social policymaking, rhythm is not considered as a space of analyses or a space of design.

City Rhythm explores the potential of using rhythm analyses in the physical world and related data domain for enhancing social safety in neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. Rhythm in the physical world happens both in space as well as in time. Rhythm in data can connect to location (instead of persons), thus circumventing the issue of privacy. However, because the data addresses specific times and places, nonetheless the data still addresses significant social issues...

„I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book. It is exceedingly informative and reads extremely well, it has a logical structure throughout and also for me a lovely rhythm and pace.“

Dr Simon Templar, Visiting Fellow, Cranfield Centre for Logistics and

Supply Chain Management, Cranfield School of Management,

Cranfield University, United Kingdom.

“During more than 40 years of engaging with European and global intermodal transport I have seen its development with all the ups and downs that belo...