Flora provides a comprehensive survey of the major statistical procedures, along with an innovative model-based approach, teaching researchers how to understand and choose the best model to fit their data.

The Social Life of Gender provides a comprehensive approach to gender as an organizing social relation and presents a critical sociology based on the unique insights gleaned from the study of gender.

Rooted in evidence-based practice, this book introduces an approach to CBT for depression that integrates cognitive-behavioural models and therapies. It draws on components of first, second and third-wave CBT to help readers tailor therapy to the needs of individual clients.

Rooted in evidence-based practice, this book introduces an approach to CBT for depression that integrates cognitive-behavioural models and therapies. It draws on components of first, second and third-wave CBT to help readers tailor therapy to the needs of individual clients.

"Roberts addresses the subjects that are troubling professionals across the globe, providing a sound theoretical base on which a professional viewpoint can be formed. Complex concepts are presented in a simple way, enabling readers at all stages to grasp difficult and often radical ideas quickly and easily." - Tony Barlow, Birmingham City University

Drawing on research exploring new media practices, this book explains and encourages classroom activity that makes purposeful and appropriate use of new media and is underpinned by a set of guiding principles for teaching literacy in contemporary times.

Guidance and insights into the knowledge, values and commitments necessary to succeed in the primary classroom, supported by links to theory and research literature and realistic scenarios you may encounter as a new teacher.

This comprehensive textbook engages in the essential discussion of what professional leadership means in the context of contemporary social work and why this is considered to be important for the future of the profession.

This book offers an accessible critique of recent Early Childhood Educational Research, taking an international perspective, and highlighting strengths and key focus areas within the field. It will also identify areas where researchers have yet to offer significant insights that support the development of theory, policy and practice.

This book explores what reasoning is and what it is not. It includes background theory and a rationale for primary teachers alongside examples of how reasoning in primary mathematics and science classes can develop.