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Improving Learning eBook Series

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  • Improving Research through User Engagement

    by Mark Rickinson, Judy Sebba, Anne Edwards ...
    Series series Improving Learning
    There are increasing calls for social science researchers to work more closely with research users. References to engaging users in and with research are now common in research funding requirements, national research strategies and large-scale research programmes. User engagement has therefore become part of the rhetoric of educational and social science research. But what is user engagement, how ... Read more

    S$ 92.14 SGD

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  • Integrating Social Work Theory and Practice

    A Practical Skills Guide

    by Pam Green Lister ...
    Series series Student Social Work
    All social work students study theory and undertake practice placements. Integrating the two – so that each informs the other – is both essential and notoriously tricky. This accessible book demystifies the process and offers helpful evidence-based strategies for doing it successfully.Structured around different approaches to learning, Integrating Social Work Theory and Practice covers:Adult and ... Read more

    S$ 77.01 SGD

  • Understanding Social Work Practice in Mental Health

    by Victoria Coppock, R. W. Dunn ...
    ′An excellent introduction to the main themes of social work and mental health. It provides a comprehensive summary of contemporary debates and perspectives around mental health practice. I would recommend this to all social work students.′ - Philip O′Hare, University of Central Lancashire"This book is a timely restatement of the central role of social work in mental health. In this important work ... Read more

    S$ 100.38 SGD

  • An Introduction To Social Work Practice

    by Melanie Parris ...
    This workbook provides ideal preparation for students wanting to become self aware and self evaluative before moving into practice for the first time. ... Read more

    S$ 51.98 SGD

  • Learning Outside the Academy

    International Research Perspectives on Lifelong Learning

    Edited by Richard Edwards, Jim Gallacher, Susan Whittaker ...
    This book weaves together different strands of research in the area of lifelong learning that concentrates particularly on learning in alternative settings and ways, such experiential learning and informal and community learning. Drawing upon international research, the book examines how these strands of research can contribute to each other.The contributions to this book are based on material ... Read more

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  • Computer Mediated Communication

    by Crispin Thurlow, Lara Lengel, Alice Tomic ...
    This book offers students a task-based introduction to Computer-Mediated Communication and the impact of the internet on social interaction. Divided into four parts which require students to learn, (theory), critique, (current issues), explore, (methods), and reflect, (practice), the book aims to:Provide a foundation to the social and communicative nature of information and communication ... Read more

    S$ 133.19 SGD

  • Evidence-Based Policy Making in the Social Sciences

    Methods That Matter

    Edited by Gerry Stoker, Mark Evans ...
    Drawing on the insights of some of the world’s leading authorities in public policy analysis, this important book offers a distinct and critical showcase of emerging forms of discovery for policy-making. Chapter by chapter this expert group of social scientists showcase their chosen method or approach, showing the context, the method’s key features and how it can be applied in practice, including ... Read more

    S$ 62.12 SGD

  • Social Work

    A Companion to Learning

    Edited by Karen Postle, Mark E F Lymbery ...
    ′This engaging and stimulating book is well placed to become a key text in many student social workers′ redaing lists′ - Journal of Interprofessional Care`[An] excellent book, abounding with conceptual insights, bursting with research and evidence-based reasoning, and pretty comprehensive in the spread of topics. [It] contains plenty of though-provoking material in nice sized chunks that ... Read more

    S$ 124.03 SGD

  • Understanding and Using Theory in Social Work

    by Juliette Oko ...
    Series series Transforming Social Work Practice Series
    Understanding how theory informs social work practice is an area that students can find challenging and complex. This book helps students to understand how theory impacts and informs social work practice. Updated with a new introduction by the author, subjects covered include values and ethics, organisational contexts and putting theory into practice. There is a chapter on the relationship between ... Read more

    S$ 81.19 SGD

  • Educational Research and Policy-Making

    Exploring the Border Country Between Research and Policy

    Edited by Lesley Saunders ...
    This book provides a fascinating insight into the sometimes troubled relationship between ‘research’ and ‘policy-making’ in education. It shows how each of these areas of social and intellectual endeavour is in a state of dynamic change and how, as a result, they are becoming more mutually inter-permeable and posing increasingly challenging problems for each other. It suggests a number of ... Read more

    S$ 82.51 SGD

  • Social Care, Service Users and User Involvement

    by Philip Cotterell, Jason Lim, Zemikael Habte-Mariam, Karen Newbigging, Jennie Fleming, Patsy Staddon, Victor Forrest, Colin Barnes, Louca-Mai Brady, Mandy Paine, Jennifer Taylor, Anita Wilkins, Helen Bowers, Beverley French, Maggie Brennan, Martin Hoban, Mick McKeown, Arne Kristiansen, Kath Browne, Leela Bakshi, Alastair Roy, Angela Sweeney ...
    Series series Research Highlights in Social Work
    Social Care, Service Users and User Involvement provides a definitive introduction to practical, philosophical and theoretical issues at the heart of user involvement.This book provides an accessible account of the latest research findings regarding user involvement on three levels: the delivery and provision of services, practice and practitioners, and research and evaluation. It explores a wide ... Read more

    S$ 43.15 SGD

  • Evidence-based Practice in Social Work

    by Ian Mathews, Karin Crawford ...
    Series series Thinking Through Social Work Series
    At a time when the credibility of social work is again being questioned, this book offers a critical approach to the debate concerning the reliability and validity of the evidence, research and knowledge that underpins professional social work practice. It critiques the notion of ′evidence′ and argues that ′knowledge′ is a much broader, more appropriate concept to consider. There is analysis of ... Read more

    S$ 89.37 SGD