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Media, Risk and Scienceby: Stuart Allan
How is science represented by the media? Who defines what counts as a risk, threat or hazard, and why? In what ways do media images of science shape public perceptions? What can cultural and media studies tell us about current scientific controversies? "Media, Risk and Science" is an exciting... |
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Sex Education in Secondary Schools
This book provides a timely consolidation of educational thinking on sex education in schools today, including a consideration of the role of the Health Promoting School. It provides practical guidelines and strategies for introducing, developing and re-visiting key areas of sex education. Some... |
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Spoken English Illuminated
"Spoken English" (by Andrew Wilkinson et al) was published in 1965; it coined the word "oracy" and has been a seminal influence on the increasing emphasis on talking and listening in our classrooms. "Spoken English Illuminated" echoes the title of its predecessor, and uses some quotations from... |
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Abnormal and Clinical Psychology: An Introductory Textbookby: Paul Bennett
"...The breadth of coverage, depth of analysis and scholarship of interpretation are admirable. This textbook will undoubtedly be widely read, routinely consulted and frequently cited by psychologists, psychiatrists and nurses." - Dr Peter Kinderman, Reader in Clinical Psychology, Liverpool... |
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Personality Development
This book draws out the essence of a range of personality theories in a clear and accessible way, moving from the seminal works of Freud and other prominent analytical theorists, to the stage theories of Erikson and Levinson and the development of personality as it is viewed in existential and... |
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Learning from Research: Getting More from Your Databy: Judith Bell
How do I begin to plan my research? How can I be sure that I am collecting useful data and analysing it appropriately? Do I need a sophisticated understanding of statistics in order to carry out high quality research? These are questions which are likely to be of concern to any relatively... |
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Sex Work on the Streets: Prostitutes and Their Clients
This book is the most detailed study ever provided on street prostitution. It is based on three years' research in which the authors interviewed prostitutes and their clients and spent many months working in a red light area. The book makes extensive use of direct quotes from the women and the... |
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Special Educational Needs in the Primary School: A Practical Guideby: Jean Gross
This text explains how teachers can build differentiation into planning lessons and schemes of work. It describes workable strategies for managing the most common behaviour difficulties and meeting special needs in language and mathematics. The book offers practical guidance on developing special... |
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Brief Counselling: A Guide for Beginning Practitionersby: Windy Dryden
This practical book is designed to help beginning counsellors and therapists examine and improve their work. It is addressed to those practitioners who choose to, or are obliged to work within a brief contact; and to all those who recognize the reality that counselling and therapy after turn out... |
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Guide to Learning Independently
This new edition of "A Guide to Learning Independently" will empower you to develop the necessary skills to survive as an informed, independent, and versatile student in the 21st century. The book will help you to: understand yourself and the ways in which you learn and study; plan and... |
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