Books published by SAGE Publications Ltd

Essential reading to support principled assessment decisions in the classroom.

After interviews, the most common data collection instrument undergraduates turn to is a short survey. This requires them to write a questionnaire. Sounds easy - it's not! This LQF shows them how to do it right.

Packed with checklists, this is the foolproof solution to getting interview data quickly and effectively.

A leading Professor of Retail Marketing presents 5 new frames through which students and practitioners can understand and approach the evolving environment of retailing today: Entrepreneurial mindset, Excitement, Education, Experience, and Engagement.

This book has been compiled with the collaboration of your tutors at University of Wales Trinity St David for the L4 CertHE Skills for the Workplace programme delivered in Swansea, Cardiff and London, offering uniformity of delivery to all students regardless of where yoüre studying. This customised textbook incorporates chapters from 11 books and 8 journal articles to offer you a resource which follows your course perfectly, without you having to track down all the books and other readings individually ¿ Oh ¿ and it costs a lot less than if you had to buy them all too! The book is available for stand-alone purchase, but you can save a further £14.99 of the total cost when you buy together with Morgan The Business Student¿s Guide to Study and Employability Bundle ISBN: 9781526439727

This book explores sociology and psychology relevant to nursing and explains why it is so important to understand these disciplines in order to provide holistic, person-centred care. This third edition has been updated according to the latest NMC standards and requirements.

Combining social and political theory, Media Solidarities explores social change, social justice and how the media shapes our understanding of ourselves. Using relevant and rich examples, this text investigates emerging forms of media solidarities in the digital era.

This text is an introduction to learning and teaching in the post compulsory sector, going further than other texts in its exploration of the sector.

The Varieties of Grounded Theory explores the range and depth of grounded theory methodology, and the ways in which discussions in the field have developed and expanded in recent years.

This book introduces major themes surrounding comparative and international education, giving readers a nuanced understanding of key debates and thinkers, as well as the tools necessary to conduct comparisons using secondary sources.

This book provides guidance and insight into 'what mathematics leadership looks like in practice' and shows readers how they can develop from a confident teacher into a curriculum subject leader.

What Do We Know and What Should We Do About Immigration? Is part of a new book series offering short, up-to-date overviews of key issues often misrepresented or simplified in the mainstream media.

What Do We Know and What Should We Do About The Future of Work? is part of a new book series offering short, up-to-date overviews of key issues often misrepresented or simplified in the mainstream media.

What Do We Know and What Should We Do About Inequality? is part of a new book series offering short, up-to-date overviews of key issues often misrepresented or simplified in the mainstream media.

The fashion and luxury industries have been well-established for centuries, but the new disruptive digital environment is causing these industries to rethink their business case and adapt their brand offerings. This exciting new text, the first on this timely subject, offers ways forward through a mixture of research and practice-led examples.

This book gives a broad overview of the issues faced by early career academics as they enter academic life and explores a variety of topics from curriculum planning to employability.

A one-stop shop for anyone undertaking educational research for the first time, this text focuses on the development and application of key skills necessary for successful research.

Structured around three points of focus - experience, practice and reflection - this highly practical book, provides the knowledge and confidence needed to become a skilled coach practitioner.

A step-by-step guide to carrying out clinical skills, such as medicine administration, giving transfusions, catheterisation and other advanced skills.

Packed full of case studies, activities and hints and tips for best practice, this book gives coaching and mentoring trainees the knowledge and skills they need to make the best start in their research career.

In Social Life, the authors highlight, explain, and scrutinize socio-theoretical analyses of contemporary social relations and conditions - put forward by eight modern social theorists - and analyse how these have informed sociological inquiries into people's lives in today's social world.

A Super Quick guide to understanding referencing, and how to correctly cite sources in your assignments to avoid plagiarism.

A Super Quick guide to finding and assessing good sources for your research assignment or project.

A Super Quick guide to planning an academic essay, from setting your structure and developing an argument to staying on topic.

Questioning Performance Measurement: Metrics, Organizations and Power is the first book to interrogate the organizational turn towards performance metrics critically. Performance measurement is used to evaluate a diverse range of activities throughout the private, public and non-governmental sectors. But in an increasingly data driven world, what does it really mean to measure ‘performance’?

A much loved, highly regarded Leadership text which provides a refreshing counterpoint to traditional textbooks. It is not a typical textbook but rather presents a new framework for understanding leadership.

Takes students through a step-by-step approach into the Care Act 2014 by bringing key legislation into the focus of social work law.