Books published by SAGE Publications Ltd

Written by a team of experts and with contributions from seminal academics and leading practitioners, this text provides the concise link between theoretical learning and the key practical skills needed to increase students' grades and employability.

This landmark handbook brings together the fundamentals of counselling children and young people, across theory, research, skills and practice. It addresses what every successful trainee or practitioner needs to know in a way that is comprehensive, accessible and jargon-free.

This is your complete guide to acing your assignments and getting the most out of your time at university, packed with tips, diagnostic tools and tutorials to boost your grades.

A broad and integrative student introduction to the conduct and interpretation of scientific research, covering both geography and environmental studies. It offers a clear balance of quantitative vs. qualitative and physical vs. human.

Responding to the growing need for integrative practice and the recent explosion of CBT, this book objectively compares and contrasts CBT and person-centred approaches. It subsequently shows how counsellors can incorporate relevant cognitive and behavioural skills into their work without betraying their humanistic values.

Helping readers to understand what good practice entails, this book provides clear guidance on the rights of young people today. Covering education, social care and welfare, and health this book allows readers to put policy into practice in their setting.

A broad and comprehensive Handbook, edited by leading figures in the field of economic geography.

This text shows how learning stories can help create learner identities and affect education, pedagogy and learning.

The new edition of this groundbreaking text in Organizational Studies has been revised and updated to keep apace with developments within Organizational Culture.

This issue of Index on Censorship celebrates 50 years of English PEN by looking at the impact that imprisonment and persecution has on literature -- and asking what challenges writers continue to face today. Contributors include Margaret Atwood, Lydia Cacho and Maureen Freel

Published in association with the International Sociological Association, this book explores financial, social and political crisis and how they affect urban experiences and so too urban theory.

A comprehensive overview of the fundamental philosophical and methodological problems characteristic of the social sciences, as well as the main approaches and schools of thought within the discipline.

This popular and critically acclaimed Handbook is now available in paperback.

As modern technology multiplies radio's reach, the June issue of Index on Censorship examines the medium and its messengers. Includes contributions from Joe Queenan, Alexei Venediktov and Shirazuddin Siddiqi.

With chapter sequencing following the new Curriculum, this book supports trainee teachers to make use of the opportunities presented in the National Curriculum for effective and engaging Primary Maths teaching.

The only book on the market amongst the plethora of supervision books to look solely at group supervision

A piercing examination of why understanding news journalism matters now more than ever in this age of rapidly changing communication technologies.

Cutting edge and critically acclaimed work on cultural analysis from one of the most well-known and respected authors in cultural studies today.

`It is an easy read but a book with substance; to be read chapter by chapter or to dip into for advice. Yes, I would recommend this book to others. Certainly a book for the staff library and one that I expect to see on many a course reading list' - Management in EducationThis book provides a different approach to management development for teachers holding positions of responsibility in schools below the level of senior management. It argues that practical help for managers in schools lies in developing a sound understanding of the nature of their job rather than following recipes and applying formulae. Instead of offering a how-to-do-it recipe of `tips for teachers' which may or may not be helpful, it provides the means for teachers to analyse their work, its setting, and the attitudes and expectations of their colleagues, so that they can decide which techniques are likely to be helpful.

Written by a highly successful author, based in a centre of teaching excellence, this insightful book shows teachers how they can make use of drawing to help children make sense of the world.

Uniting industry experience with academic expertise, the authors combine marketing communications and advertising with the branding perspective to provide students with a practical planning system and a seven-step approach enabling them to create a consistent and comprehensive marketing plan.

A unique guide to coping and thriving in the NHS today, with practical, practice-focused and evidence-based advice to support students and qualified nurses to build their resilience and manage stress and conflict, as well as nurture their wellbeing.