Books published by SAGE Publications Ltd

An up-to-date and accessible textbook on teaching mathematics in primary schools, combining practical guidance for the classroom with key theoretical coverage. For those currently training to teach in primary education.

The second edition of a best-selling, market-leading textbook which maps directly onto the undergraduate youth work degree. Kate Sapin, who leads the youth work course at the University of Manchester, has included ample student exercises, points for reflection and references to theory.

Designed for students, scholars, and marketing research practitioners, this book is designed to take readers through the basics to an advanced understanding in qualitative marketing and consumer research.

A comprehensive introduction for CBT & IAPT trainees and new practitioners, this textbook demonstrates how and why CBT can work effectively for children & young people in real world settings.

End of life care and palliative care is core to undergraduate nursing training. Packed with case studies and action points for student reflection, this is only book on the market targeted specifically at nurses and is more succinct than the competing titles which are suitable for those on medical degrees.

A much needed textbook taking students through both the theory and practice of both studying and working in the creative industries.

A long-awaited second edition of this classic cultural studies textbook. A seminal text brought right up to date for a new generation of students and teachers.

A short, authoritative and critical guide to a much-debated concept in social science. From the history of cosmopolitanism to the "cosmopolitan turn" in contemporary society, this book is a must for students attempting to understand human interaction in a postmodern world.

A practical guide to promoting learning and development within health and social care teams

Focuses on how practitioners can engage with continuing professional learning and development. This book is written to support and help busy social workers in front line practice, as well as those in leadership and management roles, to achieve the key aims of continuing professional development (CPD) in a post-qualifying social work context.

An essential guide on effective supervision for managers and their staff.

Written by high-calibre contributors, this new edition covers the ethical issues relevant to researchers today (e.g. digital data sharing/regulation) with a real world focus and practical examples.

This book on effective social work intervention will help students apply and integrate this knowledge in practice, to critically evaluate different methods and to choose the most the effective in any particular set of circumstances.

This book on effective social work intervention will help students apply and integrate this knowledge in practice, to critically evaluate different methods and to choose the most the effective in any particular set of circumstances.

Social and Emotional Learning is currently a dominant theme in education systems across the world. This book is the first truly balanced, critical appraisal of this important field.

Social and Emotional Learning is currently a dominant theme in education systems across the world. This book is the first truly balanced, critical appraisal of this important field.

This four-volume collection brings together some of the most influential and important articles to have come out of the field over the past decades, as well as taking in modern developments which reflect just how vital the subject still is today.

This accessible and student-friendly book is the first to focus specifically on schemas for children under three.

An introduction to key philosphical concepts applied to the funamental issues in management and organizations.

This collection offers a comprehensive and illuminating overview of the main methods used in consumer research and outlines the main theoretical, conceptual and historical debates that are relevant to the area.

This is a compact, yet comprehensive, title that clarifies and explains the main concepts within sociology. It is useful both for new students and for students who wants to refresh their memory and come up with new ideas for essay topics.

In this fully updated and expanded second edition, Carol Grbich provides a guide through current issues in the analysis of qualitative data.

A new edition of the first and only comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the history, theory, research and practice of solution-focused therapy (SFT) within mental health care and beyond.

This is a clear and engaging introduction for students involved with data analysis in criminology and across the social sciences.

A practical introduction to the process of designing, doing and writing up research with children and young people.

Written by one of the world's leading authorities on image-based methods this is the first book to investigate, in depth, the use of photographs and photo images in research. Using real world case studies and over 40 images it explains the conceptual and methodological approaches needed to study photographs and images.

This set provides a highly accessible collection for anyone in business studies wishing to explore in depth, and have readily available, a sizeable number of case study accounts.

Bringing together a wide-ranging selection of articles, written by elite of internationally-renowned scholars, this four-volume collection aims to provide an overview of the many theories of learning, from Aristotle to the present day.

As part of the well-established Counselling in Nutshell Series, this book provides a concise and accessible introduction to the key elements of the theory and practice of Gestalt Therapy for the absolute beginner.