Books published by SAGE Publications Ltd

Supported with practical examples, case studies and resources exploring effective practice, Teaching Secondary Music covers the key concepts and approaches which underpin good practice in secondary music education.

A complete guide to carrying out and completing a leadership or management project or dissertation.

This book focuses on quality improvement and shows how to lead practice and show improvement.

Following the great success of the earlier books, this fourth book in the Mathematics Recovery series equips teachers with detailed pedagogical knowledge and resources for teaching number to 7 to 11-year olds.

An invaluable companion for students studying or about to study criminology. Maintaining its clear style and comprehensive coverage of core skills, the book includes a much needed new chapter on plagiarism, and has been updated with additional information on e-resources and the varying educational levels within a degree.

Ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students of business and management undertaking case study research.

This book offers a lifebelt to anyone struggling with the challenges of practising CBT. It examines key obstacles, issues and difficulties that all CBT trainee and practicing therapists encounter over the course of the therapy.

A major new contribution to the field of qualitative data analysis, this book sets out the theory and practice of dialogical approaches.

A superb overview of cultural studies written by a world class authority this book explores where cultural studies has come from, the methodological and theoretical challenges it faces today and sets an agenda for its future development.

Engaging, practical, multidisciplinary textbook for students and practitioners working at all levels, providing comprehensive coverage of the skills and knowledge needed to work with people with learning disabilities in a variety of settings. Written by leading academics and practitioners, this is a case-study-based text drawing on service-user experience.

Built on the belief that strategic management principles are more straightforward than they seem, this textbook has been developed to cover the essential principles of any strategic management course and how to apply them in the real world.

Written by two of the leading names in the field, this book is a truly international, critical analysis of the globalization of policing and its impact on contemporary criminology and criminal justice

The first book on the market giving step-by-step guidance to students on how to do qualitative content analysis.

This book, for all researchers using survey data, presents new ways to assess the data's quality and reliability.

A practical book which takes readers through the process of designing written materials in health care. It will be valuable reading for students on health communication, health promotion and public health programmes, as well as health care professionals.

A timely student-orientated textbook introducing the main concepts, theories and research methods needed to study the family. Adopting a global perspective and containing plenty of critical pedagogy (case-studies, think points, key words, glossary) it's ideal for courses studying the family across the social sciences.

This volume offers reflective yet practical guidance on carrying out critical management research as part of organization and management studies.

With its topical focus and lucid style, this is a thoroughly international analysis of how terrorism and the war on terror is communicated through a variety of global media outlets. The editors and contributors are all very high profile in the field, and the content is both global and interdisciplinary.

This book provides an international, comparative look at aspects of early childhood education and care.

Public health is high on government agendas thanks to the increasing burden lifestyle related illness places on healthcare providers. This book answers the need for a comprehensive text covering the core knowledge, competencies and skills taught to the growing public health workforce.

Practical, no-nonsense, accessible guide to planning, writing and publishing a journal article.

Selected by experts in the field, and with the support of an international advisory board, the articles in this set lay out the philosophical foundations, theoretical orientations, as well as empirical explorations and research into the complex processes of organizing.

The accessible introduction to 'methodology' rather than 'methods' opens students up to critical questions about methodological concepts and frameworks in a way that will appeal to lecturers teaching research in education and wider social sciences.

The definitive text on spatial statistics, from two key figures in the field. A systematic overview of everything an upper level student or researcher needs to know about spatial statistical and geostatistical methods.

Covering a range of current issues and topics, this book explores how psychological approaches can help teachers in key areas of practice.

A comprehensive exploration of the major developments of social psychological theories that have taken place over the past half century

A clear and up-to-date introduction to the organisation of, and the various groups involved in, the healthcare service and healthcare policy for student nurses.

A fully revised edition of a seminal text from a world class authority in tourism. Each chapter has been significantly updated to include fresh data, examples and critical theory and three entirely new chapters have been added. A modern classic.

A practical and engaging text for postgraduate students of strategy, particularly MBAs.

An essential guide to reflective practice for all those undertaking policing degrees.