Understanding Educational Leadership: Critical Perspectives and Approaches (Courtney Steven J.)(Paperback)

Critical Perspectives on Police Leadership (Davis Claire)(Paperback)

Conventional understanding of power and authority are challenged in this bold new conceptualisation of police leadership. Drawing on empirical research in criminology, sociology and leadership studies, leading authors Claire Davis and Marisa Silvestri critically explore how leadership is

Leadership: Practice and Perspectives (Roe Kevin)(Paperback)

Designed specifically to develop students' understanding of leadership in a variety of contexts, and assuming no prior experience of leadership in the business world, this book is a must-read for students embarking on their study of leadership, while thinking ahead to their own future employment

Leadership Theory: Cultivating Critical Perspectives (Dugan John P.)(Pevná vazba)

An interdisciplinary survey text on leadership theory grounded using critical perspectives Leadership Theory is designed specifically for use in undergraduate or graduate classrooms providing a comprehensive overview of essential theories informing the leadership studies knowledgebase. The text

Understanding and Using Challenging Educational Theories (Aubrey Karl)(Paperback)

Introducing 18 key educational thinkers who have offered challenging perspectives on education, this new edition comes with: - 3 new chapters on Ivan Illich, Loris Malaguzzi and Michael Apple - A glossary of key words related to each theorist's work - A context-setting overview of key themes -

Understanding Education and Economics: Key Debates and Critical Perspectives (Bustillos Morales Jessie)(Paperback)

Understanding Education and Economics explores the multiple ways in which the field of education and schooling has become closely aligned with economic imperatives and interests, and the impact of this on learning and teaching. In particular, the increasing influence of economic arguments, economic

Understanding and Using Challenging Educational Theories (Aubrey Karl)(Pevná vazba)

Introducing 18 key educational thinkers who have offered challenging perspectives on education, this new edition comes with: - 3 new chapters on Ivan Illich, Loris Malaguzzi and Michael Apple - A glossary of key words related to each theorist's work - A context-setting overview of key themes -

Mediatization and Mobile Lives: A Critical Approach (Jansson Andr)(Paperback)

Mediatization and Mobile Lives: A Critical Approach contributes to a complex, situated and critical understanding of what mediatization means and how it works in contemporary life. The book explores the tension between the extended capabilities offered by media technology and growing media

The Critical Eye: Fifteen Pictures to Understand Photography (Rexer Lyle)(Paperback)

The Critical Eye provides a comprehensive approach to the critical understanding of photography through an in-depth discussion of fifteen photographs and their contexts - historical, generic, biographical and aesthetic. Lyle Rexer argues that by concentrating on just a few carefully chosen works it

Understanding Pure Mathematics (Sadler A. J.)(Paperback / softback)

A classic single-volume textbook, popular for its direct and straightforward approach. Understanding Pure Mathematics starts by filling the gap between GCSE and A Level and builds on this base for candidates taking either single-subject of double-subject A

Pragmatism and Educational Research (Biesta Gert J. J.)(Paperback)

This volume offers an overview of the pragmatic understanding of knowledge and the acquisition of knowledge, and its implications for the conduct of educational research. Pragmatism and Educational Research focuses primarily on the work of John Dewey, and examines the relationship between

Child Development: Theories and Critical Perspectives (Shute Rosalyn H.)(Paperback)

Child Development: Theories and Critical Perspectives provides an engaging and perceptive overview of both well-established and recent theories in child and adolescent psychology. This unique summary of traditional scientific perspectives alongside critical post-modern thinking will provide

Understanding and Evaluating Research: A Critical Guide (McGregor Sue L. T.)(Paperback)

Understanding and Evaluating Research: A Critical Guide shows students how to be critical consumers of research and to appreciate the power of methodology as it shapes the research question, the use of theory in the study, the methods used, and how the outcomes are reported. The book starts with

Social Psychology - Traditional and Critical Perspectives (Dickerson Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Social Psychology: Traditional and Critical Perspectives addresses the key issues in social psychology - such as prejudice, aggression, conformity, persuasion, attraction, relationships and prosocial behaviour - in a bold and innovative way. As well as providing detailed coverage of classic and

Critical Perspectives on Cultural Memory and Heritage: Construction, Transformation and Destruction (Apaydin Veysel)(Paperback)

Critical Perspectives on Cultural Memory and Heritage focuses on the importance of memory and heritage for individual and group identity, and for their sense of belonging. It aims to expose the motives and discourses related to the destruction of memory and heritage during times of war, terror,

Critical Thinking Tests - Understanding Critical Thinking Skills and Passing Critical Thinking Tests (How2Become)(Paperback / softback)

Leadership for Educational Psychologists: Principles and Practicalities (Hardy Julia)(Paperback)

Written by and for educational psychologists, this valuable text includes reflections and practical support that will equip professionals to confidently handle the challenges inherent to leadership in the field for decades to come. The book: Meets a need to support new and existing educational

Educational Research: Contemporary Issues and Practical Approaches (Wellington Jerry)(Paperback)

What is educational research? What are its current approaches, methods and methodologies? How should existing literature be reviewed and evaluated critically? What are the key philosophical debates in and on educational research? How should research in education be conducted and how should it be

Expert Humans: Critical Leadership Skills for a Disrupted World (Jenkins Michael)(Paperback)

Expert Humans: Critical Leadership Skills for a Disrupted World examines the critical leadership concepts of Altruism, Compassion and Empathy (ACE) and their application to the great disruptors of today: sustainability, global health, inequality, digital transformation and erosion of trust - from

Lincoln on Leadership for Today: Abraham Lincoln's Approach to Twenty-First-Century Issues (Phillips Donald T.)(Paperback)

The author of the bestselling Lincoln on Leadership offers a fresh perspective on President Lincoln's distinctive management philosophy and applies it to the pressing issues of the present day. Politics, civil rights, war, entitlement programs, federal versus state rights, environmental

Social Work and Poverty: A Critical Approach (Parrott Lester)(Paperback)

Migration, Multilingualism and Education: Critical Perspectives on Inclusion, 91 (Mary Latisha)(Paperback)

Understanding Christian Leadership (Parkinson Ian)(Paperback)

Understanding Christian Leadership offers an examination of a distinctly Christian understanding of leadership offering a critical appraisal of insights from secular theories of leadership, exploring biblical and other theological insights into the nature and practice of leadership. Whilst arguing

Perspective and Projective Geometry (Crannell Annalisa)(Paperback)

Through a unique approach combining art and mathematics, Perspective and Projective Geometry introduces students to the ways that projective geometry applies to perspective art. Geometry, like mathematics as a whole, offers a useful and meaningful lens for understanding the visual world. Exploring

Militarization: A Reader (Gonzlez Roberto J.)(Paperback)

Militarization: A Reader offers a range of critical perspectives on the dynamics of militarization as a social, economic, political, cultural, and environmental phenomenon. It portrays militarism as the condition in which military values and frameworks come to dominate state structures and public