We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change (Horton Myles)(Paperback)

The Handbook of Behavior Change (Hagger Martin S.)(Paperback)

Social problems in many domains including health, education, social relationships, and the workplace have their origins in human behavior. The documented links between behavior and social problems has compelled governments and organizations to explore ways to effectively intervene to promote

What We Made: Conversations on Art and Social Cooperation (Finkelpearl Tom)(Paperback)

In What We Made, Tom Finkelpearl examines the activist, participatory, coauthored aesthetic experiences being created in contemporary art. He suggests social cooperation as a meaningful way to think about this work and provides a framework for understanding its emergence and acceptance. In a series

Intersections of Financial Literacy, Citizenship, and Spirituality: Examining a Forbidden Frontier of Social Education (Lucey Thomas A.)(Paperback)

Conversations about social education curricula largely neglect elements of spirituality and consciousness. This omission undermines the quality of the learning that occurs. This book presents spirituality as a legitimate basis for reframing these social decision-making by examining how revisiting

Social Cognition: From Brains to Culture (Fiske Susan T.)(Paperback)

The social world is complicated and our minds are limited, so we take shortcuts. We have to make quick decisions - this person is dangerous, this one is not. The shortcuts we take mostly work well enough, because, after all, we survive. But some are deeply unjust, including racial or social class

Class Matters: Inequality and Exploitation in 21st-Century Britain (Umney Charles)(Paperback)

Despite many changes to society, education, and the labor market, social class remains a fundamental force in British life in the twenty-first century. Yet we have lacked any compelling Marxist analysis of class in Britain today--until now. Charles Umney here moves Marx from the mills and mines

Sociology: A Very Short Introduction (Bruce Steve)(Paperback)

Drawing on studies of social class, crime and deviance, education, work in bureaucracies and changes in religious and political organizations, this Very Short Introduction explores the tension between the individual's place in society and society's role in shaping the individual, and demonstrates

The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny (McGraw Peter)(Paperback)

Part road-trip comedy and part social science experiment, a scientist and a journalist 'shed fascinating light on what makes us laugh and why' (New York Post).Two guys. Nineteen experiments. Five continents. 91,000 miles. The Humor Code follows the madcap adventures and oddball experiments of

The Long Road Turns to Joy: A Guide to Walking Meditation (Nhat Hanh Thich)(Paperback)

One of the few books focused completely on mindful walking and walking meditation. This revised edition of the best-selling title (nearly 80,000 copies sold to date) includes over 30 percent new material--including new walking meditation poems and practices--and provides a practical and

Teacher Education (Mohan Radha)(Paperback / softback)

Teacher education is at the base of all educational systems. To make it effective, we need an education system that equips the teacher trainees with the necessary skills to perform their tasks effectively in the classroom. This book discusses how to train teachers, improve teacher education

Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice (Aguilar Elena)(Paperback)

Your Guide to Creating Equitable Schools If we hope to interrupt educational inequities and create schools in which every child thrives, we must open our hearts to purposeful conversation and hone our skills to make those conversations effective. With characteristic honesty and wisdom, Elena

Why We Make Art: And Why It Is Taught (Hickman Richard)(Paperback)

In this thorough and accessible text, Richard Hickman rejects the current vogue for social and cultural accounts of the nature of art-making in favour of a largely psychological approach aimed at addressing contemporary developmental issues in art education. This second edition will be an important

The University Challenge: Changing Universities in a Changing World (Byrne Edward)(Paperback)

More than ever, we need our universities to be engines of change and social justice. Universities can play a major role in making this complex and changing world a better place, helping economies and societies to adapt and respond to the grand challenges we face, from tackling climate change to

Walking Methods: Research on the Move (O'Neill Maggie)(Paperback)

This book introduces and critically explores walking as an innovative method for doing social research, showing how its sensate and kinaesthetic attributes facilitate connections with lived experiences, journeys and memories, communities and identities. The book situates walking methods

Walking Methodologies in a More-than-human World: WalkingLab (Springgay Stephanie)(Paperback)

As a research methodology, walking has a diverse and extensive history in the social sciences and humanities, underscoring its value for conducting research that is situated, relational, and material. Building on the importance of place, sensory inquiry, embodiment, and rhythm within walking

Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World (Ebrahim Alnoor)(Pevná vazba)

The social sector is undergoing a major transformation. We are witnessing an explosion in efforts to deliver social change, a burgeoning impact investing industry, and an unprecedented intergenerational transfer of wealth. Yet we live in a world of rapidly rising inequality, where social sector

Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (Brown Adrienne Maree)(Paperback)

How do we make social justice the most pleasurable human experience? How can we awaken within ourselves desires that make it impossible to settle for anything less than a fulfilling life? Author and editor adrienne maree brown finds the answer in something she calls 'pleasure activism,' a politics

How We Learn - The New Science of Education and the Brain (Dehaene Stanislas)(Paperback / softback)

Nutrition Counseling and Education Skill Development (Bauer Kathleen D.)(Paperback)

Develop the solid foundation in counseling and education principles you need to help clients change food behavior and improve their nutritional status with NUTRITION COUNSELING AND EDUCATION SKILL DEVELOPMENT, 4th Edition. Now in striking full color and with engaging digital resources in MindTap,

Social Media Recruitment: How to Successfully Integrate Social Media Into Recruitment Strategy (Headworth Andy)(Paperback)

As the landscape of recruiting changes, different methods are needed to reach talent, and social media is a key channel. However, many HR and recruiting professionals are not equipped with the expertise to create a social media recruiting strategy.In a series of easy to follow chapters and

My Education - A Book of Dreams (Burroughs William S.)(Paperback / softback)

A book of dreams that cover themes from the mundane and ordinary - conversations with the author's friends Allen Ginsberg or Ian Sommerville, feeding his cats, procuring drugs or sex - to the erotic, bizarre and

Field Instruction in Social Work Education: The Indian Experience (Nair Roshni)(Paperback)

This book aims to educate the social work educators and field work supervisors about the importance of quality field work supervision and the effective strategies to provide field instruction to students. This is critical in professional social work education where a social work student completes

Probability Essentials (Jacod Jean)(Paperback)

We have made small changes throughout the book, including the exercises, and we have tried to correct if not all, then at least most of the typos. We wish to thank the many colleagues and students who have commented c- structively on the book since its publication two years ago, and in particular

Walking Wounded (McIlvanney William)(Paperback)

These are the stories of the casualties of social and emotional struggle, who defy defeat with humour, resilience and inspiring faith in their dreams. The walking wounded.These are the stories of ordinary

One Tree, One King and the Open Road - Battle for Change (Ashutosh Lavanya Regunathan)(Paperback / softback)