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The Myth of Depression as Disease: Limitations and Alternatives to Drug Treatment by Allan M. Leventhal 9780275989767
£65.53Depression is commonly thought of as a biological disorder best treated with antidepressant medications. Pharmaceutical companies and many experts promote this view as established in scientific fact. Here, Leventhal and Martell argue that there is scant... -
The Transformative Mind: Expanding Vygotsky's Approach to Development and Education by Anna Stetsenko 9780521865586
RRP: £117.00£100.11The book suggests a transition from a relational worldview premised on the socio-political ethos of adaptation towards a transformative worldview premised on the ethos of solidarity and equality. Expansively developing Vygotsky's revolutionary project,... -
Item Response Theory for Creativity Measurement by Nils Myszkowski 9781009475815
RRP: £49.99£49.85Item-response theory (IRT) represents a key advance in measurement theory. Yet, it is largely absent from curricula, textbooks and popular statistical software, and often introduced through a subset of models. This Element, intended for creativity and... -
The Psychology of Revolution by Fathali M. Moghaddam 9781009433242
RRP: £70.00£63.31Based on decades of psychological research and personal experience, Fathali M. Moghaddam presents a new and dynamic introduction to the psychology of revolution. He sets out to explain what does and does not change with revolution, using the concept of... -
The Psychology of Revolution by Fathali M. Moghaddam 9781009433228
RRP: £22.99£19.56Based on decades of psychological research and personal experience, Fathali M. Moghaddam presents a new and dynamic introduction to the psychology of revolution. He sets out to explain what does and does not change with revolution, using the concept of... -
From Assessment to Feedback: Applications in the Second/Foreign Language Classroom by Inez De Florio 9781009218924
RRP: £70.00£59.13From Assessment to Feedback addresses the need for practical and enriching literature on assessment and feedback in language teaching and learning. De Florio documents research-based forms of assessment and feedback in a succinct and accessible way, as... -
The Cambridge Handbook of Ethics and Education by Sheron Fraser-Burgess 9781009188135
RRP: £69.99£59.12This Handbook provides an interdisciplinary discussion on the role and complexity of ethics in education. Its central aim is to democratise scholarship by highlighting diverse voices, ideas, and places. It is organised into three sections, each examining... -
Applying Benford's Law for Assessing the Validity of Social Science Data by Michael A. Long 9781009123075
RRP: £70.00£63.31Benford's Law is a probability distribution for the likelihood of the leading digit in a set of numbers. This book seeks to improve and systematize the use of Benford's Law in the social sciences to assess the validity of self-reported data. The authors... -
Administratively Adrift: Overcoming Institutional Barriers for College Student Success by Scott A. Bass 9781009094030
RRP: £22.99£19.56The multiple crises of 2020-21 have presented both challenges and opportunities for change in four-year residential colleges and universities. Evidence indicates that the historic structure of administrative and student services is increasingly... -
Freud, Jung, and Jonah: Religion and the Birth of the Psychoanalytic Periodical by Maya Balakirsky Katz 9781009100007
RRP: £85.00£77.00Religion, more than sexuality, cast psychoanalysis in controversy and onto the world stage even as it threatened to dismantle the psychoanalytic collective. In the founding years of the first psychoanalytic periodicals, relational dynamics shaped the... -
Assessment, Equity, and Opportunity to Learn by Pamela A. Moss 9780521880459
RRP: £58.00£52.21Providing all students with a fair opportunity to learn (OTL) is perhaps the most pressing issue facing U.S. education. Moving beyond conventional notions of OTL - as access to content, often content tested; access to resources; or access to... -
The Father: Mythology & Changing Roles by Arthur Colman 9780933029354
£22.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780933029354Author Arthur ColmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Chiron PublicationsPublisher Chiron Publications -
Apnea and Bradycardia Elicited by Facial Airstream Stimulation in Healthy Infants in the First Year of Life: Implications for Detection of Infants at Risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome by Barry Hurwitz 9780530006055
RRP: £80.00£70.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780530006055Author Barry HurwitzFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Dissertation Discovery CompanyPublisher Dissertation Discovery CompanyWeight(grams) 667g -
Apnea and Bradycardia Elicited by Facial Airstream Stimulation in Healthy Infants in the First Year of Life: Implications for Detection of Infants at Risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome by Barry Hurwitz 9780530006048
RRP: £53.00£46.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780530006048Author Barry HurwitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Dissertation Discovery CompanyPublisher Dissertation Discovery CompanyWeight(grams)... -
Applied Intelligence by Robert J. Sternberg 9780521884280
RRP: £71.99£66.07Typical texts develop students' knowledge while only minimally developing the general skills they will need for success in school and in life. The goal of our text is to assist students in acquiring the most important skills for facing the diverse... -
Dynamic Assessment in Practice: Clinical and Educational Applications by H. Carl Haywood 9780521849357
RRP: £71.99£61.97Dynamic assessment embeds interaction within the framework of a test-intervene-retest approach to psychoeducational assessment. This book offers an introduction to diagnostic assessors in psychology, education, and speech/language pathology to the basic... -
Beyond Communities of Practice: Language Power and Social Context by David Barton 9780521836432
RRP: £70.00£63.31The concept of 'communities of practice' (Lave and Wenger 1991, Wenger 1998) has become an influential one in education, management, and social sciences in recent years. This book consists of a series of studies by linguists and educational researchers,... -
Vygotsky's Educational Theory in Cultural Context by Alex Kozulin 9780521821315
RRP: £75.00£68.14This 2003 book comprehensively covers all major topics of Vygotskian educational theory and its classroom applications. Particular attention is paid to the Vygotskian idea of child development as a consequence rather than premise of learning experiences... -
Observational Research in U.S. Classrooms: New Approaches for Understanding Cultural and Linguistic Diversity by Hersholt C. Waxman 9780521814539
RRP: £64.00£57.28The present national reform agendas stress that rigorous content and high expectations be accessible to all students, including students from groups whose achievement has traditionally lagged behind that of the majority culture students. Improving the... -
International Handbook of Intelligence by Robert J. Sternberg 9780521808156
RRP: £125.00£99.14This book is the first international handbook of intelligence ever published. It is intended to prove a truly international perspective on the nature of intelligence. It covers intelligence theory, research, and practice from all over the globe. Areas... -
Life beyond Grades: Designing College Courses to Promote Intrinsic Motivation by Martin V. Covington 9780521805230
RRP: £26.99£22.80This book raises the question of whether or not educators can promote intrinsic motivation among college students when they seem overwhelmingly focused on grades. Indeed, can there be life beyond grades? The answer is 'Yes'. A love of learning can... -
Cognition and Intelligence: Identifying the Mechanisms of the Mind by Robert J. Sternberg 9780521827447
RRP: £67.00£60.02In 1957, Lee Cronbach called on the membership of the American Psychological Association to bring together experimental and differential approaches to the study of cognition. The field of intelligence research is an example of a response to that call,... -
The Culture of Morality: Social Development, Context, and Conflict by Elliot Turiel 9780521808330
RRP: £38.00£34.63A thought-provoking examination of how explanations of social and moral development inform our understandings of morality and culture. A common theme in the latter part of the twentieth century has been to lament the moral state of American society and... -
Integrating Educational Systems for Successful Reform in Diverse Contexts by Amanda Datnow 9780521674348
RRP: £32.99£28.43Linguistic, ethnic, and economic diversity is a major factor influencing how school reform ought to be accomplished at local, state, and government levels. This book examines the issue of successful school reform in diverse communities. It is the first... -
Changing Classes: School Reform and the New Economy by Martin Packer 9780521645409
RRP: £41.99£36.19How do schools help to create the kind of person a child becomes? Changing Classes tells the story of a small, poor, ethnically-mixed school district in Michigan's rust-belt, a community in turmoil over the announced closing of a nearby auto assembly... -
Violence in American Schools: A New Perspective by Delbert S. Elliott 9780521644181
RRP: £30.99£27.17In this volume,experts from a range of disciplines use a variety of perspectives, notably those of public health, criminology, ecology, and developmental psychology, to review research on the causes of youth violence in the nation's schools and... -
Learning with Animation: Research Implications for Design by Richard Lowe 9780521617390
RRP: £30.99£25.85The use of animations has become very common in multimedia teaching and learning. Animations are assumed to increase interest and motivation, to direct attention, to illustrate procedures, and to explain how things work. Research shows that the... -
Speakers, Listeners and Communication: Explorations in Discourse Analysis by Gillian Brown 9780521587051
RRP: £37.99£31.31In this book Gillian Brown draws on a wide range of examples of discourse analysis to explore the ways in which speakers and listeners use language collaboratively to talk about what they can see in front of them and about a series of events. She... -
Constructing School Success: The Consequences of Untracking Low Achieving Students by Hugh Mehan 9780521568265
RRP: £28.99£24.42How can we bolster the academic success of low achieving students and provide a more egalitarian classroom setting? This book describes the process of 'untracking', an educational reform effort that has prepared students from low income, linguistic, and... -
Psychological Theory and Educational Reform: How School Remakes Mind and Society by David R. Olson 9780521532112
RRP: £42.99£36.72For well over a century educational reformers have looked for a breakthrough in the sciences of psychology and pedagogy that would dramatically improve the effectiveness of schooling. This book shows why such an ambition is an illusion. Schools are... -
The Three Cultures: Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and the Humanities in the 21st Century by Jerome Kagan 9780521518420
RRP: £80.00£59.62In 1959 C. P. Snow delivered his now-famous Rede Lecture, 'The Two Cultures,' a reflection on the academy based on the premise that intellectual life was divided into two cultures: the arts and humanities on one side and science on the other. Since then,... -
Rousing Minds to Life: Teaching, Learning, and Schooling in Social Context by Roland G. Tharp 9780521406031
RRP: £43.99£38.63Addressing widespread discontent with contemporary schooling, Roland Tharp and Ronald Gallimore develop a unified theory of education and offer a prescription: the reconstitution of schools as 'educating societies'. Drawing on studies from the family... -
Vygotsky and Education: Instructional Implications and Applications of Sociohistorical Psychology by Luis C. Moll 9780521360517
RRP: £84.99£74.90The seminal work of Russian theorist Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934) has exerted a deep influence on psychology over the past 30 years. Vygotsky was an educator turned psychologist, and his writings clearly reflected his pedagogical concerns. For Vygotsky,... -
The Learning Sciences in Educational Assessment: The Role of Cognitive Models by Jacqueline P. Leighton 9780521194112
RRP: £65.00£58.16There is mounting hope in the United States that federal legislation in the form of No Child Left Behind will improve educational outcomes. As titanic as the challenge appears to be, however, the solution could be at our fingertips. This volume... -
Critical Psychology: Contributions to an Historical Science of the Subject by Charles W. Tolman 9780521031004
RRP: £36.99£31.31Critical psychology constitutes a radical critique and reconstruction of scientific psychology from a dialectical and historical-materialistic point of view. Its aim is to provide a firmer foundation than presently exists for a psychology that is... -
Critical Lessons: What our Schools Should Teach by Nel Noddings 9780521851886
RRP: £30.00£27.40Critical Lessons concentrates on the critical, reflective thinking that should be taught in high schools. Taking seriously the Socratic advice, 'know thyself', it focuses on topics that will help students to understand the forces - good and bad - that... -
Pelmanism: Lesson IX (Classic Reprint) by Pelman Institute of America 9780259470342
£11.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780259470342Author Pelman Institute of AmericaFormat PaperbackPage Count 73Imprint Forgotten BooksPublisher Forgotten Books -
Learning with Animation: Research Implications for Design by Richard Lowe 9780521851893
RRP: £70.00£63.71The use of animations has become very common in multimedia teaching and learning. Animations are assumed to increase interest and motivation, to direct attention, to illustrate procedures, and to explain how things work. Research shows that the... -
Surviving a Shark Attack (On Land): Overcoming Betrayal and Dealing withRevenge Large Print by Laura Schlessinger 9780062002464
RRP: £19.99£18.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062002464Author Laura SchlessingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 187Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 226g -
Psychotherapy in Everyday Life by Ole Dreier 9780521880176
RRP: £77.99£67.65In this book, Dreier shows how clients make therapy work in their everyday lives. Therapy cannot fulfill its purpose until the clients can make it work outside the therapy room in relation to the concerns, people, and places of their everyday lives...