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  • Learning a Language at Fifty

    Following One Adult Learner Through Three Years of Italian From Hello to Reading Calvino

    by Dr. Beatrice Aldgat ...
    Learning a Language at Fifty combines memoir, research, and practical insight to explore what it is really like to learn a new language later in life. Written by a linguist documenting her own multi-year journey to fluency in Italian, the book offers an honest look at the challenges and rewards of adult language learning. Rejecting promises of quick fluency and language-learning shortcuts, the ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Handbook for Practice Learning in Social Work and Social Care, Third Edition

    Knowledge and Theory

    by Steven Shardlow, Jane Aldgate, Alastair Gibson, Judith Brearley, Brigid Daniel, Daphne Statham, Michael Sheppard, Geraldine Macdonald, Peter Marsh, Steven Walker, Colin Keenan, Rob MacKay, Alan Barr, Robert Buckley, Fiona Feilberg, Jan Fook, Ian Fisk, Terry Maclean, Sheila Slessor, Amy Richert, Janine Bolger, Amy Clark, Mike Shepherd, Hazel Kelmshall, David Humphrey, Pauline Hardiker, Mary Barker, Heather Munro, Rory Lynch, Patricia Kearney, Neil Gibson, Prof Mark Doel ...
    This fully updated and expanded third edition of a classic text provides a comprehensive introduction to key theory, knowledge, research and evidence relating to practice learning in social work and social care.It outlines the theories that underpin social care practice, the main assessment models and interventions, and also offers guidance on the effective implementation of assessment across a ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • Child Well-Being

    Understanding Children's Lives

    by Sylda Langford, Peter Pecora, Markell Harrison-Jackson, Asher Ben-Arieh, John Rowlands, Johnathan Bradshaw, Anne-Marie Brooks, J Aldgate, Roger Morgan, Pat Dolan, Jonathan Bradshaw1, John Rowland2, Pamela Munn3, Sinead Hanafin4, Professor Colette McAuley5 ...
    Child well-being, which covers everything from family relationships to their material well-being, is now increasingly being talked about in policy and practice nationally and internationally. However, a lack of clarity remains about what the idea really means and how it can help children.This book brings together contributions from international experts in order to define child well-being and to ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • The Developing World of the Child

    by Anna Gupta, Gillian Schofield, David Quinton, Hedy Cleaver, Brigid Daniel, Janet Seden ...
    This important text shows how child development theory applies to professionals' working practice. Considering theories of development throughout the lifespan from the early years through to adolescence, and transitions to adulthood, this resource is essential reading for a range of professionals including social workers, teachers, and health and mental health professionals. The authors build up ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Improving Outcomes for Children and Families

    Finding and Using International Evidence

    by Robyn Munford, Anat Zeira, Robin Spath, Patricia McNamara, Barbara Pine, Hans Grietens, Kirk O'Brien, Colleen Reed, Kate Holmes, Jackie Sanders, Nina Biehal, Anne Nicoll, Marion Brandon, Arron Fain, Chris Warren-Adamson, Bruce Maden, Peter Pecora, Mark Ezell, June Thoburn, Marianne Berry, CATHERINE ROLLER ROLLER WHITE ...
    Series series Child Welfare Outcomes
    Significant amounts of money and resources are spent on child and family services, so successful evaluation of whether or not they are achieving the best outcomes is therefore essential.This edited collection offers an international perspective on the challenges of designing and undertaking outcome-based evaluation of child and family services. With contributions from leading international experts ... Read more

    $115.49 CAD

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  • The Blackwell Companion to Social Work

    Edited by Martin Davies ...
    Fully revised and restructured, this fresh edition offers students and trainee social workers an incisive and authoritative introduction to the subject. As well as entirely new sections on theory and practice, the expert contributions which have shaped the companion’s leading reputation have been updated and now include innovative standalone essays on social work theory.Comprehensively reworked ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Big Questions in ELT

    by Scott Thornbury ...
    For two years now I've been regularly blogging about ELT-related issues that have caught my attention. The topics have been loosely organized around the format of an encyclopaedic dictionary I'd published previously, called An A-Z of ELT. I've since clocked up over a hundred posts that in turn have attracted thousands of comments comprising I don't know how many tens of thousands of words.A couple ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Hundred Languages of Children

    The Reggio Emilia Experience in Transformation

    Edited by Carolyn Edwards, Lella Gandini, George Forman ...
    Why does the city of Reggio Emilia in northern Italy feature one of the best public systems of early education in the world? This book documents the comprehensive and innovative approach that utilizes the "hundred languages of children" to support their well-being and foster their intellectual development.Educators in Reggio Emilia, Italy, use a distinctive innovative approach that supports ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

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  • The Language Teacher Toolkit (Second edition)

    by Gianfranco Conti, Steve Smith ...
    This is a new edition of the best-selling handbook for language teachers. Written by two teachers with long experience, the book marries findings from second language acquisition and cognitive science research to everyday classroom practice. Its 20 chapters cover a wide range of areas including:Language teaching methodsIntercultural understandingListening, speaking, reading and writingTeaching in ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Integrating Social Work Theory and Practice

    A Practical Skills Guide

    by Pam Green Lister ...
    Series series Student Social Work
    All social work students study theory and undertake practice placements. Integrating the two – so that each informs the other – is both essential and notoriously tricky. This accessible book demystifies the process and offers helpful evidence-based strategies for doing it successfully.Structured around different approaches to learning, Integrating Social Work Theory and Practice covers:Adult and ... Read more

    $76.99 CAD

  • Social Work Skills And Knowledge: A Practice Handbook

    by Pamela Trevithick ...
    A leading text in the field of social work skills and methods, illustrating how these two are linked, with a grounding in theory. ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • How to Get Really Good at Italian: Learn Italian to Fluency and Beyond

    by Polyglot Language Learning ...
    Millions of people learn Italian but only a very small percentage of learners can actually speak it fluently. Why is that?People in general are quick to point out that some are naturally built more than others to learn Italian and other languages. This is not necessarily true, however, since we have all come to learn and speak our native language fluently.If you find yourself overwhelmed trying to ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus