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  • Growing Up in a Changing Society

    Edited by Ronnie Carr, Paul Light, Martin Woodhead ...
    Series series Child Development in Social Context
    The final reader in the Child Development in Social Context series shows how the study of child development is inevitably bound up in more ephemeral cultural ideas about the nature and needs of children and in the educational practices that rise from these ideas. Some readings point to the dangers which can arise from the meeting of science and cultural values, using for illustration studies of ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • Learning to Think

    Edited by Paul Light, Sue Sheldon, Martin Woodhead ...
    Series series Child Development in Social Context
    The popular image, derived from Piaget, of the child as a solitary thinker struggling to construct a personal understanding of the mathematical and logical properties of the physical world has given way in recent years to a view of children's learning and thinking as embedded in social relationships. This shift is here reflected in a set of readings which show the child being initiated into shared ... Read more

    $68.70 CAD

  • Context and Cognition

    Ways of Learning and Knowing

    Edited by Paul Light, George Butterworth ...
    Series series Psychology Library Editions: Cognitive Science
    Originally published in 1993, the study of cognitive development in children had moved from a focus on the intellectual processes of the individual studied in relative isolation, as in the classic work of Piaget, to a concern in the 1970s and 1980s with social cognition characterized by Vygotsky's views. In the years following, the trend toward an understanding of the situated nature of cognition ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • Learning with Computers

    Analysing Productive Interactions

    Edited by Paul Light, Karen Littleton ...
    Contrary to the belief that computers isolate users, Karen Littleton and Paul Light demonstrate that learning with computers is often a collaborative and social activity. Learning with Computers brings together a significant body of research that shows how working with others at the computer can be beneficial to learners of all ages, from the early school years to the highest levels of education. ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

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    $116.99 CAD

  • Language Testing Reconsidered

    Edited by Janna Fox, Mari Wesche, Doreen Bayliss, Liying Cheng, Carolyn E. Turner, Christine Doe ...
    Series series Actexpress
    Language Testing Reconsidered provides a critical update on major issues that have engaged the field of language testing since its inception. Anyone who is working in, studying or teaching language testing should have a copy of this book. The information, discussions, and reflections offered within the volume address major developments within the field over the past decades, enlivened by current ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Psychology of Interpersonal Behaviour

    by Michael Argyle ...
    The first edition of this book outlined what amounted to a breakthrough in the analysis of social behaviour. Since then it has become widely used as an introductory textbook of social psychology. It is invaluable to anyone interested in the subject or whose work involves dealing with people, as well as anyone who wants to know how to make friends and influence people. For this new, fifth edition, ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Teaching for Understanding

    What it is and how to do it

    by Douglas P Newton ...
    First published in 2012. Why does understanding really matter? Why do some learners fail to understand? At a time when league tables can be everything, examination grades matter. Perhaps more than many would admit, the cost is a lack of understanding. The new edition of Teaching for Understanding provides practical advice about how to support understanding in both children and adults. It is for ... Read more

    $76.94 CAD

  • Successful Qualitative Research

    A Practical Guide for Beginners

    by Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke ...
    ***Shortlisted for the BPS Book Award 2014 in the Textbook Category**Winner of the 2014 Distinguished Publication Award (DPA) from the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP)***Successful Qualitative Research: A Practical Guide for Beginners is an accessible, practical textbook. It sidesteps detailed theoretical discussion in favor of providing a comprehensive overview of strategic tips and ... Read more

    $89.59 CAD

  • How Children Learn - Book 4

    From Steiner to Dewey - Thinking on Special Educational Needs and Inclusion

    by Shirley Allen ...
    Series Book 4 - How Children Learn Series
    The comprehensive guide to the most influential theorists and their ideas on how children with special educational needs learn and develop. ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Analysis in Qualitative Research

    by Hennie R Boeije ...
    Written for anyone beginning a research project, this introductory book takes you through the process of analysing your data from start to finish.The author sets out an easy-to-use model for coding data in order to break it down into parts, and then to reassemble it to create a meaningful picture of the phenomenon under study. Full of useful advice, the book guides the reader through the last ... Read more

    $106.39 CAD

  • Disability Studies

    A Student′s Guide

    Edited by Colin Cameron ...
    This textbook brings together a wide range of expert voices from the field of disability studies and the disabled people′s movement to tackle the essential topics relevant to this area of study. From the outset disability is discussed from a social model perspective, demonstrating how future practice and discourse could break down barriers and lead to more equal relationships for disabled people ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD