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  • Adult Education in Changing Times

    Learning at the Nexus of Life, Work, and Transitions

    Edited by Michael Bernhard, Stephen Billett, Christiane Hof, Katrin Kraus, Victoria J. Marsick, Peter H. Sawchuk ...
    This insightful book explores adult learning at the intersection of a rapidly changing world of work and society, and the personal, lived experiences of individuals navigating these shifts. It illuminates the social dimensions of adult learning in the contemporary era, highlighting the challenges and opportunities of being able to thrive in times of change.Each carefully curated chapter presents ... Read more

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  • Good work

    the ethics of craftsmanship

    Edited by Harry Kunneman ...
    Building on Richard Sennetts recent work this books tries to clarify the ethical significance of craftsmanship. According to Sennett, `learning to work well is a deep source of personal meaning and of fruitful cooperation. Moreover provides the foundation of citizenship. Learning to master a craft is learning to be curious and patient, to focus on relationships and learn the skills of anticipation ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Facilitating Practitioner Research

    Developing Transformational Partnerships

    by Susan Groundwater-Smith, Jane Mitchell, Nicole Mockler, Petra Ponte, Karin Ronnerman ...
    Facilitating Practitioner Research: Developing transformational partnerships addresses the complex dilemmas and issues that arise in practitioner inquiry. It recognises that facilitating practitioner research is far more than providing advice about method adoption, important as that contribution is; or even modelling research practices and drawing ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Ambiguities of Experience

    by James G. March ...
    Series series Messenger Lectures
    The first component of intelligence involves effective adaptation to an environment. In order to adapt effectively, organizations require resources, capabilities at using them, knowledge about the worlds in which they exist, good fortune, and good decisions. They typically face competition for resources and uncertainties about the future. Many, but possibly not all, of the factors determining ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Complexity and Social Work

    by Hans Van Ewijk ...
    Being socially competent is essential in late modern society. We expect people to find their own accommodation, partner, job, community and lifestyle and struggle to find answers for those who are not able or do not have the opportunity to achieve these things. By placing social complexity, social vulnerability and social efficacy within a framework of social policy and social practice, Complexity ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Management Research

    by Emma Bell, Richard Thorpe ...
    Series series Very Short, Fairly Interesting & Cheap Books
    In Management Research the authors provide a stimulating and critical overview of the key theoretical debates on research paradigms and methodologies, demystifying the process and providing invaluable insights into the politics and practice of research.Conceived by Chris Grey as an antidote to conventional textbooks, each book in the ‘Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap’ series ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Risk Governance

    Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World

    by Ortwin Renn ...
    Series series Earthscan Risk in Society
    �Risk Governance is a tour de force. Every risk manager, every risk analyst, every risk researcher must read this book - it is the demarcation point for all further advances in risk policy and risk research. Renn provides authoritative guidance on how to manage risks based on a definitive synthesis of the research literature. The skill with which he builds practical recommendations from solid ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Beyond Interdisciplinarity

    Boundary Work, Communication, and Collaboration

    by Julie Thompson Klein ...
    Beyond Interdisciplinarity examines the broadening meaning of core concept across academic disciplines and other forms of knowledge. In this book, Associate Editor of The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity and internationally recognized scholar Julie Thompson Klein depicts the heterogeneity and boundary work of inter- and trans-disciplinarity in a conceptual framework based on an ecology of ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Action Research: The Challenges Of Changing And Researching Practice

    by Andrew Townsend ...
    This book offers a practical step-by-step guide to action research and an examination of the underlying principles and challenges. ... Read more

    $37.99 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Higher Education for Sustainable Development

    Edited by Matthias Barth, Gerd Michelsen, Marco Rieckmann, Ian Thomas ...
    Series series Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
    The Routledge International Handbook of**Higher Education for Sustainable Development gives a systematic and comprehensive overview of existing and upcoming research approaches for higher education for sustainable development. It provides a unique resource for researchers engaged in the field of higher education for sustainable development by connecting theoretical aspects of the range of relevant ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Core Social Work

    International Theory, Values and Practice

    by Willem Blok ...
    It is important for practising and trainee social workers to have a full understanding of the work they do and its role in society.This book provides an introduction to 'the essentials' of social work. Written from an international perspective, the author details the core theory, values and practice which unite social workers around the world. He covers professional standards, social work ... Read more

    $27.09 USD

  • Professional Identity and Social Work

    Edited by Stephen A. Webb ...
    How are identities formed among social workers, many of whom perform complex, challenging and ambiguous public sector functions on a regular basis? Why does identity come to matter for professional social work? This book, the first of its kind in the field, examines professional identity in relation to social work by asking how practitioners think of themselves as a "social worker", a professional ... Read more

    $58.99 USD