An enlightening and comprehensive guide to the skills required of today's primary teachers. Chapters cover explaining new topics, questioning, facing new classes and problems with supply teachers. more » more »

Dangerous Offenders invites us to rethink the received wisdom on violent and sexual offenders, who seem so feared and so widely debated in this era of unparalleled affluence. Invaluable for students of criminology and sociology of risk. more »

Gathers leading contributors from the fields of communication, cultural studies, anthropology, media studies, sociology and psychology to provide a series of interdisciplinary perspectives on the meaning of 'culture' in contemporary society. more »

Product Info Paul Cooper and Fintan O'Regan have produced a concise and comprehensive guide to including and educating children with AD/HD. more »

Examines the ways in which gender and ethnicity shape the diversity of experiences of dying and bereavement. Drawing on a range of detailed case studies, this collection seeks to develop a more sensitive theoretical approach. more »

Product Info The first collection of cultural studies essays from Australia, selected and introduced for an international readership. more »

Modernist Radicalism and its Aftermath investigates the ways in which Marx, Durkheim, Althusser and Habermas are all drawn towards foundationalism, and offers a framework for the analysis of foundationalism in social theory. more »

Cyborgs@Cyberspace is a compelling and innovative analysis of technology from a cultural perspective. Arguing that humans have always been technological as well as cultural beings, David Hakken calls for a fundamental rethinking of the traditional separation of anthropology and technical studies. Drawing ... more »

Combines historical, political and practical approaches to the questions raised by the election victory. Includes much-needed analysis of the current state of the party and invaluable insight into the context of longer term trends. more »

The way in which special education is conceived varies around the world, and practice varies accordingly. One of the current debates concerns the concepts of mainstreaming, integration and inclusion - and whether these are in fact different concepts, or simply different terminology. This book is based ... more »

Shows how modern political theory can be enriched through an engagement with works of literature. Uses the resources of literature to explore issues such as nationalism, liberal philosophy, utopianism, narrative and the role of theory. more »

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