Child safety is everybody's concern, but much professional activity is misinformed or based on a misrepresentation of the facts, and preventative action is rarely adequately evaluated. Written by researchers with an active role in social policy, this text challenges our understanding of the problem of child safety and points to the impotence of educational approaches based on knowledge enhancement. The message is that improving children's knowledge has little or no effect on their behaviour. From the physical abuse of young children to drug abuse in adolescence, this work presents a radical...
Child safety is everybody's concern, but much professional activity is misinformed or based on a misrepresentation of the facts, and preventative acti...
The robust, real-world approach makes this book appropriate for practitioner researchers and postgraduate students up to PhD level. Covers distance and face-to-face interviewing, from the un-structured and naturalistic to the highly structured, focused and time-efficient.
The robust, real-world approach makes this book appropriate for practitioner researchers and postgraduate students up to PhD level. Covers distance an...
The Research Interview acts as an aid to students and professionals who aim to achieve high standards of research, either when training in research methods is unavailable or when practical guidance is needed.This book provides a comprehensive knowledge of the basic techniques of interviewing as well as lessons in controlling an interview schedule, using the techniques of questioning prompting and probing and analyzing the contents of interviews.
The Research Interview acts as an aid to students and professionals who aim to achieve high standards of research, either when training in research...
Observation Techniques is a comprehensive guide to what is arguably the most direct and valid method of research because the resulting data is derived from what people actually do rather than what they say they do. It covers: * understanding the value of observation* setting up the observation* developing structured or unstructured techniques.
Observation Techniques is a comprehensive guide to what is arguably the most direct and valid method of research because the resulting data is deri...
Small-Scale Social Survey Methods is a comprehensive guide to the successful design and implementation of surveys as a research method. It covers: * finding the right group to respond to the survey* developing the right questions to ask* understanding the different types of sampling* analysing the data produced by the survey.
Small-Scale Social Survey Methods is a comprehensive guide to the successful design and implementation of surveys as a research method. It covers: ...
First published in 1987. Most non-handicapped children entering school are prepared for the school curriculum in that they have acquired, incidentally, a range of skills that are needed for school-type attainments (reading, numbers, etc.). However, by definition mentally handicapped children make slower progress and do not learn so easily in this indirect fashion.
This book is a manual presenting a programme which sets specific objectives and methods by which mentally handicapped children can be taught the basic prerequisites of school success. Implicit in this intention is the...
First published in 1987. Most non-handicapped children entering school are prepared for the school curriculum in that they have acquired, incidenta...
