Gordon Wells 
Dialogic Inquiry [PDF ebook] 
Towards a Socio-cultural Practice and Theory of Education

Understanding the psychodynamics of groups has derived from the two separate strands of theory and practice, resulting in two separate disciplines: group psychotherapy and group dynamics. Present-day …

Collecting and analyzing data on unemployment, inflation, and inequality help describe the complex world around us. When published by the government, such data are called official statistics. They ar …

This handbook provides an up-to-date reference point for ethnography in healthcare research. Taking a multi-disciplinary approach, the chapters offer a holistic view of ethnography within medical con …

Neuroscientific research shows that the great majority of purchase decisions are irrational and driven by subconscious mechanisms in our brains. This is hugely disruptive to the rational, logical arg …

The papers presented in this volume, written by active and well- known researchers, discuss experimental research that has validated the importance of infancy in individual development over the age c …

People cope with threats to their identities in many different ways. Until the original publication of this title in 1986, there had been no theoretical framework within which to analyse their strate …

Published in the year 1981, Aspects of the Development of Comptenece is a valuable contribution to the field of Developmental Psychology. …

Individuals do not always perform to their full capability on cognitive tasks. When this occurs, the usual explanation is that the individual was not properly motivated. But this begs the important q …

Maggie Havergal and John Edmonstone »s Facilitator »s Toolkit provides your organization with a resource on which every manager can draw. The authors explain the basic skills of facilitation, how and …