Subjects:  1. Bakhtin, M. M    2. Critical pedagogy    3. Education & Training    4. Education / Teaching    5. Language and education    6. Literacy    7. Psychology    8. Social aspects    9. Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts    10. Educational psychology    11. Language teaching theory & methods    12. Psychology & Psychiatry / Education & Training   

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An invaluable, practical guide for students & practitioners
Organisational Research Methods is an invaluable, practical guide for both students and practitioners in the social sciences. This book is particularly unique as it provides the theoretical/academic bases for research yet translates these into practical steps for how to undertake best practice research. The authors highlight a plethora of issues that researchers themselves may not have considered, and provide constructive advice for addressing each possible problem that may arise during the course of a research project. Based on their expertise and experience as both practitioners and academics, the authors provide helpful examples throughout the book that assist the reader in applying the knowledge directly to their own project.Read more

Subjects:  1. Education & Training    2. General    3. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    4. Methodology    5. Organization    6. Organizational behavior    7. Organizational sociology    8. Psychology    9. Research    10. Research & Methodology    11. Business & Economics / Management    12. Organizational theory & behaviour   

Subjects:  1. Counseling    2. Counseling - General    3. Counseling psychology    4. Education & Training    5. Psychology    6. Psychotherapy - Counseling    7. Vocational guidance    8. Clinical psychology    9. Counselling    10. Psychology & Psychiatry / Counseling   

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A Superb and Thorough Work
This is a book for anyone doing supervision in a mental health field.It provides a much needed and innovative approach to supervision and includes material on strategies, diversity, legal and ethical considerations, role of personal values, evaluation, and disruptions to the supervisory process.There is a wealth of information and resources to enrich every level of supervision. It can be used as a text or for reference and contains excellent tools in the appendices.

A Great Text for Graduate Courses
This book reflects an intelligent, scholarly approach to a complex process that examines all aspects of competency in clinical supervision. The chapters dealing with diversity and ethics are outstanding, and the appendices provide a gold mine of practical guidance for both the supervisee and the supervisor. This is a must-read for academics, for practicum, internship, and postdoctoral supervisors, and for licensing regulators as well as a great text for much needed graduate courses. A Unique Offering to the Field
Clinical Supervision is unique in that it incorporates considerations of science, ethics, and diversity and does so in a clear way that readily can be implemented. Both supervisors and supervisees, in academic and clinical settings, have much to gain from reading this fine book.Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Clinical Chemistry    3. Clinical psychologists    4. Education & Training    5. Medical    6. Nursing - Management & Leadership    7. Psychology    8. Supervision of    9. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology   

Subjects:  1. Education & Training    2. Education / Teaching    3. Mathematics    4. Mathematics (General)    5. Psychology    6. Study & Teaching    7. Study and teaching    8. Teaching Methods & Materials - Mathematics    9. Mathematics--Study and teaching    10. Psychology & Psychiatry / Education & Training    11. Teaching of a specific subject   

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Mandatory Reference Resource for all Internship Coordinators
Sweitzer and King have written one of the most comprehensive guides to help students make the most out of their internship experiences. They cram more than enough techniques, resources and advice to help a student problem solve through one of the strangest places on earth: an office. The book is intended to be a text for students but it will more likely be used by internship coordinators who need to develop training modules or programs to prepare students for internships. The authors effectively blend relevant components of student development, career development, experiential education and human resources within a model that predicts the typical internship experience.
The Successful Internship
I used this book to help guide me through my internship for Social Work. I found it to be a great help in how I was able to see myself working professionally throughout my internship. This text let me know that experiences I went through were normal and that I was not going crazing or doing things wrong. Things that happened were normal and expected. My supervisor was very supportive during my internship with his agency even though I was having difficulties at times and I now know this is because he already knew that I would experience them. I knew from reading the text that client interaction would at times be difficult and my feelings with them could cross over personally and I had to be aware of my professionalism. I have really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who is involved in an internship. I find it vital to help one understand how they are doing in their internship and how normal things are that are happening to them during there internship. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education & Training    2. Experiential learning    3. Handbooks, manuals, etc    4. Interns (Education)    5. Internship programs    6. Psychology    7. Psychotherapy - Counseling    8. Social Work    9. Sociology    10. United States    11. Counselling    12. Psychology & Psychiatry / Counseling   

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A compilation of Bowens Family System concepts
Titelman offers a fairly complete compilation of topics related to how many therapists processed their professional and personal development at home and work.This book shows the evolution of a therapists journey inpersonal and professional growth. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Psychology    3. Family & relationships    4. Psychiatry    5. Psychology & Psychiatry / Education & Training    6. Psychotherapy    7. The self, ego, identity, personality   

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Very readable, clearly written, good examples
While rather simple for some of the more advanced counseling students in my pastoral counseling class, this book proved to be an excellent primer in basic helping skills.It was a good review for me as well (I have over 20 years experience in rehab counseling).

Solid writing, easy to read, and informative
I first used this book in my graduate program in a class for communication and leadership. This skills taught in this book are outstanding.Now, I plan to use the ideas from this book in my own career, as well as helping an undergraduate peer staff at a university learn the basic helping guidelines. This book is highly recommended.

Fabulous guide for research and practice.
We just completed a doctoral level seminar by using this book to guide process research. It's fabulous. While the book is certainly appropriate for teaching basic counseling/helping skills at the upper undergraduate and graduate levels, I also believe it has applicability for advanced practicum and research. Good work! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Counseling    2. Counseling (Psychology)    3. Counseling (Social Welfare Work)    4. Education & Training    5. Experimental Psychology    6. Helping behavior    7. Psychology    8. Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior    9. Psychotherapy - Counseling    10. Textbooks    11. Counselling   

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A Landmark Research Book
The pioneering research work of Robert Ressler, Ann Burgess and John Douglass is presented in startling statistical detail.Thirty-six sexual murderers were interviewed: the data about their motivations, drives, and fantasies was catalogued and indexed in insightful graphic detail. Perhaps the psychological, predatory horror that lurks in the minds of serial killers will never be fully understood, but Douglass, Burgess, and Ressler's work offers some stunning insights into the mind-set of some of today's most horrific sexual killers.
The textbook on Criminal Profiling
Indepensible.The textbook for criminal profilers and forensic investigators.A scholarly colossal work of invaluable and useful information.Ressler builds a very convincing case for the statisical analysis and identification of serial killers types.

Informative
This book was kind of boring in places but then again it's not supposed to necessarily be entertaining.Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal Psychology    2. Education & Training    3. Homicide    4. Murder    5. Murder - General    6. Reference    7. Sex crimes    8. Sociology    9. Sociology - General    10. United States    11. Criminal investigation & detection    12. Psychology & Psychiatry / Forensic Psychology    13. USA   

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Thought Provoking if not Entirely Persuasive
Those familiar with other works by Alfie Kohn, such as "No Contest: The Case Against Competition," will know the basic tenets of his argument. Kohn has long argued that a misplaced zeal for marketplace competition has distorted the way we think about nonmarket or at least nonmonetary goods, such as education. His is a sobering counterweight to the voucher enthusiasts and market ideologues; but he fails to acknowledge that competitiveness -- relations of ranking, hierarchy -- is a deep and ineradicable aspect of human nature. Yes, competition is no cure-all; incentive programs can result in attempts to game the system and produce spurious achievement metrics. But reformers, whether in education or in business, must avail themselves to a fully panoply of techniques.

Socialism
I believe the book presents a VERY socialistic view that is not in line with the realities of our modern day society.The author describes study upon study and experiment upon experiment that show people who are motivated intrinsically rather than extrinsically produce better results.This isn't a news flash to most.The real question is how some people have acquired intrinsic motivation.Kohn believes this can be achieved by refraining from giving grades to students and not rewarding employees with more pay for better performance.His alternative suggestion is for students to run classrooms in community style, working with one another.Companies should pay employees enough but should never tie performance appraisals to increased wages.Incentive pay plans and even just giving positive reinforcement are definite no-nos since they are thought to cause extrinsic motivation only.Many people are not intrinsically motivated and while I believe this type of drive could be slightly impacted by the external environment, I think much is determined by genetics and predisposition.At the least, we stand a chance of making a difference in what motivates young children, but certainly don't have enough time to change all of the adults we encounter in the workplace.Psychologists may be able to focus on people, one at a time, to make a difference in their intrinsic motivation, but Kohn doesn't really even offer an alternative to rewards for the common manager in today's workplace.If we went with Kohn's ideas everyone could get into Harvard because there would be no grades or tests and all tellers, salespeople, etc. would be paid the same amount, regardless of their successes and contributions to a company.Does anyone believe this stuff is practical??Kohn touts the opposite of just about everything that makes the United States a great place to live!If we wanted to live like this we should consider immigrating to the USSR.I'm glad I read it because it does make me think twice about concepts that I never questioned in the past, but I'm happy to pull it from our company's training library.

Well, HE didn't write this book for free....
He has some useful ideas, but in most cases his solutions are not practical. Maybe people would have better luck if they could choose their own rewards?
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Subjects:  1. Applied Psychology    2. Behaviorism    3. Behaviorism (Psychology)    4. Education & Training    5. General    6. Interpersonal Relations    7. Motivation    8. Motivation (Psychology)    9. Psychology    10. Reward (Psychology)    11. Educational psychology    12. Examinations & assessment    13. Psychology & Psychiatry / Education & Training   

Subjects:  1. Counseling - General    2. Education & Training    3. Education / Teaching    4. Educational Psychology    5. Guidance & Orientation    6. Handbooks, manuals, etc    7. Multicultural Education    8. Psychology    9. School Psychology    10. Psychology & Psychiatry / Education & Training   

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you will pass
If you follow this program, you will pass the NCE exam.I used it for 3 weeks prior to taking the exam, and I passed with flying colors.Just listen to one audio CD each day and read the corresponding questions in the Encylopedia of Counseling.You won't need luck.Well worth the money.

Vital Information and Review Questions for the NCE and State Counseling Exams
The content is excellent.My only complaint is with the CDS there are no tracks, therefore you are unable to stop and repeat a section.Once the CD is started you are committed to listening to it entirely.

Rosenthal's Vital Information for the NCE - Study Tapes
These tapes are wonderful!!I listen to them while traveling to/from work and while I am walking.Hearing the information helps me to remember and recall it much better.Rosenthal presents the information in an informal and sometimes humorous way.I would recommend these tapes to anyone who is studying for the NCE. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Abridged Audio - Misc. Nonfiction    2. Education & Training    3. Psychology    4. Psychotherapy - Counseling    5. Reference    6. Sociology, Social Studies   

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Emotions Play A Big Part in Relationships of All Kinds.
Historians explore the early experiences of Lincoln, Churchill, Einstein, Hitler, and Napoleon to find the beginnings of the motivation which shaped their careers.Attempting to learn why people do what they do in particular places and times help to understand their motivations and the consequences.Basic reality is that each and every person is living in and reacting to his environment in different ways at different times.Cyclical changes take place according to the immediate environments and the participants in this drama called life.
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Subjects:  1. Cognitive Psychology    2. Education & Training    3. Emotions    4. Motivation (Psychology)    5. Personality    6. Personality and motivation    7. Psychology    8. Physiological & neuro-psychology    9. Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology   

Subjects:  1. Clinical psychologists    2. Counselors    3. Education & Training    4. General    5. Practice Management    6. Psychology    7. Psychotherapists    8. Science    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Supervision of    11. Psychology & Psychiatry / Psychotherapy   

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Best
One of the best books introductory books in psychology. A school of psychology without this one is surely missing an action. The authors are top most in the field.

Very compelling
The authors' use of case studies and real-life examples makes this more than a textbook -- and much more readable than one. I found myself excited about reading each chapter. And I know I'll be looking up things in it in the future. My only quibble is that I found many copyediting errors that I hope the publisher will fix for future editions.

go professor Gerrig!!!!
I had the pleasure of taking intro psych with professor Gerrig (one of the authors),and surprise, this was the book we used. I found it to be a great resource;it is so jam packed with useful information about things that we encounter in life that i'd recommend buying this book even if you're not a psych student. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education & Training    2. General    3. Psychology    4. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

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I passed
I read the book and passed with a 710. The only minor criticism I have is that the practice test has four choices per question and the real test has 5 choices. On the real test, out of the 5 choices, there are TWO GOOD options for each question, so when I left the test, I had absolutely no idea if I passed or totally tanked. I am very, very glad I had the book. I didn't think that the information in the book was dated (as another reviewer commented.) I took the exam in June 2005. GOOD LUCK to you all!

About the praxis exam and Thompson's book...
I first used the ETS book to study for the Praxis and it wasn't very helpful as it only gave general guidelines to study; however, Thompson's book has more information that is relevant for the exam. I studied w/this book and passed the PRAXIS!! I find that this book has relevant information and provides better guidelines on what to study. Good Luck.
YOU NEED THIS BOOK TO PASS!
Folks, the ETS book only goes so far... This guide is direct and practical.
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Subjects:  1. Education & Training    2. Psychology    3. Social Psychology    4. Psychology & Psychiatry / Education & Training   

Subjects:  1. Developmental - General    2. Education & Training    3. Personality    4. Psychology    5. Child & developmental psychology    6. Psychiatry   

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It's All Theory, So.....Who Knows.
For many decades now, Dr. William Glasser has been espousing both choice theory (his theory of human motivations) and the "quality school" (the education model based on choice theory). This book goes a long way in not only describing the "quality school" education model, but in showing how it ties to choice theory.
The Quality School
Good overall concept.Rather redundant and begins to feel like overkill after awhile.This book doesn't offer much in the way of example - has it really been put into practice with success?Not sure because it's more preaching than showing.

Lacks Evidence
Glasser takes an idea that has some merit and then keeps pushing it long after it becomes unhelpful.Glasser would have teachers quit using rewards and punishments to motivate students.He tries to justify this warm and fuzzy theory by pointing out misuses of rewards and punishments but its hard to understand how he could be blind to productive and fair uses of rewards and punishments that many teachers use.I know a poor teacher that use Glasser's model and a teacher that is good despite using it.If you want more objective research on schooling check out Stevenson and Stigler's the Learning Gap. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration - General    2. Education    3. Education & Training    4. Education / Teaching    5. Educational Administration    6. Educational Policy & Reform    7. Educational Psychology    8. Motivation in education    9. Psychology    10. Quality control    11. School improvement programs    12. School management and organiza    13. School management and organization    14. United States    15. Education / Educational Psychology    16. Organization & management of education    17. Philosophy of education   

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An excellent resource for introductory environmental psych..
This is an introductory book on `Environmental Psychology'.... which features more than a normal person can imagine ..... it is NOT a book related to common sociological issues on global warming, nuclear waste disposal, environmental strikes and demonstration etc...., This book is related to psychology and features on content related to the environment and the behaviour of people. It is explained in psychological perspectives and is suitable for readers with a basic depth in understanding terminology related to psychology. There are theories on relationship between environmental and behaviour, environmental perception (such as Gestalt psych etc.,) Additionally descriptions on extraneous factors of noise, temperature, barometric pressure and attitude, wind, heat and cold, physical built structures (clusters etc.,), on behaviour. Read more

Subjects:  1. Education & Training    2. Environmental psychology    3. Mental Health    4. Psychology    5. Applied ecology    6. Psychology & Psychiatry / General    7. Social, group or collective psychology   

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Specializated information about the sociohistoric paradigm
This work, which features Luis Moll as compilator and also as writer of a well planned introduction (and as co - author of one of the chapters) , includes the works of several investigators in education which have thecommon view of the sociocultural (or sociohistoric) paradigm.Divided intothree parts, the book tryes (and indeed does so) to give a complete view ofthe advances in Vygotsky�s theory. Featuring authors like Michael Cole andJames Wertsch this work places itself as a very useful and specializatedsource of information for the public interested in this innovativeeducational paradigm. I recommend to read the other publications of Coleand Wertsch, but also the books and articles of Barbara Rogoff to get acomplete view and to realize the importance of the research in this fieldand also the educational practices that this research suggest. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education & Training    2. Education / Teaching    3. Educational Psychology    4. Psychology    5. Philosophy of education    6. Psychology & Psychiatry / Education & Training