Open University Press imprint: 307 books

This book demystifies reflective practice, which is at the heart of becoming a competent and confident social work professional.

This book fills a gap in the market for a book that takes a very practical and applied approach to the subject of ethics and values in social work. It situates values and ethics within everyday social work practice across service user groups giving students a sound grasp of the concepts and how they relate to practice.

This book offers guidance and ideas on how to make creative arts and media teaching relevant, stimulating and above all creative.

This handy textbook offers a one-stop compendium on teaching the extensive range of primary foundation subjects.

This popular introductory book provides a clear introduction to the key ideas within media studies.

This introductory guide will help mental health nurses and professionals learn how to work with families in an intervention situation and understand the importance of family members within the field of mental illness.

This popular, established text has been expanded to include the most up-to-date research on social cognition models and health behaviours.

Leading Change in the Early Years focuses on the type of leadership skill needed for leading the reform and change agendas that challenge the early years sector.

This volume analyses P4P programs in their entirety within the health policy context of each country at the time the programme was introduced.

The aim of this book is to help the reader approach behavioural problems through meaningful self evaluation and reflection.

The aim of this book is to acknowledge the multidisciplinary nature of working in the Youth Justice System. The book will consider the key elements of legislation, multiagency working and practice skills within this area, such as the assessment of risk, court work, working with high risk offenders and alternative interventions.

This distinctive book will discuss adult vulnerability in a range of health social care and community contexts through a series of ‘thematic’ approaches.

This book provides an accessible and comprehensive overview of the basic education disciplines for undergraduates on Education Studies courses.

Encouraging you to question the existing culture of schooling, this book addresses conflicts of performance demand as opposed to children’s learning.