Open University Press imprint: 307 books

Understanding Early Childhood is an introductory text for students on early years courses which offers broad and insightful perspectives across a range of themes on the ways in which we understand and study young children.

Using case studies from practice, this book gives team leaders and coaches a practical guide to team development.

This book applies the latest positive psychology research to coaching practice, providing a range of tools that will have an impact with clients.

This is a practical book which draws on the various techniques and environments to illustrate the different aspects of creative approaches for LLS.

For any coach who wants to understand resilience, this book provides a clear and comprehensive resource on what resilience is or isn't; how to recognise its loss and how to work with resilience in a variety of ways.

This book helps trainee and practicing doctors to understand supervision and to engage with it in a way that will assist their professional development.

This self-test book of self-assessment questions is designed to both test students understanding and help them identify and work on their knowledge gaps by explaining the answers to the questions asked.

The book argues that, for 'every school a great school' to become a reality, requires a move from individual school improvement efforts and short term objectives to a sustainable system-wide response that seeks to re-establish a balance between national prescription and schools leading reform.

The new edition of this popular book takes a fresh look at what it means to think of literacies as social practices.

This book is a pedagogically-informed text that guides staff in the use of Second Life for Higher Education, suggesting research-based ideas for practice and offers helpful suggestions for use.

Just Write It! helps to bolster confidence and motivation and dispell negative thoughts. Students will develop a positive attitude towards writing using methods that can be applied to various types of written work.

This new textbook combines a breadth of information about positive psychology with reflective questions, critical commentary and up to date research.

This practical book provides a crucial guide to the core communication skills and interventions which are at the heart of mental health nursing.

This book provides a practical and accessible, skills-based text on how to implement and engage in clinical supervision, with real-life examples.