Is the Concept of Therapeutic Relationship Still Relevant to Mental Health Practice?

March 5, 2021 Community and Public Health Nursing | Mental Health Nursing | Psychiatry & Clinical Psychology - Adult | Psychology and Nursing
Written by Cheryl Forchuk, Editor of From Therapeutic Relationships to Transitional Care. Historically, mental health practices have been grounded...

Preparing Teachers for Rural Classrooms: Why it Matters and How to Get Started

March 5, 2021 Rural Social Work | School Leadership, Management & Administration | Sociology of Education | Teachers & Teacher Education
Written by Devon Brenner, co author with Amy Price Azano, Jayne Downey, Karen Eppley and Ann K. Schulte of Teaching in Rural Places. ...

Nicole Pollock Q&A

March 4, 2021 What would you consider your primary motivations for entering academia Since qualifying as a Nurse with a Diploma in Higher Education, I have co...

Why are Organizations Magic?

March 2, 2021 Business, Management and Marketing | Organizational Studies | Work & Organizational Psychology
Written by John A. Wager III, co-author with John R Hollenbeck of Organizational Behavior, 3rd Edition. Look around your room. ...

An Introduction to Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

March 1, 2021 Counseling | Mental Health | Psychotherapy
In honor of the publication of the Classic Edition of More than Miracles: The State of the Art of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, we asked co-author...

The Time for Reform is Now

February 28, 2021 Education | Education Policy | Education Studies | Educational Change & School Reform | Grammar, Syntax & Linguistic Structure | Middle School Education | Primary/Elementary Education
Written by Brenda Watson, author of Making Education Fit for Democracy. The purpose of this blog is to encourage discussion about what education...

5 Steps Toward Better Teaching - In or Out of a Pandemic

February 26, 2021 Critical Thinking | Introductory Psychology | Teaching Methodology & Practice | Teaching Practice - Education
Written by David Boninger and Brett Pelham, authors of Introductory Psychology in Modules. If you thought it was hard to maintain student attentio...

Editor Interview: The Psychology of Populism

February 24, 2021 Political Behavior and Participation | Political Communication | Political Ideologies | Political Philosophy | Political Psychology | Political Theory | Social Psychology
Understanding the Tribal Challenge to Liberal Democracy   The Psychology of Populism explores the psychological reasons for the rise o...

Is landscape photography about the land - or the photographer?

February 24, 2021 Photography | Photography  
Paul Hill, author of Approaching Photography, discusses, from a personal point of view, how and why he photographs the countryside where he liv...

Third Parties in Post-Trump America

February 23, 2021 American Politics | Elections | Government | Political Behavior and Participation | Political Parties | Politics & International Relations | U.S. Politics
Written by Bernard Tamas, Author of The Demise and Rebirth of American Political Parties. The possibility of third parties playing an active role ...

The Paradoxical Wonderfulness of Knowing the End of Life Is Near

February 19, 2021 Aging | Critical Thinking | History of Psychology | Introductory Psychology
Written by David Boninger and Brett Pelham, authors of Introductory Psychology in Modules. Throughout much of human existence—and there is a...

3 Reasons to Create Your Instructor Profile

February 18, 2021 We are pleased to announce the creation of a new Instructor Profile area under My Account; this new feature makes requesting an Inspection Copy simp...

How to Introduce Your Students to IoT Analytics

February 17, 2021 Artificial Intelligence | Computation | Computer Science (General) | Data Science | Networking Communication | Sensors, Instrumentation & Measurement
Written by Harry G. Perros, Author of An Introduction to IoT Analytics. ‘What is IoT?’ Firstly, begin by explaining to the students ...

How Allegations of Abuse Shape Aesthetic Understanding: Joss Whedon: Fallen ‘Angel’

February 17, 2021 Aesthetics | Ethics Philosophy
By Mary Beth Willard, author of Why It's OK to Enjoy the Work of Immoral Artists I’ve always had a soft spot for Angel, the entertaining...

The Challenge and Risk of Seeing Problems as Clinical Disorders

February 12, 2021 Critical Thinking | History of Psychology | Introductory Psychology
Written by David Boninger and Brett Pelham, authors of Introductory Psychology in Modules. When is a psychological or social problem a disorder, a...

Needed: Support for Teachers on the COVID-19 Front Line

February 11, 2021 District Level Leadership | Education | School Leaders & Managers | The Principalship
Written by Sally J. Zepeda (Ph.D.) and Philip D. Lanoue (Ph.D.), authors of A Leadership Guide to Navigating the Unknown in Education: New Narr...

The Dark Forest – Psychometric Weapons in Cyberspace

February 9, 2021 Privacy & Data Protection | Psychological Methods & Statistics
Written by John Rust, co-author with Michal Kosinski and David Stillwell of Modern Psychometrics, The Science of Psychological Assessment, 4th Editi...

Descriptosaurus in Action in Schools

February 8, 2021 Education | Education | Education
Descriptosaurus: Supporting Creative Writing for Ages 8–14 is the perfect resource for teachers who want to improve their pupils creative writ...

2D Animation Blog

February 4, 2021 Animation | Game Art
This second edition of GAME ANIM: Video Game Animation Explained has been something a labour of love for me as I researched the medium’s ori...

Joan Robinson: a voice for our times

February 1, 2021 Joan Robinson: a voice for our times By Sheila Dow, author of the foreword to the Routledge Classics edition of Economic Philosophy, Joan Robinson ...

Modernizing the ID Process: 10 Key Features. Part 4

February 1, 2021 Education | Educational Psychology | Higher Education | Open & Distance Education and eLearning | Technology in Education | Work-based Learning
Written by Charles M. Reigeluth and Yunjo An, authors of Merging the Instructional Design Process with Learner-Centered Theory: The Holist...

Five features to look for in a care home and why

January 29, 2021 Community Social Work | Health and Social Care
Written by Jenny Kartupelis We have all become well aware of the terrible effects of Covid-19 on care homes for older people – not only the ...

Who was Franz Boas and why should we read him today?

January 29, 2021 Franz Boas (1858-1942) is remembered today primarily as an ethnographer of Indigenous Americans and as the ‘Father of American Anthropology&rs...

What is “normal” personality?

January 28, 2021 Social Psychology
Written by Colin Cooper, Author of Individual Differences and Personality What sort of person are you? Are you “normal”? The answer yo...

Teaching Photography in the Time of the Pandemic

January 28, 2021 Photography | Photography  
Written by Mark Chen and Chelsea Shannon, authors of Photography: A 21st Century Practice. Even in the best of times, photography educators a...