Focused exam preparation to get the grades you want! Featuring an array of engaging & thought-provoking activities this Student Book equips students with the core skills & understanding they need to reach their full potential at GCSE. Exciting engaging activities help students develop a broad range of skills & consolidate understanding & updated case studies put learning into a real-world context. Grade Studio activities provide practice exam-style questions model answers & examiners' comments & advice to help students understand what to do to get the right grade. ...

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The carefully sequenced content ensures a logical build-up of key ideas & cross-referencing between chapters enables pupils to integrate all aspects of the subject. Each chapter is broken into manageable short sections for ease of use & ends with a set of data-response questions. The Fieldwork Appendix provides practical guidelines for preparing & conducting field-work & there are ideas for practical work which link to each chapter. ...

The new edition of the best-selling reader Understanding Health & Social Care" (previously edited by Maragraet Allot & Martin Robb) combines classic works with newly-commissioned material offering readers unparalleled coverage of the key issues in health & social care. The breadth of material encompasses voices of service users professional & lay carers as well as academics & researchers. This Second Edition is organised into four new sections each with a part introduction pulling together the main themes: People focuses on those who use & provide health & social care services; Places looks at where care is given; Approaches considers different ways through which care takes places; & Ideas focuses on the ideas & policies that underpin care provision. Full of real practice scenarios & examples the book successfully makes the links between theory & practice & will be an essential resource for all students studying at undergraduate level across the wide spectrum of health & social care." ...

With health & social care increasingly asked to work in partnership many existing textbooks & educational opportunities are too uni-professional to be able to respond fully to the joined-up services agenda. Against this background this book provides a comprehensive & up-to-date analysis of both health & social care. The book packed with student-friendly features
Includes:: * a focus on both health & social care in a time of increasing interagency working; * a combined summary of current policy & practice dilemmas with useful theoretical frameworks; * service user-focused case studies & reflective exercises to aid further study & analysis; * comparative material throughout exploring relevant issues their impact & lessons learned. With partnership working now part of core business rather than an optional extra this book is essential reading for anyone studying or working in health & social care. It provides practical material to populate the theoretical & conceptual knowledge of social policy students & conceptual material to help make sense of the practical experience of professional students on training courses. Health & social care practitioners will find the book of value informing their continuing professional development. Jon Glasby is a qualified social worker & head of health & social care at the Health Services Management Centre University of Birmingham.
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This third edition of Understanding Housing Defects provides a concise coherent & comprehensive introduction to the causes investigation & diagnosis of defects in domestic buildings. Each chapter covers a specific building element &

Includes:: a brief introduction setting out construction principles & the evolution of current practice. The chapters then go on to look at the identification cause & diagnosis of common (and sometimes not so common) defects. The text has been revised & extended with new sections on boundary walls chimneys & basements. The Services chapter has been replaced with three new more substantial chapters on heating & plumbing electrical installations & drainage. This book is a must have for all those students & practitioners who require a broad understanding of housing defects. Building surveyors architects estate agents & anyone involved in property construction & housing will benefit hugely from this highly informative full colour text.

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How does a fertilized egg become a person? How do the processes which shape the common features of human development also produce the rich variety of individual diversity? Understanding Human Development" explores these questions in a lively & wide-ranging survey of the subject offering both a topical & a chronological view of development. The author critically reviews research on human development from the earliest studies to the theories & issues of the 21st century including recent breakthroughs in neuropsychology cross-cultural psychology & in the application of dynamic systems theory. Coverage of methodology & ethics combined with thorough revision summaries in each chapter make this an invaluable introduction for students of developmental psychology. The textbook is supplemented by a Companion Website featuring a range of study tools such as Chapter Summaries Study Skills FAQ with links to useful websites & an interview with the author." ...

Virtually everyone has had indigestion at some time & for most people it's simply a minor nuisance. More often than not it happens when you've overindulged or eaten something that doesn't agree with you & it only lasts for a short time. For some people the symptoms can be persistent & so severe that they interfere with everyday life. The symptoms may be caused by some undiagnosed problem within the digestive system which needs to be properly identified & treated by a doctor. This book will help you distinguish between minor symptoms which you can safely treat yourself & those that need further investigation. ...

* Explanations of the properties of food to help students understand how ingredients behave & what we use them for. * Fully integrated tasks help students to develop their skills & understanding. * The photocopiable Teacher's Resource Pack contains extra materials to support your teaching. ...

Filled with great masterpieces by such artists as Botticelli Leonardo Raphael Michelangelo Masaccio Piero della Francesca Mantegna & Titian Understanding Italian Renaissance Painting" takes a journey into their world. As in the acclaimed & innovative " How to Read a Painting" each spread uses an important painting as a way to explain a key concept with numerous large details. Here 180 works illuminate key ideas in Renaissance painting from perspective & the golden section to grace & symbolism. In addition there are brief biographies of the major artists. The result is an original accessible & affordable volume that offers an introduction into the art & culture of the Italian Renaissance." ...