Social Media In Social Work Practice: Navigating the Digital Landscape
This essential guide provides a comprehensive exploration of the impact of social media on social work practice, offering practical strategies and insights to navigate the evolving digital landscape.
Addressing the Complexities of Social Media in Social Work
**"Should you respond to friend requests from service users? How can you be sure that your own online profile is secure? Do service users understand the global and permanent nature of social media posts?"**
These are just some of the pressing questions that social workers face in today's digital age. **Social Media in Social Work Practice** provides a timely and insightful response to these challenges, offering a framework for ethical and responsible social media use in the profession.
A Practical and Relevant Approach
Drawing on evidence-based research and real-world examples, author Joanne Westwood illuminates the transformative impact of social media on social work practice in recent years. This book delves into the potential pitfalls and opportunities presented by social media, providing guidance for individuals, organizations, and service users alike.
Key Issues and Practical Applications
The book meticulously examines four key issues at the heart of social media in social work practice:
* **Privacy:** How to safeguard the privacy of service users and maintain confidentiality in the digital realm.
* **Confidentiality:** Understanding the boundaries of confidentiality in a social media context and navigating potential breaches.
* **Regulation:** Adhering to the evolving regulations and standards set by UK regulatory bodies.
* **Professional Ethics and Values:** Applying ethical principles and professional values to social media use, ensuring responsible and accountable practice.
Engaging and Interactive Learning
Through engaging case study questions, quizzes, and reflective activities, readers will develop a strong understanding of these critical issues and gain the confidence to apply their knowledge in real-world settings.
Key Takeaways:
* This book offers a much-needed framework for navigating the complex ethical and practical considerations of social media in social work.
* It provides valuable insights into the potential benefits and risks of social media in the profession.
* The book equips readers with the knowledge and skills to use social media effectively and ethically in their practice.
**Social Media in Social Work Practice** is an indispensable resource for social work professionals, students, and educators seeking to navigate the evolving digital landscape and ensure ethical and responsible social media use in their practice.
Teaching Mathematics In The Visible Learning Classroom, Grades K-2 (Corwin Mathematics Series)
A Practical Guide to Maximizing Student Learning in Early Math
This engaging and practical resource, part of the esteemed Corwin Mathematics Series, provides teachers with a powerful toolkit to implement **visible learning strategies** in K-2 mathematics classrooms. It goes beyond simply outlining effective practices, offering a comprehensive framework for **optimizing instruction timing** to cater to the unique learning needs of each student.
Unlocking Deep Understanding and Transferable Skills
"Teaching Mathematics In The Visible Learning Classroom, Grades K-2" emphasizes the crucial connection between **effective teaching strategies** and their **strategic implementation**. The book empowers educators to:
* **Identify and address diverse learning needs:** It guides teachers in recognizing the different levels of understanding – surface, deep, and transfer – exhibited by students.
* **Tailor instruction for maximum impact:** The authors provide practical examples of how to strategically introduce and apply visible learning strategies at the most opportune moments to achieve optimal learning outcomes.
* **Promote deep comprehension and transferable skills:** By focusing on the "when" as well as the "what" of instruction, this book helps teachers foster a learning environment where students not only grasp mathematical concepts but also develop the ability to apply them in various contexts.
A Must-Read for K-2 Math Educators
"Teaching Mathematics In The Visible Learning Classroom, Grades K-2" is an essential resource for teachers seeking to enhance their K-2 math instruction. The book's clear, actionable insights, combined with its focus on student-centered learning, make it an invaluable guide for educators committed to maximizing student success in early mathematics.
Kites In A Hurricane: Startups From Cradle To Fame
Startups, even the ones started by mature founders, required a lot of investment - both monetary and intellectual - on their entrepreneurial journey in terms of development and collaboration of the ecosystem. There are a million stories out there of successes and failures, of big and small startups, of one-of-a-kind and of every kind of startup. However, one thing is common: the entrepreneurial journey is checkered with highs and lows, difficult decisions, roadblocks, perseverance and lots of advice. Kites in a Hurricane is a book that describes how several startups used technology and entrepreneurial systems in an innovative manner to solve the problems they faced day after day when aspiring to build successful companies. No one understands this world better than Rishi Kapal who spends all his waking hours surrounded by startups. This book is the essence of his experience with over 500 startups - it will help newer startups navigate through the exciting yet onerous entrepreneurial journey. You will feel like an insider in the boardroom discussions and decisions of some of the successful startups.
Nonprofit Management: Principles And Practice
In his student-friendly bestseller, Michael J. Worth covers the scope and structure of the non-profit sector from leadership of non-profits to social entrepreneurship. Balancing research, theory and practitioner literature with current cases and examples, the fifth edition includes new social networks and social media content, expanded discussions of risk management and updated chapters on financial management and fundraising.
Mastery Mathematics For Primary Teachers
This book explores how mathematical mastery, influenced by East Asian teaching approaches, can be developed in a UK context to enhance teaching and to deepen children's mathematical knowledge. It gives guidance on using physical resources to demonstrate key concepts, extended examples on how to teach different curriculum topics and how to plan for small-step progression.
Key coverage includes:
- Key terminology in mastery-style teaching
- The challenges in implementing a mastery approach
- The use of manipulative resources for deeper understanding
- An analysis of mastery and related schemes of work currently available
- Assessing mastery
- How to apply mastery concepts in the early years
Passing The Literacy Skills Test
The clock is ticking and before you know, it will be September! Use our popular study guides Passing the Numeracy Skills Test and Passing the Literacy Skills Test to get those pesky skills tests done and dusted asap. This fifth edition includes a full practice test, more practice questions and more question and answer commentary. Also included is more guidance on grammar, punctuation and spelling practice for the test.
You'll be more confident
These books are authored by experts who know the QTS skills tests inside out and used by thousands and thousands of aspiring teachers just like you.
You'll know what's coming
Hints, tips and handy Q&As help you fully understand the format and structure of the tests and know what to expect on the day of the test.
You'll secure your place sooner
With full practice tests and loads of practice questions these books will help you get a great score, pass the first time and secure your place on the course sooner rather than later.
You can do this!
Check out the companion guide Passing the Numeracy Skills Test.
Primary Science: Knowledge And Understanding (Achieving QTS Series)
Now with online resources to support subject knowledge!
Secure subject knowledge and understanding is the foundation of confident, creative, and effective teaching. To help your students master this, the Eighth Edition of this established text now comes with a range of online resources available on the new companion website including:
- A comprehensive science subject knowledge audit
- Reflective self-assessment questions per chapter
- A science subject knowledge checklist
- Useful web links for primary science teaching
You can use the science subject knowledge audit to assess your trainees’ progress and ensure they better understand their level of knowledge. Grading students′ overall performance, highlighting areas for improvement linked to relevant chapter reading, and the ability to share results with their lecturer makes this the ideal science subject assessment tool.
This Eighth Edition, covering the whole curriculum for primary science, has also been updated to include more on why science matters in primary schools and new content on "States of matter," "Rocks and soils," and the "Theory of Evolution." New interactive activities are included to engage students in their learning and enable discussion. Using this book in conjunction with the free online resources really makes this the complete package for developing science subject knowledge.
Leading Primary Mathematics
This book provides guidance and insight into 'what mathematics leadership looks like in practice' and shows readers how they can develop from a confident teacher into a curriculum subject leader. It does this through a careful blend of pedagogy and practical application, supported by a range of real-world case studies and opportunities to reflect critically on classroom practice. Key coverage includes:
- The planning and application that underpins subject leadership
- How international perspectives can influence leadership of mathematics
- How to develop fluency through problem solving and reasoning
- How to champion inclusive practice in mathematics
- Assessing children's understanding
This is essential reading for anyone studying primary mathematics on initial teacher education courses, including undergraduate (BA Ed, BA with QTS) and postgraduate (PGCE, PGDE, School Direct and SCITT) routes, NQTs seeking to develop into curriculum leadership roles and those already leading mathematics in their school.
Primary English: Knowledge And Understanding (Achieving QTS Series)
Now with online resources to support subject knowledge!
Secure subject knowledge and understanding is the foundation of confident, creative and effective teaching. To help your students master this, the Eighth Edition of this established text now comes with a range of online resources available on the brand new companion website including:
- Interactive English subject knowledge audit: to assess your students subject knowledge in primary English. Save valuable teaching time at the start of the year by setting is as a pre-course audit and ensure students have an accurate picture of their ability before they begin. Grading your students′ overall performance, results can be shared with you immediately and include further reading suggestions so students can revisit areas where they require improvement.
- Reflective self-assessment questions: more than 70 "check your learning" questions help consolidate students’ understanding of each chapter topic and monitor their learning as they work through the book.
- Irregular verbs: a handy reference of all the irregular verbs so trainees can teach English confidently.
Glossary: building students′ knowledge, the full online glossary of terms for English helps them know their "digraph" from your "soliloquy."
This Eighth Edition, covering the whole primary curriculum, also includes new chapters on handwriting and the nature of learning. Updated interactive activities throughout the book engage students in their learning and enable discussion. Using this book in conjunction with the free online resources really makes this the complete package for developing English subject knowledge.
Teaching Mathematics In The Secondary School (Developing As A Reflective Secondary Teacher)
This fully updated third edition looks at the fundamentals of mathematics teaching, how to plan lessons and assess learning, and how to promote an inclusive approach in the classroom.
Key new features include:
- Updated content reflecting: the 2014 National Curriculum in England, the Teachers' Standards and revised requirements for GCSE and A level mathematics
- Updated 'Evidence from research' features, highlighting developments in the field
- An expanded section on mathematical misconceptions
- New coverage on teaching for mastery.
A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Globalization (Very Short, Fairly Interesting & Cheap Books)
In Globalization, the author explores the various intermingled aspects that make up the processes and controversies of globalization; he discusses the history and rise of the concept, sceptical and critical ideas about it, the debates around a global culture, and the implications of globalization for work, business, management and organizations.
Conceived by Chris Grey as an antidote to conventional textbooks, each book in the ‘Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap’ series takes a core area of the curriculum and turns it on its head by providing a critical and sophisticated overview of the key issues and debates in an informal, conversational and often humorous way.
Suitable for students of international business and anybody interested in the concept of globalization.
The Learning Framework In Number: Pedagogical Tools For Assessment And Instruction (Math Recovery)
This latest book in the bestselling Mathematics Recovery® series gives mathematics educators a complete research-based framework for assessment, instruction and intervention in whole number arithmetic across grades K to 5. The integrated set of classroom tools includes:
- Nine carefully designed schedules of assessment tasks
- Nine models of learning progressions
The book offers guidance on innovative video-based assessment, and an overview of principles of intervention instruction, giving you an integrated resource for supporting the children you teach.
The Learning Framework in Number will be a useful guide for all primary and elementary school classroom teachers and assistants, and specialist teachers, including experienced Mathematics Recovery® instructors. The book will also be of significant interest to teacher educators and researchers.
Digital Play In Early Childhood: What's The Problem?
Critically examining the fears that commonly surround young children′s play involving digital technologies, this book seeks to address each of the negatives and present the positive possibilities of technology when it comes to early childhood. Using observations of children in play and cutting-edge research, this book will empower students and build their confidence so that they are able to challenge perceptions and think creatively about how they can use technology. Each chapter includes case studies, research spotlights, activities and annotated further reading to help students develop their critical thinking, deepen their research and connect theory with practice.
Child Centred Planning In The Early Years Foundation Stage
Planning for learning in the EYFS is not a simple task.
Planning can be daunting, time consuming and ineffective. It is easy to fall into the trap of planning for activities and topics, rather than planning for learning.
Be better, more confident and effective at planning for learning in the EYFS with this book.
- Explore the wider context of children's learning
- Make professional, informed decisions to support all children
- Use statutory and non-statutory guidance appropriately
- Be responsive to children's individual needs
- Capitalize on learning opportunities as they arise
The Development Matters in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) non-statutory guidance is included in full in this book to offer a complete resource for planning.
Mastery In Primary Science (Exploring The Primary Curriculum)
What does ′mastery′ look like in primary science? How can teachers plan for, assess and evidence it?
This book explores how ‘rich’ learning tasks that enable children to apply, analyse, evaluate, and/or create to solve exciting and novel problems support the development of mastery level knowledge and skills in primary science.
- Outlines how to recognise and use assessment opportunities
- Focuses on the development of conceptual understanding
- Highlights and demontrates the importance of teacher questioning
Primary Science: Teaching Theory And Practice (Achieving QTS Series)
Now with online resources to support teaching practice!
An extensive knowledge of the primary science curriculum is not enough for trainee teachers, they need to know how to teach science in the primary classroom.
This is the essential teaching theory and practice text for primary science that takes a focused look at the practical aspects of teaching. It covers the important skills of classroom management, planning, monitoring, and assessment and relates these specifically to primary science, with new material on assessment without levels. New coverage on being a scientist is included to help readers understand how science teaching goes far beyond the curriculum, whilst practical guidance and features support trainees to translate their learning to the classroom. And to support students even further with the very latest strategies in classroom practice, this Eighth Edition now includes the following online resources on the new companion website:
- Practical lesson ideas for the classroom
- The Primary National Curriculum for science in Key Stages one and two
- Tips for planning primary science
Using this new edition with the supporting online material makes it an essential guide to effective and creative science teaching.
No Shortcuts: Rare Insights From 15 Successful Start-up Founders
Ranked 100th among 190 countries for ease of doing business, India is not the choicest place for start-ups. Only a handful of founders have been able to beat the odds. What's in their journey that can be dissected and emulated? This curiosity led Nistha Tripathi to pursue these founders, who rose from humble beginnings yet made a dent in the Indian start-up universe, including a couple of founders from the Silicon Valley. This book is a record of her 18-month odyssey. In her incisive one-on-one interviews with 15 ambitious founders from India, including Girish Mathrubootham, Nithin Kamath, Jaydeep Barman, Gaurav Munjal and Tarun Mehta among others, Nistha uncovers the decisions and insights that led these start-up founders to find their unique roadmap to success. One thing underlined all the stories - the founders' belief in 'No Shortcuts'. Read the never-heard stories of Freshworks, Faasos, Unacademy, Zerodha, Slideshare, Pulse, Aspiring Minds, Madhouse/Morpheus, Akosha, Ather Energy, Instablogs, Greyb, LikeaLittle, Wingify and Fashiate.
Mathematize It!: Going Beyond Key Words to Make Sense of Word Problems, Grades 3-5 (Corwin Mathematics Series)
Help students reveal the math behind the words
Solving problems is about more than computation. Students must understand the mathematics of a situation to know what computation will lead to an appropriate solution.
Mathematize It! shares a reasoning approach that helps students dig into the problem to uncover the underlying mathematics, deeply consider the problem's context, and employ strong operation sense to solve it.
This user-friendly resource for Grades 3-5
- Offers a systematic mathematizing process for solving word problems
- Provides specific examples for all four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) with whole numbers, fractions, and decimals
- Demonstrates the use of concrete manipulatives to model problems with dozens of short videos
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