Science and Everyday Life

Editor Interview: Digital Experiences of International Students

November 17, 2020 Higher Education | Study of Higher Education
What do we need to know about Digital Experiences? Digital Experiences of International Students considers the digital experiences of stu...

How Wellbeing Champions can help to create a mentally healthy school

November 13, 2020 Child Development | Educational Psychology | SENCOs
Alison Waterhouse, Educational Psychotherapist and author of Wellbeing Champions: A Complete Toolkit for Schools Mental health and mental ill heal...

Aggression in Times of Covid-19: The Social Costs of the Pandemic

November 11, 2020 Social Psychology
Written by Barbara Krahé, author of The Social Psychology of Aggression The Covid-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to peopl...

Academics & Librarians – Working together to support students and researchers

November 11, 2020 Supporting students and researchers is a key goal for both academic faculty members and librarians. There are many ways that faculty members and lib...

How does the USA find itself in one of the most polarized eras in its history?

November 3, 2020 American Politics | Presidency | U.S. Politics
By Patrick Murphy and David Jolly As sure as the sun setting in the west, the gridlock between Democrats and Republicans has become a permanent fi...

An Interview with Adeline - Australia Reads

November 1, 2020 A Bit of Background... The Australian T&F office is counting down the first 12 days of November this year to run parallel to 'Aus...

Overcoming adversity with practical steps to create a powerful textbook

October 27, 2020 Computer Graphics | Computer Graphics & Visualization | Image Processing | Image Processing | Visualization
As part of our new behind-the-scenes series of blog posts, which share insights into our authors’ writing processes, in this post ...

Following a part-time PhD with an innovative book

October 22, 2020 Computer & Software Engineering | Computer Graphics | Computer Graphics & Visualization | Internet & Multimedia - Computing & IT | Visualization
As part of our new behind-the-scenes series of blog posts which share insights into our authors’ writing processes, in this post we’re d...

5 Tips for Improving Your Digital Etiquette

October 19, 2020 Higher Education | Open & Distance Education and eLearning | Study Skills | Technology in Education
With so many courses going online, it is important for students, new and existing, to be aware of basic digital etiquette or ‘netiquette&rsquo...;

Author Interview: The Psychology of Belonging

October 13, 2020 Political Psychology | Social Psychology
How can we sustain lasting human connections? The Psychology of Belonging explores a concept that matters dearly in a world of increasing...

Book Preview: Critical Issues in Democratic Schooling

Why is HR critical to the success of large lean projects?

October 10, 2020 Lean Methods & Implementation
By Cheryl M. Jekiel, author of Lean Human Resources and Founder of the Lean Leadership Resource Center (LLRC) who has been implementing Lean initiat...

Being Well in Academia: Self-care for stressed academics

October 9, 2020 Higher Education | Mental Health | Social Psychology
Written by Petra Boynton, author of Being Well in Academia It’s World Mental Health Day! Universities across the world will be sharing uplif...

Four Attitudes to Help Us Cope in Times of Uncertainty

October 9, 2020 Introductory Psychology | Study Skills
Written by Gary Wood, author of The Psychology of Wellbeing The COVID-19 pandemic has called in to question our definition of normality and taken ...

An interview with Akihiro Odanaka and Masami Iwai, authors of Japanese Political Theatre in the 18th Century

October 7, 2020 Asian Studies (General) | Theatre & Performance Studies | Theatre History | World Theatre
You recently celebrated the publication of your book Japanese Political Theatre in the 18th Century! When did you first begin working together on th...

Author Interview: Daniel Walzer

October 7, 2020 Audio | Audio Engineering
What inspired you to bring together the volume that is Audio Education? A few years ago I was approached by an Editor at Focal Press about writing...

About the Book: Free People of Color in the Spanish Atlantic

October 2, 2020 Latin American History
Free People of Color in the Spanish Atlantic Race and Citizenship, 1780–1850, 1st Edition By Federica Morelli &...

About the Book: Integrating Business Management Processes

October 2, 2020 Business
Integrating Business Management Processes Volume 1: Management and Core Processes; Volume 2: Support and Assurance Processes; Volume 3: Har...

About the Book: The Middle School Grammar Toolkit: Using Mentor Texts to Teach Standards-Based Language and Grammar in Grades 6-8

October 2, 2020 Literacy and ELA
The Middle School Grammar Toolkit Using Mentor Texts to Teach Standards-Based Language and Grammar in Grades 6–8, 2nd Edition ...;

September 23, 2020 City and Urban Planning | Community Planning and Planning Techniques | Housing and Communities | Planning and Sustainability
Dr Nick Wates reviews his 40 years of producing books which help involve communities in the future of the places in which they live and work. ...