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* This volume is a standalone volume rather than companion or
revision to existing Handbooks on second language teaching and
learning * All contributors are leading authorities in their areas
of expertise, and the volume editor is a star in the field * Covers
all major, established, and emerging topics in TESOL * Serves as a
student- and teacher-oriented compendium of current topic areas
geared to in-service and preservice teachers, experienced and
novice instructors, advanced and not-so-advanced graduate students,
and faculty
Multinational enterprises continue to rely heavily upon expatriates
as part of their global workforce. These expatriates, whose exact
employment contract may take different forms, are assigned to help
them develop global skills as well as to foster knowledge transfer.
But managing this expatriate workforce is extremely complex,
requiring a questioning of assumptions and sensitivity to new
social and cultural dynamics. This book sets out to examine the
problem of expatriate management through an I/O Psychology lens.
Each chapter draws upon the expertise of scholars from around the
world to provide insights into the latest research findings and
remaining needs, pertaining to a wide variety of issues. The
contributors of this book review the current state of the research
of the issue at hand and then make recommendations for where the
new frontiers of the research should be in the coming decades. This
volume covers four sets of issues pertaining to expatriate
management and global mobility in depth. First, the different
decision points organizations must make about assigning someone to
an overseas location for some period of time; second the different
categories of employees in the multinational corporation and their
unique characteristics and challenges; third, the various issues
and implications of managing a globally mobile workforce; and
fourth, the unique contexts of global mobility. Overarching future
research themes are identified that lay out the research agenda for
the coming decades. By bringing together key research, this book
aims to help I/O psychologists understand, explore, and identify
new ways of contributing to the understanding of the issues
involved in managing an expatriate workforce. Incorporating
state-of-the art I/O psychology research in this unique context
bears the promise of yielding important new paradigms and
practices.
Drawing on data gathered from museums, heritage sites, news
articles, political speeches, manifestos, and through digital media
such as Twitter, Farrell-Banks demonstrates how a connection with a
shared past can move people emotionally and give them the
confidence to engage in political action. The book considers how
heritage and the past moves in time and space, examining how it
shapes political beliefs and action in the present. The work is a
timely intervention, calling attention to the political
responsibilities that come with heritage work, when these same
languages of heritage are adopted to promote a politics of
division. Introducing the concept of the 'moving moment', a
framework by which to research and understand uses of the past, the
book demonstrates how the past becomes a potent political tool.
Combining critical heritage studies, critical discourse, memory
studies and political theory, the book demonstrates new approaches
to interdisciplinary studies within heritage. Affect and Belonging
in Political Uses of the Past will thus be essential reading for
academics and students engaged in the study of heritage, memory,
politics, history and media.
Forensic Case Histories: Understanding Serious Offending Behaviour
in Men examines men's violent and sexual offending behaviours,
outlined through a series of real offender narratives, from a
psychological perspective and in an accessible manner that will
engage any audience, from the criminology-intrigued layperson to
the specialist in the field. This unique and conversational text
thinks psychologically about serious crime, offering a compilation
of men's narratives that explore their life experiences and the
ways in which these experiences influence their behaviour in
adulthood. Each chapter addresses a particular theme, covering
frequently asked questions in the field such as, 'How can an
apparently motiveless offence have meaning?' and 'Is psychopathy a
personality disorder, and why do we struggle to treat individuals
with such traits?' The narratives of individuals who offend are
central to the discussion, but the chapters each draw on the
relevant facts from the research literature and highlight key
learning points. Many chapters also feature 'Further Reading'
sections to expand readers' knowledge. Both educational and
accessible, Forensic Case Histories will appeal not only to
specialists but to any layperson curious to understand more about
criminal acts. It is especially valuable to students and
instructors of criminal justice, mental health, and related fields.
Barrie Gunter and Jill McAleer examine the research evidence into the effects of television on children and their reponses to it. They conclude that children are more sophisticated viewers than we often give them credit for, and control television far more than it controls them. This completely revised second edition of Children and Television brings the story of children and television right up to date and includes a discussion of the new entertainment media now available.
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- Adopts a unique case study approach to help clinicians and
students reflect on clinical decision-making involving the
assessment and management of patients presenting with fluency
disorders - Draws on the expertise of leading scholars and
clinicians - Accompanied by additional resources including
weblinks, diagrams, inter-linking theoretical models of
intervention, video clips, and data regarding worldwide
stereotypes/attitudes towards stuttering
This collection is the first of its kind to examine the impact of
the COVID-19 pandemic on the caseloads and clinical practice of
speech-language pathologists. The volume synthesises existing data
on the wide-ranging effects of COVID-19 on the communication,
swallowing, and language skills of individuals with COVID
infection. Featuring perspectives of scholars and practitioners
from around the globe, the book examines the ways in which
clinicians have had to modify their working practices to prioritise
patient and clinician safety, including the significant increase in
the use of telepractice during the pandemic. The volume also
reflects on changes in training and education which have seen
educators in the field redesign their clinical practicum in order
to best prepare students for professional practice in an age of
COVID-19 and beyond, as the field continues to grapple with the
long-term effects of the pandemic. Offering a holistic treatment of
the impact of COVID-19 on the work of speech-language pathologists,
this book will be of interest to students, researchers, and
clinicians working in the discipline. Chapters 5, 6, 10, and 13 of
this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs
under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives
4.0 license available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com
This accessible guide offers a concise introduction to the science
behind worry in children, summarising research from across
psychology to explore the role of worry in a range of
circumstances, from everyday worries to those that can seriously
impact children's lives. Wilson draws on theories from clinical,
developmental and cognitive psychology to explain how children's
worry is influenced by both developmental and systemic factors,
examining the processes involved in pathological worry in a range
of childhood anxiety disorders. Covering topics including different
definitions of worry, the influence of children's development on
worry, Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) in children, and the role
parents play in children's worry, this book offers a new model of
worry in children with important implications for prevention and
intervention strategies. Understanding Children's Worry is valuable
reading for students in clinical, educational and developmental
psychology, and professionals in child mental health.
This accessible book provides evidence-based guidelines on
dyscalculia, offering a thorough explanation of the science behind
the disorder. It combines this theoretical framework with practical
recommendations, offering interventions for managing the condition
at home and school and avoiding potential behavioural consequences.
Written in a straightforward style, this book provides a concise
summary of relevant research to empower the reader to take an
informed and positive approach to dyscalculia and those who live
with it. The internationally based team of contributors examine the
different models that explain the construct of dyscalculia, looking
at definitions and theories alongside signs, symptoms and
diagnosis. Chapters also explore how to communicate diagnosis to
peers, possible cultural differences and sensitivities when related
to mathematics education and dyscalculia and the importance of
maintaining a proactive attitude when working with children with
dyscalculia. Understanding Dyscalculia is essential reading for
parents and practitioners in clinical and educational psychology,
education professionals and students and researchers of special
educational needs, educational psychology and counselling
psychology.
Every psychotherapist will be familiar with what it means to
experience the hatred and despair of their most vulnerable patients
in the midst of a psychotherapy session. Most often these patients
will manage to express their feelings verbally, but what about
those who never developed the capacity to speak? Or those who are
capable of talking, but carry a complex range of unprocessed
embodied feelings that cannot be verbally expressed? Some patients
must rely on another type of language in order to communicate their
dissociative states of mind. Primitive Bodily Communications
explores how the 'talking cure' can still work when words fail and
the body 'talks.' Non-verbal communication can be thought of as a
form of body language and, even though this is a topic not
frequently discussed, many practitioners have experienced working
with people who communicate through the use of their bodies. The
book does not refer to bodily communications as primitive because
we see them as inferior to verbal language, but simply because they
point to the beginnings of psychological development, to primary
ways of being and relating, as well as to enduring aspects of
ourselves. The contributors explore the topic of primitive bodily
communications in the context of intellectual disability, eating
disorders and bodily neglect, focusing on the communicative aspect
of bodily expressions within the therapeutic relationship. A wide
spectrum of clinical cases illustrates how these patients can reach
a state of better physical and emotional containment and, when
possible, of verbal communication.
Often examined separately, this timely volume provides a detailed
exploration of the nexus between family violence and sexual
offending. Recognising family and sexual violence as highly
interrelated issues, it uncovers the challenges and paradoxes of
addressing them as separate versus coinciding problems. What is
lost and gained when we treat family violence and sexual offending
according to the same framework? Light is shed on the nature and
dynamics of offending; various terminology (e.g., domestic abuse,
intimate partner violence, grooming, coercive control); political
and policy contexts; myths and misconceptions; policing and
investigative responses; children as overlooked victim-survivors;
and the punishment and treatment of offenders. Drawing on
international literature, case studies, and stakeholder interviews,
the book encourages critical consideration to inform future policy,
practise, and research, ultimately prompting stronger approaches to
reflect victim-survivors' realities and needs. The book is relevant
to the work of professionals in the social service and criminal
justice sectors (e.g., police, policymakers, social workers,
advocates, and counsellors), and will be of key interest to
researchers and students in diverse academic fields such as
criminology, forensic psychology, social work, and socio-legal
studies.
Human Specialization in Design and Technology explores emerging
trends in learning and training-standardization, personalization,
customization, and specialization-with a unique focus on
innovations specific to human needs and conditions. Analyzing
evidence from current academic research as well as the popular
press, this concise volume defines and examines the trajectory of
instructional design and technologies toward more human-centered
and specialized products, services, processes, environments, and
systems. Examples from education, healthcare, business, and other
sectors offer real-world demonstrations for scholars and graduate
students of educational technology, instructional design, and
business development. The book features insights into the future of
professors, public schools, equity and access, extended
technologies, open educational resources, and more, concluding with
a set of concrete solutions.
Applied Attention Theory, Second Edition provides details
concerning the relevance of all aspects of attention to the world
beyond the laboratory. Topic application areas include the design
of warning systems to capture attention; attention distractions in
the workplace; failures of dividing attention while driving; and
the measurement of mental workload while flying. This new edition
discusses the implications of VR and AR for human attention. It
also covers the treatment of attention-based pedagogical methods
used to enhance learning and presents attentional issues in
interacting with automation and AI. New chapters include
applications of attention to healthcare, education pedagogy,
highway safety, and human interaction with autonomous vehicles and
other AI systems. The readership for this book is the professional,
the researcher, and the student.
Networks and networking are essential concepts that transform
organizational, economic, and social practices. Human capital is
both a source of competitive advantage and a value that allows
individual employees to develop their careers and find satisfaction
in their employment. The book addresses the vital issue of changes
occurring in management and employment, with the growing career
individualization, focus on future professional challenges,
importance of knowledge workers, and possibilities of functioning
in social and organizational networks. Workers' networking
competence is the main theme of this book. Much attention is put on
differentiating it from other types of competence and other network
objects, and identifying its behavioral manifestations, as the
frequency of such behaviors can be used as a measure of an
individual's networking competence level. Employment-related
variables and characteristics that affect networking competence are
analyzed in depth, as is the impact of networking competence on
career success and employability - thus laying a foundation for
transformation in network organization management, employee
relations, and individual career development. It will be of
interest to researchers and students alike, as it clearly
demonstrates a way to solve research problems in management science
and provides new instruments for further research on networks and
networking; and to organization managers and employees, as it
offers insights into management and employment-related trends as
well as guidelines for managing network organizations and building
one's career within social and organizational networks.
This book offers the core conceptual base for the practice of
T-Group facilitation. Drawing from the fields of psychology, social
psychology, sociology, diversity studies and Indian philosophical
thoughts, this book is a great resource for enhancing the practice
of T-Group facilitation, for both budding and established
facilitators. It covers a wide range of theories on human
development, self-awareness, interpersonal interactions, groups and
change. Individual and group identities, diversity, inclusion and
social hierarchies are explored in detail here. The authors offer a
model of T-Group facilitation based on 50 years of experience
within the Indian Society for Applied Behavioural Science (ISABS).
This model is useful not only for fellow practitioners of T-Groups
but also for anyone engaged in facilitating groups, organizations
and communities globally. This book helps one to reflect, develop
and sharpen one's competencies, values and ethics in this field.
The chapters are embedded with activities, quizzes, case studies
and exercises to facilitate a deeper understanding of the various
elements used in the book. This book will be of interest to
students, teachers and practitioners of psychology, social
psychology, management studies and organizational development. It
will also be useful for T-Group facilitators, facilitators of
experiential groups and related fields.
With specially commissioned introductions from international
experts, the Psychological Insights for Understanding COVID-19
series draws together previously published chapters on key themes
in psychological science that engage with people's unprecedented
experience of the pandemic. This volume collects chapters that
address prominent issues and challenges presented by the SARS-CoV-2
pandemic to families, parents, and children. A new introduction
from Marc H. Bornstein reviews how disasters are known to impact
families, parents, and children and explores traditional and novel
responsibilities of parents and their effects on child growth and
development. It examines parenting at this time, detailing
consequences for home life and economies that the pandemic has
triggered; considers child discipline and abuse during the
pandemic; and makes recommendations that will support families in
terms of multilevel interventions at family, community, and
national and international levels. The selected chapters elucidate
key themes including children's worry, stress and parenting,
positive parenting programs, barriers which constrain
population-level impact of prevention programs, and the importance
of culturally adapting evidence-based family intervention programs.
Featuring theory and research on key topics germane to the global
pandemic, the Psychological Insights for Understanding COVID-19
series offers thought-provoking reading for professionals,
students, academics, policy makers, and parents concerned with the
psychological consequences of COVID-19 for individuals, families,
and society.
Anxiety is perhaps the defining psychological malady of our age,
whereas creativity is seen as an almost unassailable good, its
importance heralded and promoted in a range of disciplines and
domains. A number of diverse thinkers and researchers have tried to
unpick the relationship between anxiety and creativity, and this
short book explores and connects some of their ideas and findings.
Drawing on psychoanalysis and neuroscience, existential psychology
and mindfulness, literary studies and philosophy, this book places
a range of different disciplines in dialogue. It explores how
creativity and anxiety might impact one another, and argues for the
importance of establishing a diverse and inclusive cultural space
which everyone can draw from and contribute to.
This new, and heavily revised, edition of Psychopharmacology,
provides a comprehensive scientific study of the effects of drugs
on the mind and behaviour. With the growing prevalence of
psychiatric and behavioral disorders and the rapid advances in the
development of new drug therapies, this textbook offers an
essential understanding of the necessary details of drug action.
The book presents its coverage in the context of the behavioral
disorders they are designed to treat, rather than by traditional
drug classifications, to strengthen understanding of the underlying
physiology and neurochemistry, as well as the approaches to
treatment. Each disorder from the major diagnostic categories is
discussed from a historical context along with diagnostic criteria
and descriptions of typical cases. In addition, what we presently
know about the underlying pathology of each disorder is carefully
described. Providing a solid foundation in psychology, neuroanatomy
and physiology, the book also offers a critical examination of drug
claims, as well as coverage of evidence-based alternatives to
traditional drug therapies. Throughout, this text discusses how
drug effectiveness is measured in both human and animal studies.
Topics new to this edition include: a stronger emphasis on the
environmental impacts on drug effectiveness; more on the mechanisms
of adverse reactions to drugs and information on managing drug side
effects; the risks and benefits of using "mood stabilizing drugs"
to address behavior in youth with ADHD or ASD; and discussion of
the research-to-practice gap in pharmacological care for children
and adolescents. Accompanied by a robust companion website of
instructor materials, this textbook is ideal for undergraduate and
pre-professional students on courses in Psychopharmacology,
Clinical Psychopharmacology, Drugs and Behavior. It is a valuable
contribution to highlight the symbiotic relationship between
psychopharmacology and the neural and behavioral sciences.
Provides students with an introduction to the study of the effects
of media on human emotion and behavior. Suited for media/mass
communication psychology and media effects courses offered in both
communication studies and psychology departments. New edition
reflects the most current research and includes more coverage of
the effects of technology and social media on our twenty-first
century lives. In-text pedagogy such as chapter questions is
complimented by instructor and student online resources including
chapter abstracts and sample discussion questions.
The concept of compensation in psychology refers to processes
through which a gap or mismatch between current accessible skills
and environmental demands is reduced or closed. These gaps can be
principally the result of losses, such as those associated with
aging or interpersonal role changes; injuries, such as those that
may occur to the neurological or sensory systems; organic or
functional diseases, such as the dementias or schizophrenia; and
congenital deficits, such as those apparent in autism or some
learning disabilities. Whether the demand-skill gaps can be bridged
completely, reduced only moderately, or are impossible to close,
depends on a variety of factors. In every case, however, the
guiding notions of compensation are that: * some such deficits may
be amendable, * the continuation of the effects of the gap may be
avoidable, and * some functioning may be recoverable. In this
sense, compensation is related to adaptation; it is about
overcoming deficits, managing the effects of losses, and promoting
improvement in psychological functioning. Compensation is a concept
that has a long and rich history in numerous domains of
psychological research and practice. To date, however, few of the
relevant research domains have benefitted explicitly or optimally
from considering alternative perspectives on the concept of
compensation. Although researchers and practitioners in several
areas of psychology have actively pursued programs with
compensation as a central concept, communication across
disciplinary divides has been lacking. Comparing and contrasting
the uses and implications of the concept across neighboring (and
even not-so-adjacent) areas of psychology can promote advances in
both theoretical and practical pursuits. The goal of this book is
to carry inchoate integrative efforts to a new level of clarity. To
this end, the editors have recruited major authors from selected
principal areas of research and practice in psychological
compensation. The authors review the current state of compensation
scholarship in their domains of specialization. State-of-the-art
reviews of this rapidly expanding area of scholarship are,
therefore, collected under one cover for the first time. In this
way, a wide variety of readers who might otherwise rarely cross
professional paths with one another, can quickly learn about
alternative preferences, agendas and methods, as well as novel
research results, interpretations, and practical applications.
Designed to contain broad, deep, and current perspectives on
compensation, this volume continues the processes of: * explicating
the concept of compensation; * linking and distinguishing
compensation from neighboring concepts; * describing the variety of
compensatory mechanisms operating in a wide range of phenomena; and
* illustrating how compensatory mechanisms can be harnessed or
trained to manage losses or deficits and to promote gains or at
least maintenance of functioning.
In this rigorously researched book Stephen Barden presents
compelling evidence that top leaders learn from a very early age to
'do business with the world' by using their power and authority to
partner with it, rather than impose themselves on it. Based on
interviews with military, corporate and educational leaders, How
Successful Leaders Do Business with Their World offers powerful
insight into how these findings can be applied in practice. The
book illustrates how the assumptions leaders formed as children,
and the way they learned to 'make space for themselves', directly
links to the way they exercise their leadership as adults. Barden
uses these findings and insights, as well as studies from his own
corporate leadership career and coaching practice, to describe a
set of common assumptions held by successful leaders. The book
clearly outlines several key concepts - the Navigational Stance,
the Partnering Stance, the Oppositional Stance and the Navigational
Compass - illustrates each with relevant examples and makes
recommendations for applying these insights in practice. How
Successful Leaders Do Business with Their World will be a valuable
asset for coaches, leaders, HR and L&D professionals, and all
professionals working with leaders. To learn more about the author
and his work, please visit stephenbarden.org.
Slips of the tongue, unwitting favoritism, and stereotyped
assumptions are just some examples of microaggression. Nearly all
of us commit microaggressions at some point, even if we don't
intend to. Yet over time a pattern of microaggression can cause
considerable harm by reminding members of marginalized groups of
their precarious position. The Ethics of Microaggression is a much
needed and clearly written exploration of this pervasive yet
complex problem. What is microaggression and how do we know when it
is occurring? Can we be held responsible for microaggressions and
if so, how? How has social media affected the problem? What role
can philosophy play in understanding microaggression? Regina Rini
explores these highly topical and controversial questions in an
engaging and fair-minded way, arguing that an event is a
microaggression precisely because it causes a marginalized person
to experience an ambiguous encounter with oppression. She
illustrates her argument with compelling examples from media,
politics, and psychology and explains the significance of essential
concepts, such as media representation, reparative renaming, and
safe spaces. The Ethics of Microaggression explains what
microaggression is and offers strategies for combating it. Assuming
no prior knowledge of the topic or philosophy, it demystifies a
controversial and extremely important topic in clear language. It
is ideal for anyone coming to the topic for the first time and for
students in philosophy, gender studies, race theory, disability
theory, and social and political philosophy.
This book examines what Gandhian thought contributes to the
conceptualisation of wisdom and its application in the 21st
Century. It draws together leading international researchers and
practitioners to combine an in-depth understanding of Gandhi's
philosophy with the latest research from psychology and allied
social sciences. Beginning with an overview of wisdom in the domain
of scientific research and as it is understood in our everyday
life, the book's editors further call attention to key cross
cultural issues limiting its current scope. Amongst the topics
explored are Gandhi's silence, fasting, vows, self-efficacy,
self-control, and more, illustrating what he offers not only to the
study of wisdom within psychology, but across a broad range of
disciplines and professional enterprises. It is invaluable to
students and scholars of Gandhian studies, the psychology of
wisdom, management and peace psychology; as well to readers with a
general interest in the application of Gandhi's wisdom today.
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