DNA
Significant public understanding exists with regard to DNA and it is no longer regarded as ‘belonging’ to upper secondary school and university learning. It is commonly referenced material in the media and therefore public awareness is high. Promoting public understanding and contributing to citizenship are important priorities in school science education.
Migration to New Worlds (www.migration.amdigital.co.uk), a collection of materials on the ‘Century of Immigration’, is to be made freely available to all UK academics and students in higher (HE) and further (FE) education institutions from January 2016 thanks to a collaboration between Jisc and Adam Matthew.
Data can be presented in a variety of ways, but which are the most clear, engaging, and impactful? SAGE Publishing is pleased to announce the release of Presenting Data Effectively: Communicating Your Findings for Maximum Impact, Second Edition by Dr. Stephanie D. H. Evergreen. The full-color text teaches students, researchers, evaluators, non-profit workers, and others who report data how to present research results in a meaningful way.
Over the course of your training you will be given a good foundation in to developing your subject knowledge, with particular emphasis on the core subjects. Our subject knowledge boosters provide you that little extra when you need it most.
A new American Government textbook harnesses the power of narrative for teaching students American politics and processes – from the nation’s founding to the current political environment. With inspiring stories about a mix of historical and lesser-known individuals such as Martin Luther King Jr., Edward Snowden, and the individuals involved in Occupy Wall Street, American Government: Stories of a Nation, by Scott Abernathy, is available today from CQ Press (a SAGE Publishing imprint).
Los Angeles, CA - SAGE and the Society for Teaching of Psychology (STP) are delighted to announce that Jennifer Stiegler-Balfour, assistant professor at the University of New England, and Kasey Powers, graduate student at The Graduate Center, CUNY, are the winners of the 2014 Teaching Innovations & Professional Development Award (TIPD).
London, UK. SAGE Publishing, a leading independent and academic publishers, is delighted to announce its partnership with the Essex Summer School to sponsor its coveted workshops on Social Science Data Analysis.
Ziyad Marar, SAGE Publishing’s Global Publishing Director, commented:
London, UK. SAGE Publishing today announces that Ian Mulvany is joining the company as Head of Product Innovation. Mulvany joins from eLife and will be in place from September 2016.
London, UK. Online research methods are popular, dynamic and fast-changing. Following on from the success of the first edition, published in 2008, The SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods, Second Edition offers updates to areas such as computer assisted qualitative data analysis, as well as new chapters on advances in social media, big data, and data visualization.
SAGE Publishing has acquired Talis, a technology company, and its enterprise teaching and learning platform, Talis Aspire.
This acquisition marks an important step for SAGE as it moves SAGE's product portfolio beyond content-led resources into technology solutions that support teaching, learning and research in the higher education institution. This new move is in response to the evolving student, researcher, and library needs.
Karen Phillips, Senior Vice President, Global Learning Resources SAGE said:
SAGE Publishing announces today the release of SAGE Research Methods Datasets Part 2, a collection of 300 new datasets that demonstrate how-to support for data analysis, and SAGE Research Methods Video: Data Science, Big Data Analytics, and Digital Methods. With these additions, SAGE adds to its growing collection of resources that aid in the facilitation of data source training and data comprehension and analysis.