Counseling and Educational Research: Evaluation and Application

`Aimed at those studying at Masters level... this is a concentrated and thorough read... The systematic and methodical approach to the description of research processes is excellent... In working with organizations, we have all become used to a culture of evaluation and accountability. This book gives us an opportunity to fill in some of the gaps in our training which commonly ignores both. The author invites us to become practitioner//scientists or researchers. We are asked to take some active responsibility for our methods of practice by evaluating evidence and therefore achieving maximum effectiveness - a stimulating challenge′ - Counselling at Work This book focuses on the interpretation and evaluation of

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Houser, Rick A.

Psychology & Counseling

Sage Publications, Inc.

Culturally Relevant Ethical Decision-Making in Counseling presents a hermeneutic orientation and framework to address contextual issues in ethical decision-making in counseling and psychotherapy. Authors Rick Houser, Felicia L. Wilczenski, and Mary Anna Ham incorporate broad perspectives of ethical theories which are grounded in various worldviews and sensitive to cultural issues.

Culturally Relevant Ethical Decision-Making in Counseling

Wilczenski, Felicia L.

Ham, MaryAnna

Culturally Relevant Ethical Decision-Making in Counseling presents a hermeneutic orientation and framework to address contextual issues in ethical decision-making in counseling and psychotherapy. Authors Rick Houser, Felicia L. Wilczenski, and Mary Anna Ham incorporate broad perspectives of ethical theories which are grounded in various worldviews and sensitive to cultural issues.

Fills a special niche for courses in counseling and educational research… The Second Edition of Counseling and Educational Research: Evaluation and Application emphasizes the importance of being a good consumer of research and teaches the practitioner how to conduct research in practice. Author Rick Houser uses concrete examples from the professional literature to demonstrate how to effectively evaluate and interpret research articles. In order to give the reader a chance to see the evaluation of an article from beginning to end, this new edition uses several articles throughout the book to illustrate the methods of evaluation and interpretation rather than using different articles for each segment of an article. New to the Second Edition 
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<li>Offers more material on qualitative research </li>
<li>Includes a new chapter on statistical methods </li>
<li>Provides a new chapter on mixed methods </li>
<li>Incorporates a new chapter on searching articles in professional journals and searching various online databases </li>
<li>Summarizes recent developments through a new chapter on evidence-based research </li>
<li>Presents new articles to draw on for examples </li>
<li>Gives ACA ethical guidelines and expanded coverage on program evaluation </li>
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Intended Audience This book is specifically written for introductory courses in research methods at the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels in the fields of counseling, social work, education, and psychology.

Ethics in Counseling and Therapy develops students′ ethical competence through an understanding of theory. Houser and Thoma helps the counselor form his or her own ethical identity and reflect on his or her own values and issues by presenting a theoretical framework that draws on theories from disciplines such as philosophy, sociology, and moral psychology.

Ethics in Counseling and Therapy: Developing an Ethical Identity

Thoma, Stephen Joseph

The Third Edition of Counseling and Educational Research: Evaluation and Application emphasizes the importance of being a good consumer of research and teaches readers how to conduct research in practice. Written in an engaging, conversational tone, the book uses concrete examples from professional literature to demonstrate how to effectively evaluate and interpret research articles—without relying on discipline-specific jargon. The Third Edition features new examples, updated research, a new chapter on single-subject research, a new chapter on the use of technology and research, and much more.

Business & Money

Education & Reference

Counseling and Educational Research: Evaluation and Application prepares readers to be good consumers and evaluators of research. Using concrete examples from published articles, author Rick A. Houser teaches students to take a systematic approach to evaluating professional literature critically and using it responsibly. The Fourth Edition covers evidence-based research, qualitative methods, program evaluation, and mixed methods; includes new discussions on how national accreditation standards in counseling (CACREP) and education (CAEP) apply to research; and examines how cultural influences can affect the research process.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

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Counseling and Educational Research: Evaluation and Application

Counseling and Educational Research: Evaluation and Application

Culturally Relevant Ethical Decision-Making in Counseling

Culturally Relevant Ethical Decision-Making in Counseling

Counseling and Educational Research: Evaluation and Application

Counseling and Educational Research: Evaluation and Application

Ethics in Counseling and Therapy: Developing an Ethical Identity

Counseling and Educational Research: Evaluation and Application

Counseling and Educational Research: Evaluation and Application