Practical Research Methods in Education
eBook - PDF

Practical Research Methods in Education

An Early Researcher's Critical Guide

  1. 154 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Practical Research Methods in Education

An Early Researcher's Critical Guide

About this book

Practical Research Methods in Education is a hands-on guide which critically explores and scrutinizes research methods used in educational enquiry. Drawing on the research, practical experience and reflections of active researchers, each chapter offers explanations, examples, tasks for students to undertake and suggestions for further reading, all of which are designed to strengthen understanding of practical methods of data collection in educational and social-science research.

This insightful book offers:

  • Detailed illustration of a range of data-collection methods and approaches used in educational research


  • Chapters written by active researchers, experienced in addressing challenges of carrying out practical research in education


  • Examples, study tasks and suggestions for further reading in each chapter


  • An exploration of critical reflection and decision-making in relation to research methodology in education


  • Close attention to research ethics


Exploring practical methods of data-collection for educational and social-science research, Practical Research Methods in Education is a unique and valuable resource for any students interested and engaged in the planning and completion of their own investigations.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9781351188388
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of contents
  6. List of illustrations
  7. Contributors
  8. Editor’s introduction
  9. Chapter 1 Using questionnaires
  10. Chapter 2 Using interviews
  11. Chapter 3 Observations
  12. Chapter 4 Involving children
  13. Chapter 5 Using video as data
  14. Chapter 6 Using quantitative data
  15. Chapter 7 Document analysis
  16. Chapter 8 ‘Doing text’: Madness in the methods
  17. Chapter 9 Q-methodology: A science of subjectivity
  18. Chapter 10 Mosaic: Participatory research in the early years
  19. Chapter 11 Ethnography
  20. Chapter 12 Case study
  21. Chapter 13 Grounded theory
  22. Closing words
  23. Index