
- 154 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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
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- Chapters written by active researchers, experienced in addressing challenges of carrying out practical research in education
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- Examples, study tasks and suggestions for further reading in each chapter
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- An exploration of critical reflection and decision-making in relation to research methodology in education
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- Close attention to research ethics
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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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of contents
- List of illustrations
- Contributors
- Editor’s introduction
- Chapter 1 Using questionnaires
- Chapter 2 Using interviews
- Chapter 3 Observations
- Chapter 4 Involving children
- Chapter 5 Using video as data
- Chapter 6 Using quantitative data
- Chapter 7 Document analysis
- Chapter 8 ‘Doing text’: Madness in the methods
- Chapter 9 Q-methodology: A science of subjectivity
- Chapter 10 Mosaic: Participatory research in the early years
- Chapter 11 Ethnography
- Chapter 12 Case study
- Chapter 13 Grounded theory
- Closing words
- Index