Key Ideas in Educational Research
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Key Ideas in Educational Research

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  2. English
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Key Ideas in Educational Research

About this book

It is easy for newcomers to educational research to be confused by the wide range of terms used in the field and consequently for them to find it challenging to relate such terms to their own research and practice. This comprehensive guide consists of 120 concise but illuminative essays providing: - an explanation and definition of the term
- alternative explanations and definitions of the term
- the context in which it is used by educational researchers
- exemplars as to how the term is used and used be used in practice
- references to further literature
- cross-references to other terms in the book.

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Information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2005
Print ISBN
9780826495693
eBook ISBN
9781847143556
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education General

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Tables and Figures
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Preface
  5. 1 Abduction
  6. 2 Access
  7. 3 Action Research
  8. 4 Agency
  9. 5 Alignment
  10. 6 Anti-racism
  11. 7 Assessment
  12. 8 Biography/Autobiography
  13. 9 Case Study
  14. 10 Categorization
  15. 11 Causation
  16. 12 Childhood Research
  17. 13 Closed and Open Systems
  18. 14 Coding
  19. 15 Comparative Research
  20. 16 Content Analysis
  21. 17 Conversation Analysis
  22. 18 Correlational Research
  23. 19 Critical Discourse Analysis
  24. 20 Critical Incidents
  25. 21 Critical Realism
  26. 22 Critical Theory
  27. 23 Culture
  28. 24 Data Display
  29. 25 Data Reduction
  30. 26 Deconstruction
  31. 27 Deduction
  32. 28 Design
  33. 29 Determinism
  34. 30 Diaries
  35. 31 Discourse
  36. 32 Dissemination
  37. 33 Distribution
  38. 34 Documentary Research
  39. 35 Emotionalism
  40. 36 Empiricism
  41. 37 Empowerment
  42. 38 Epistemology/Ontology
  43. 39 Ethics
  44. 40 Ethnography
  45. 41 Ethnomethodology
  46. 42 Evaluation
  47. 43 Evidence-based Practice
  48. 44 Experiment
  49. 45 Fallacies
  50. 46 Fallibility
  51. 47 Feminist Research
  52. 48 Focus Groups
  53. 49 Gender
  54. 50 Generalization
  55. 51 Grounded Theory
  56. 52 Hermeneutics
  57. 53 Historical Research
  58. 54 Ideal Speech Situation
  59. 55 Induction
  60. 56 Interpretivism
  61. 57 Interview
  62. 58 Life History
  63. 59 Linguistic Discourse Analysis
  64. 60 Literature Review
  65. 61 Longitudinal Observation Studies
  66. 62 Mathematical Modelling
  67. 63 Media
  68. 64 Method
  69. 65 Methodology
  70. 66 Mixed Methods
  71. 67 Narrative
  72. 68 Naturalistic Observation
  73. 69 Nomothetic Statements
  74. 70 Objectivity
  75. 71 Observation
  76. 72 Paradigm
  77. 73 Phenomenology
  78. 74 Plagiarism
  79. 75 Positivism
  80. 76 Postmodernism
  81. 77 Power
  82. 78 Prediction
  83. 79 Publishing
  84. 80 Qualitative Research
  85. 81 Quantitative Research
  86. 82 Questionnaire
  87. 83 Realism
  88. 84 Reductionism
  89. 85 Refereeing
  90. 86 Referencing Systems
  91. 87 Reflexivity
  92. 88 Regression Analysis
  93. 89 Relativism
  94. 90 Relevance
  95. 91 Reliability
  96. 92 Replication
  97. 93 Representativeness
  98. 94 Research Assessment Exercise
  99. 95 Research Community
  100. 96 Respondent Validation
  101. 97 Retroduction
  102. 98 Sampling
  103. 99 Social Constructionism
  104. 100 Statistics
  105. 101 Strategy
  106. 102 Structuralism/Poststructuralism
  107. 103 Structure
  108. 104 Subjectivity
  109. 105 Survey
  110. 106 Symbolic Interactionism
  111. 107 Systematic Observation
  112. 108 Telephone Interviews
  113. 109 Tests
  114. 110 Textuality
  115. 111 Transferability
  116. 112 Triangulation
  117. 113 Validity
  118. 114 Value-added
  119. 115 Values
  120. 116 Variable Analysis
  121. 117 Virtual Research
  122. 118 Writing
  123. 119 Writing for Academic Purposes
  124. 120 Writing as Representation
  125. References
  126. Author Index
  127. Subject Index