Educational Research, Policymaking and Practice
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Educational Research, Policymaking and Practice

  1. 180 pages
  2. English
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Educational Research, Policymaking and Practice

About this book

`This valuable book addresses an important current issues for education research in developed countries - the relationship between research on the one hand and policy-making and education practice on the other? - Stephen Gorard, Cardiff University, British Journal of Education Studies

`Martyn Hammersley has produced a remarkably complete analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of educational research. I believe the analysis to be fair to all parties? - Lewis Elton, British Journal of Educational Technology

Educational research and its relationship with policy making and practice has been a perennial concern. This book deals with some basic and controversial questions about that issue, including:

- Can there be harmony in the relationship between researchers and educational policymakers or practitioners?

- Do increases in knowledge always lead to practical improvement, and never to undesirable consequences?

- Would educational research flourish if it were subjected to more central, and external, control?

- What is the role of research reviews in making the results of research publicly available?

Educational Research maps the demands now being made on educational research against the background complexities of the relationship between research and practice.

This book is for students on methodology courses, taught courses and research degrees in education, social science disciplines, social policy and health studies both at masters and doctoral level.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1 Research and Evidence-Based Practicein Education: An Assessment of David Hargreaves’ Critique
  6. Chapter 2 Why Research into Practice Does Not Go:Some Questions about the Enlightenment Function of Educational and Social Enquiry
  7. Chapter 3 Research and Practice, Two Worlds for Ever at Odds?
  8. Chapter 4 If the Social World Is How Qualitative Researchers Say It Is, What Impact Can their Work Have on Policymaking and Practice?
  9. Chapter 5 Diversity or Control in Educational Research?
  10. Chapter 6 Varieties of Social Research: A Typology
  11. Chapter 7A Review of Reviews: Structure and Function in Reviews of Educational Research
  12. Conclusion
  13. References
  14. Index