Key Issues for Education Researchers
eBook - ePub

Key Issues for Education Researchers

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Key Issues for Education Researchers

About this book

Doing a small-scale research project is a compulsory element of an Education Studies degree. This book will guide and support students through their research, offering practical advice on designing, planning and completing the research , collecting and analysing data and on writing up. It outlines the philosophical approaches underpinning research together with the key concepts and current debates in education research. Chapters cover:

- Research paradigms

- Ethical approaches to research

- Research methods including interviewing, questionnaires, observation and experiments

- Research diaries and personal biography

- Writing up your research

Each chapter includes points for reflection, encouraging students to explore different perceptions on the whole research project. Tasks in each chapter take readers through the process of designing and justifying their own research project. Essential reading for education studies students, it will also be very suitable for those doing masters courses in education, students on initial teacher training programmes and of interest to others, such as classroom assistants, studying education on foundation degrees .

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction: The purpose and structure of this text
  6. 1 The development of education research
  7. 2 Research paradigms and social perspectives
  8. 3 An ethical approach to research
  9. 4 Getting started: beginning a research project
  10. 5 Accessing and using literature
  11. 6 Research strategies: case studies and experiments
  12. 7 Questionnaires
  13. 8 Interviews
  14. 9 Observation
  15. 10 Research biographies and logs
  16. 11 Use of existing documents
  17. 12 Writing up and final conclusions
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index

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