Conducting Research in Educational Contexts

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8264-8688-2
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 552 g

Anyone embarking on a research project for the first time is likely to be daunted by the research process and the huge array of seemingly impenetrable terminology. This user-friendly yet comprehensive book is divided into three sections. Tehmina Basit carefully guides the reader step-by-step through the entire research process, from getting started and gathering data, to making sense of the data.

Accessible and down-to-earth, Conducting Research in Educational Contexts will prove an invaluable resource for educational researchers everywhere.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Basit, Tehmina N

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Passionate enquiries

Part 1: Getting Started
1. Research Paradigms and Approaches: Choosing models and traditions
2. Designing the Project: Preparing the groundwork
3. Issues in Research: Moral, authentic and trustworthy investigations

Part 2: Gathering Data
4. Questionnaires: The strength of numbers
5. Interviews: The beauty of verbal interaction
6. Observation: The charm of gathering data in situ
7. Documents: Exploiting records of social phenomena

Part 3: Making Sense of Data
8. Quantitative Data Analysis: Seeking breadth and generalisability
9. Qualitative Data Analysis: Achieving depth and richness
10. Writing Up: The potency of written argument

References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Tehmina N Basit, Tehmina N Basit is Reader in the School of Education at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. She is involved in teaching educational research methods to masters and doctoral students, and in supervising MA and PhD students.