Gibton Researching Education Policy, Public Policy, and Policymakers

Qualitative methods and ethical issues
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-317-68829-7
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 238 Seiten

Researching Education Policy, Public Policy, and Policymakers is a theoretical and hands-on practical guide to conducting qualitative research on education policy and public policy, with an emphasis on studies that involve senior participants and high-status government and non-government organisations.

Building on over a decade of extensive experience in qualitative research on education policy among the most senior policymakers, this book explores and illustrates successful approaches to working with senior policymakers through examples from both the UK and Israel. Whilst policy studies are traditionally either theoretical or quantitative, this book explains the theory, methodology, and ethics of harnessing qualitative methods to the study of senior policymakers and their settings.

Key topics include:

- Designing and planning the qualitative policy study

- Document analysis as a policy research tool

- Interviewing policymakers and observing policy

- Mapping qualitative policy analysis methods

- Writing policy reports

- Ethics and trust

This practical guide, built upon a sound theoretical framework, will prove both inspirational and helpful to academic and professional researchers across all disciplines involving public policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gibton, Dan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Policy studies and qualitative research

Chapter 1: Introduction: Studying senior policymakers and policy in education

via qualitative research methods.

Chapter 2: The case for qualitative research In education policy: rationale and examples.

Chapter 3: Designing and planning the qualitative policy study.

Part II: Methodology and study design

Chapter 4: Document analysis as a policy research tool.

Chapter 5: Open-closed-open: The promises and perils of interviews with policymakers.

Chapter 6: Observing policy: the art of policy watching.

Chapter 7: Mapping qualitative policy analysis methods: toolbox, totem, or taboo.

Chapter 8: Writing a policy report – crafting a policy story: how to turn private.knowledge into public knowledge part iii: ethics in qualitative policy studies.

Part III: Ethics

Chapter 9: An ethical paradigm for studying education policy and people of status and power: mapping the terrain.

Chapter 10: Building trust: abusing trust? The art of confidentiality, intellectual validity, and informed consent.

Coda

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dan Gibton is Tenured Associate Professor at the Constantiner School of Education at Tel-Aviv University and Adjunct Lecturer at the Faculty of Law. He was also visiting research fellow at the UCL Institute of Education in 2000, 2005, 2011 and 2015.