Classroom-Based Research and Evidence-Based Practice

An Introduction
2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4462-0921-9
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 766 g

This refreshing Second Edition offers a helpful overview of educational research for those training to be teachers, or setting out on classroom-based research projects.

The book illustrates the nature and logic of the research process, and supports readers in critically evaluating the strengths and limitations of published studies.

Drawing on a variety of relevant examples, the book demonstrates each stage of the research process - including formulating research questions, selecting data collection techniques and deciding on approaches to data analysis - and usefully integrates each stage.

The new edition includes:

- an expanded treatment of data analysis
- new, discrete chapters looking at ethical issues, and at how teachers can research their own classrooms through the use of case studies
- discussion of research carried out by trainee teachers.

Clear and comprehensive, the examples included in the book demonstrate the range of topics that are suitable for research in the classroom and identify key factors for consideration when undertaking classroom-based research.

This book is essential reading for students, researchers, teachers and trainee teachers interested in doing research in the classroom.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taber, Keith

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Lehrerausbildung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: LEARNING ABOUT EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
The Professional Teacher and Educational Research
What Is This Thing Called Educational Research?
How Do Educational Researchers Think about Their Research?
What Strategies Do Educational Researchers Use?
How Can Teachers Research Their Own Classrooms?
PART TWO: LEARNING FROM EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Teachers Evaluating Research Quality
Teachers Evaluating Research Relevance
PART THREE: LEARNING THROUGH EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Teachers Planning Research
Teachers Prioritizing the Ethical Imperative in Classroom Research
Teachers Collecting Evidence through Research
Teachers Interrogating the Evidence from Classroom Studies

Teachers Making the Case through Reporting Research

Über Autor(innen)

Taber, Keith
Dr. Keith S. Taber is Reader in Science Education at the University of Cambridge. He is Chair of Dr Keith S. Taber is Reader in Science Education at the University of Cambridge, Chair of the Science, Technology & Mathematics Academic Group in the Faculty of Education, and editor of the journal Chemistry Education Research and Practice (published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC). He is on editorial / advisory / review boards for a range of journals and he is the book reviews editor for Studies in Science Education. He was the RSC Teacher Fellow for 2000-2001.

Keith Taber trained as a graduate teacher of chemistry and physics, and taught sciences in comprehensive secondary schools in England. He moved into further education where he taught physics and chemistry to A level, science studies to adult students, and research methods on an undergraduate education programme. He acted as the mentor for trainee science teachers on placement at the college. Whilst working as a teacher he earned his masters degree for research into girls under-representation in physics and his doctorate for research into conceptual development in chemistry. He joined the Faculty of Education in 1999. Please refer to Keith Taber's web pages.

Dr. Taber was the RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry) Teacher Fellow for 2000-1, undertaking a project on Challenging Chemical Misconceptions (http://www.chemsoc.org/networks/learnnet/miscon2.htm). He was the CERG (Chemical Education Research Group) Lecturer for 2000. He wrote a column (Reflections on Teaching and Learning Physics) for the journal Physics Education over a period of 6 years. He led the Cambridge project on teaching about ideas and evidence in science for the National KS3 Strategy (http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/keystage3/casestudies/cs_sc_ideas).

Dr. Taber is the moderator of an international electronic discussion list on learning in science. This list is intended as a forum for discussion among teachers, researchers and others who are interested in aspects of this topic. You may join the list at:

http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/learning-science-concepts/