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 Fata Analysis: Achieving depth and richness; 10. Writing Up: The potency of written argument; References; Index.
Tehmina N Basit is Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. She has been involved in teaching PGCE, Masters, PhD, EdD and Best Practice Research Scholarship students. She has also coordinated the Research Methods training for Doctoral students.
'Provides a fresh and lively approach to issues of undertaking
diverse studies across a broad spectrum. It raises questions and
challenges students to think and consider moral questions too.'
Professor Miriam David, Institute of Education, University of
London, UK
'This is a thoughtful, accessible, 'no-nonsense' guide to
educational research written for the novice researcher. Research
supervisors should point their candidates towards this helpful
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Professor Richard James, University of Melbourne, Australia
'Where was this book during the last five years when I was working
with so many educational professionals on their dissertations? We
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site research in their schools and classrooms after they have
finished their theses and dissertations.'
Diane Dunlap, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Educational
Leadership, University of Oregon, USA
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