A Guide to Practitioner Research in Education

Informationen zum Autor The team of authors are all within the School of Education at the University of Glasgow and have significant experience of working with practitioner researchers in education. Klappentext This book is a guide to research methods for practitioner research. Written in friendly and accessible language, it includes numerous practical examples based on the authors' own experiences in the field, to support readers. Zusammenfassung This book is a guide to research methods for practitioner research. Written in friendly and accessible language, it includes numerous practical examples based on the authors' own experiences in the field, to support readers. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: WHAT IS RESEARCH AND WHY DO IT? What Is Research? Why Do Practitioner Research? PART TWO: WHAT DO WE WANT TO KNOW? What Is a Research Question? Getting It Right! Values and the Ethical Dimensions of Practitioner Research PART THREE: WHAT DO WE KNOW ALREADY AND WHERE DO WE FIND IT? What Do We Know Already? How Do I Do a Literature Review? PART FOUR: HOW WILL WE FIND OUT? Questionnaires and Questionnaire Design Interviews Using Focus Groups Observation Other Methods PART FIVE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Quantitative Data Analysis Qualitative Data Analysis PART SIX: HOW WILL WE TELL EVERYONE? How Do I Write up My Research?

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• Authors: Dely Elliot, Dely L. Elliot, John R. Hall, Stuart Hall, Moira Hulme, Jon Lewin, Kevin Lowden, Ian Menter, Ian J Menter, Ian J J Menter, Ian J. Menter
• Assisted by: Ian Menter (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2011
• EAN: 9781849201858
• ISBN: 978-1-84920-185-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 242 mm x 15 mm
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries