Organisation and Impact of Social Research - Six Original Case Studies in Education and Behavioural Sciences

List of contents

Contributors. Introduction. Part 1: Longitudinal Studies 1. The Use and Abuse of National Cohorts J.W.B. Douglas 2. Parental Roles and Social Contexts John and Elizabeth Newson Part 2: School Studies 3. Facts, Evidence and Rumour: A Rational Reconstruction of ‘Social Class and the Comprehensive School’ Julienne Ford 4. Problems of Sociological Fieldwork: A Review of the Methodology of ‘Hightown Grammar’ C. Lacey Part 3: Policy Studies 5. ‘Streaming in the Primary School’: Methods and Politics Joan Barker Lunn 6. ‘Mixed or Single-Sex School?’: A Comment on a Research Study R.R. Dale 7. The Organisation and Impact of Social Research Marten Shipman

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Marten Shipman

Summary

Originally published in 1976, the authors of six of the most widely quoted works in behavioural science related to education, at the time, here describe in detail their research work, including its origins, planning and implementation.

Product details

• Authors: Marten Shipman
• Assisted by: Marten Shipman (Editor), Shipman Marten (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138632943
• ISBN: 978-1-138-63294-3
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Psychology of Education; Routledge Library Editions: Psychology of Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology, PSYCHOLOGY / History, Educational psychology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Educational strategies & policy, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Social research & statistics, Psychological methodology, Social research and statistics, Educational systems and structures, Educational strategies and policy, PSYCHOLOGY / Education, Training & Supervision