Research Methods for Understanding Professional Learning

Practitioners are experts in their field and this book introduces research methods that help to make that expertise explicit. There is worldwide recognition of the importance of high quality, reflective practice that both engages with existing research evidence and engages in the production of new evidence. demonstrates how the knowledge about what happens in a practice context and the skills used to succeed there can be used as the building blocks for developing research methods and tools to best investigate practice. The experienced author team introduce a framework for understanding practice and for designing research about practice using a wealth of real research examples across all phases of education. This practical guide provides suggestions of a unique mix of research methods and tools, moving beyond just action research methodology, allowing the reader to engage with research design and assess how well the data gathered will answer their research question.>

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• Authors: Vivienne Baumfield, Dr Elaine (Northumbria University Hall, Elaine Hall, Elaine (Northumbria University Hall, Kate Wall, Kate (Strathclyde University Wall
• Assisted by: Melanie Nind (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781474274609
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-7460-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Bloomsbury Research Methods for Education; Bloomsbury Research Methods fo; Bloomsbury Research Methods fo; Bloomsbury Research Methods for Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, REFERENCE / Research, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Research methods: general