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Doing a small-scale research project is a compulsory element of an Education Studies degree. This book will guide and support students through their research, offering practical advice on designing...
Doing a small-scale research project is a compulsory element of an Education Studies degree. This book will guide and support students through their research, offering practical advice on designing, planning and completing the research , collecting and analysing data and on writing up. It outlines the philosophical approaches underpinning research together with the key concepts and current debates in education research. Each chapter includes points for reflection, encouraging students to explore different perceptions on the whole research project. Tasks in each chapter take readers through the process of designing and justifying their own research project. Essential reading for education studies students, it will also be very suitable for those doing masters courses in education, students on initial teacher training programmes and of interest to others, such as classroom assistants, studying education on foundation degrees .
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- Diana Burton and Steve Bartlett
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- English
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- Los Angeles : SAGE, 2009
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- ix, 178 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 1847873588, 9786612795107, 1282795104, 184787357X, 1446269485, 0857029452, 9781847873576, 9781847873583, 1446243605, 9781446269480
- OCLC
- ocn731677133, on1183834391, ocn317927712, ocn670411318
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Professor Diana Burton is pro vice chancellor at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), having joined the university as Dean of Education, Community and Leisure in 2002. Starting her career teaching secondary pupils in a challenging community, she became a teacher educator at Manchester Metropolitan University from 1989 - 2002. As a member of LJMU's senior management team, Diana contributes to the corporate strategic development and leads all aspects of research and the student experience. She holds a Masters degree and PhD from the University of Birmingham and has published several books and journal articles on aspects of education studies and teacher development. She is involved in a number of research projects. Diana is governor of Riverside College, Halton having recently stepped down as Chair after four years. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and of the Higher Education Academy. Diana is passionate about improving opportunities for disadvantaged young people and is keen to help the post-16 sector exploit its crucial role in this regard.
- Steve Bartlett's research interests are in practitioner research where he has worked with networks of teachers on the development of their classroom evaluations. He has also been involved with the development of Education Studies as a subject in HE. Steve has been chair of the British Education Studies Association and was more recently involved in the review of the Education Studies Subject Benchmarks for QAA. Steve currently teaches research methods on the master's in leadership and management and education studies on the combined awards program.
- The development of education research -- Research paradigms and social perspectives -- An ethical approach to research -- Getting started: beginning a research project -- Accessing and using literature -- Research strategies: case studies and experiments -- Questionnaires -- Interviews -- Observation -- Research biographies and logs -- Use of existing documents -- Writing up and final conclusions