Practical Research Methods in Education: An Early Researcher's Critical Guide

ISBN-13: 9780815393566 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 154 str.

Mike Lambert

Opis

This book offers detailed illustration of a range of data-collection methods and approaches used in educational research; drawing on the research, practical experiences and reflections of active researchers it is ideal for anyone deciding on the best approach and methodology for their own investigations.

Spis treści

Contents; List of figures and tables; Contributors; Foreword; Editor’s introduction; 1. Using questionnaires; 2. Using interviews; 3. Observations; 4. Involving children; 5. Using video as data; 6. Using quantitative data; 7. Document analysis; 8. ‘Doing text’: Madness in the methods; 9. Q-methodology: A science of subjectivity; 10. Mosaic: Participatory research in the early years; 11. Ethnography; 12. Case study; 13. Grounded theory; Closing words; Index

O autorze

Mike Lambert was Principal Lecturer in Education at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, where he developed a two-year undergraduate course on doing educational research. He has supervised the research work of many undergraduate and postgraduate students.