Beginning Research : A Guide for Foundation Degree Students

ISBN-13: 9780415409803 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 158 str.

Michelle Lowe

Opis

This is a practical toolkit that will enable you to plan, conduct and follow up your research . It contains information on the range of methods available to researchers, and introduces some of the key concepts associated with education research.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: What is Research and Why Should We Do It?  2. Ethical Issues in Research  3. Your Personal Research: Framing Your Research  4. Before Research: Using the Literature and Other Sources  5. Looking at Research: Questionnaires  6. Doing Research: A Practical Guide to Questionnaire Design  7. Looking at Research: Observations  8. Doing Research: Managing Observations  9. Looking at Research: Interviews  10. Doing Research: Successful Interviewing  11. Analysing Research  12. Presenting Research Findings: Putting it all Together

O autorze

Michelle Lowe is Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Education Policy Research at Staffordshire University, UK.