Researching education policy: Ethical and methodological issues

ISBN-13: 9780750703451 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 218 str.

David Halpin; By David Edited; David Halpin

Opis

The methodology researching of educational policy is the subject of this book. It takes a behind the scenes look at the conducting, the analysis and the interpretation of research carried out into educational policy issues revolving around the 1988 Education Reform Act.

Spis treści

Part 1 Reforms, Research and Being Reflexive about Being Reflective, Barry Troyna; Part 2 Theory, Scholarship and Research into Education Policy; Part 3 Where We Are Now: Reflections on the Sociology of Education Policy, Charles D.Raab; Part 4 Applied Education Politics or Political Sociology of Education?: Contrasting Approaches to the Study of Recent Education Reform in England and Wales, Roger Dale; Part 5 Coming to Terms with Research: The Contract Business, May Pettigrew; Part 6 Scholarship and Sponsored Research: Contradiction, Continuum or Complementary Activity?, Robert G.Burgess; Part 7 The Ethics of Research into Education Policy; Part 8 The Constraints of Neutrality: The 1988 Education Reform Act and Feminist Research, Beverley Skeggs; Part 9 Political Commitrnent in the Study of the City Technology College, Kingshurst, Geoffrey Walford; Part 10 Researching inside the State: Issues in the Interpretation of Elite Interviews, Stephen J.Ball; Part 11 Sex, Lies and Audiotape: Interviewing the Education Policy Elite, JENNY OZGA, SHARON GEWIRTZ; Part 12 Methodological Perspectives on Research into Education Policy; Part 13 Ethnography, Policy Making and Practice in Education, Martyn Hammersley; Part 14 Why Didn’t You Use a Survey so You Could Generalize Your Findings?: Methodological Issues in a Multiple Site Case Study of School Governing Bodies after the 1988 Education Reform Act, >Rosemary Deem, >Kevin J.Brehony; Part 15 Students’ Secondary School Careers: Research in a Climate of ‘moving Perspectives’, >Gwen Wallace, >Jean Rudduck, >Susan Harris; Part 16 Researching Parents after the 1988 Education Reform Act, >Martin Hughes; Part 17 Practice and Prospects in Education Policy Research, David Halpin;

O autorze

David Halpin, Barry Troyna