Full Description
This core text, now in its second edition, provides an easy-to-read, comprehensive introduction to educational research that will develop your understanding of research strategies, theories and methods, giving you the confidence and enthusiasm to discuss and write about your research effectively.
Specifically written for undergraduate education studies students, the book guides you through the process of planning a research project, the different research methods available and how to carry out your research and write it up successfully. Highlighting the theoretical and methodological debates and discussing important ethical and practical considerations, the book is structured to help you tackle all the different aspects of your project from writing your literature review, designing a questionnaire and analysing your data to the final writing up. This new edition is updated throughout with activities, case studies and further reading lists.
New chapters include:
Mixed-methods research.
Narrative inquiry.
Creative and visual research methods.
Extended chapter on research with children and vulnerable groups.
Part of the Foundations of Education Studies series, this timely new edition is essential reading for students undertaking a research methods course or a piece of educational research.
Contents
Introduction
1. Approaches to educational research
Part I: Planning an education research project
2. Choosing a topic and writing a proposal
3. Reviewing the literature
4. Sampling
5. Data analysis
6. Writing up your research project
Part II: Research strategies
7. Surveys
8. Mixed-methods research
9. Case studies
10. Ethnography
11. Action research
12. Narrative inquiry
Part III: Methods of data collection
13. Questionnaires
14. Interviews and focus groups
15. Observations
16. Documents
17. Creative and visual research methods
Part IV: Theorising research
18. Using theories and concepts in educational research
19. Evaluating methods
20. Ethical issues in educational research
21. Research with children and vulnerable groups
