基本説明
Drawing on a variety of relevant examples, this book demonstrates each stage of the research process and integrates each stage.
Full Description
This refreshing Second Edition offers a helpful overview of educational research for those training to be teachers, or setting out on classroom-based research projects. The book illustrates the nature and logic of the research process, and supports readers in critically evaluating the strengths and limitations of published studies.
Drawing on a variety of relevant examples, the book demonstrates each stage of the research process - including formulating research questions, selecting data collection techniques and deciding on approaches to data analysis - and usefully integrates each stage.
The new edition includes:
- an expanded treatment of data analysis
- new, discrete chapters looking at ethical issues, and at how teachers can research their own classrooms through the use of case studies
- discussion of research carried out by trainee teachers.
Clear and comprehensive, the examples included in the book demonstrate the range of topics that are suitable for research in the classroom and identify key factors for consideration when undertaking classroom-based research.
This book is essential reading for students, researchers, teachers and trainee teachers interested in doing research in the classroom.
Contents
PART ONE: LEARNING ABOUT EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
The Professional Teacher and Educational Research
What Is This Thing Called Educational Research?
How Do Educational Researchers Think about Their Research?
What Strategies Do Educational Researchers Use?
How Can Teachers Research Their Own Classrooms?
PART TWO: LEARNING FROM EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Teachers Evaluating Research Quality
Teachers Evaluating Research Relevance
PART THREE: LEARNING THROUGH EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Teachers Planning Research
Teachers Prioritizing the Ethical Imperative in Classroom Research
Teachers Collecting Evidence through Research
Teachers Interrogating the Evidence from Classroom Studies
Teachers Making the Case through Reporting Research
