Full Description
This exciting collection is both useful and timely. It clearly lays out the problems, strategies and resources associated with the teaching of quantitative methods in modern universities.
Addressing the perceived 'crisis of number' in a practical and fresh way the book sets out dynamic new approaches to teaching quantitative methods. It offers historical, comparative, analytical reflection and empirical evidence concerning the crisis in contemporary social sciences.
Experts from across the social sciences provide a wide range of authoritative insights as well as a number of useful illustrations of strategies and resources designed to help overcome this 'crisis of number'. Each chapter reflects the diversity of backgrounds and approaches within the social sciences making this an interdisciplinary, relevant addition to the subject.
The book also:
o focuses on innovations in how to teach quantitative research methods
o reports on the latest ESRC research projects on teaching quantitative methods
o locates itself within current debates about skills for employment.
Clear, engaging and original this book will be essential reading for those interested in learning and teaching quantitative methods.
Contents
Preface - Geoff Payne and Malcolm Williams
Introduction: The 'Crisis of Number' - Geoff Payne and Malcolm Williams
Informed Citizens, Competent Social Scientists
Mapping the Academic Landscape of Quantitative Methods - Geoff Payne
Best Practices in Quantitative Methods Teaching - Jonathan Parker
Comparing Social Science Curricula Across Countries
The Place of Quantification in the Professional Training of Sociologists - Martin Bulmer
Some Career Reflections
Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Teaching in Quantitative Methods - Malcolm Williams and Carole Sutton
How to Teach the Reluctant and Terrified to Love Statistics - Katharine Adeney and Sean Carey
The Importance of Context in Teaching Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
Improving the Teaching of Quantitative Methods to Undergraduate Social Scientists - Jane Falkingham and Teresa McGowan
Understanding and Overcoming the Barriers
Increasing Secondary Analysis in Undergraduate Dissertations - Jo Wathan, Mark Brown and Lee Williamson
A Pilot Project
Mathematics for Economics - Rebecca Taylor and Angela Scott
Enhancing Teaching and Learning
Jorum - Jackie Carter
A National Service for Learning and Teaching
The Problem, Strategies and Resources in Teaching Quantitative Methods - Matthew David
The Way forward
