Tehmina N Basit

Conducting Research in Educational Contexts

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Anyone embarking on a research project for the first time is likely to be daunted by the research process and the huge array of seemingly impenetrable terminology. This user-friendly yet comprehensive book is divided into three sections. Tehmina Basit carefully guides the reader step-by-step through the entire research process, from getting started and gathering data, to making sense of the data. Accessible and down-to-earth, Conducting Research in Educational Contexts will prove an invaluable resource for educational researchers everywhere.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 552g
• ISBN-13: 9780826486882
• ISBN-10: 0826486886
• Artikelnr.: 29931394

Autorenporträt

Tehmina N Basit is Professor of Education and Director of the Institute for Education Policy Research at the University of Staffordshire, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Passionate enquiries
Part 1: Getting Started
1. Research Paradigms and Approaches: Choosing models and traditions
2. Designing the Project: Preparing the groundwork
3. Issues in Research: Moral, authentic and trustworthy investigations
Part 2: Gathering Data
4. Questionnaires: The strength of numbers
5. Interviews: The beauty of verbal interaction
6. Observation: The charm of gathering data in situ
7. Documents: Exploiting records of social phenomena
Part 3: Making Sense of Data
8. Quantitative Data Analysis: Seeking breadth and generalisability
9. Qualitative Data Analysis: Achieving depth and richness
10. Writing Up: The potency of written argument
References
Index