Research Methods for Social Justice and Equity in Education (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Strunk, Kamden K.; Locke, Leslie Ann

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This textbook presents an integrative approach to thinking about research methods for social justice. In today's education landscape, there is a growing interest in scholar-activism and ways of doing research that advances educational equity. This text provides a foundational overview of important theoretical and philosophical issues specific to this kind of work in Section I. In Section II, readers engage with various ways of thinking about, collecting and analyzing data, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Finally, in Section III, through case studies and research narratives, readers will learn about real scholars and their work. This book takes a wide-ranging approach to ways that various modalities and practices of research can contribute to an equity mission.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783030059002
• Artikelnr.: 55353203

Autorenporträt

Kamden K. Strunk is Assistant Professor of Educational Research at Auburn University, USA, where he is also a faculty affiliate of the Critical Studies Working Group. He is a quantitative methodologist, teaching statistics for educational research at the graduate level. His research focuses on equity in education with particular emphasis on intersections of racial, sexual, and gender identities. Leslie Ann Locke is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies at the University of Iowa, USA, and Director of the Research Initiative on Social Justice and Equity (RISE).  Her research interests include leadership for social justice and equity, schooling for students from marginalized groups, equity-oriented education policy, and qualitative methodologies.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Theoretical and Philosophical Issues.- 1. Re-positioning Power and Re-imagining Reflexivity: Examining Positionality and Building Validity Through Reconstructive Horizon Analysis.- 2. Considering Positionality: The Ethics of Conducting Research with Marginalized Groups.- 3. Flipping the Paradigm: Studying Up and Research for Social Justice.- 4. Framing Critical Race Theory and Methodologies.- 5. Disentangling the Complexities of Queer Theory and Intersectionality Theory: Research Paradigms and Insights for Social Justice.- 6. Using Critical Theory in Educational Research.- 7. Viewing Research for Social Justice and Equity Through the Lens of Zygmunt Bauman's Theory of Liquid Modernity.- 8. Thinking Critically about "Social Justice Methods": Methods as "Contingent Foundations".- 9. Institutional Review Boards: Purposes and Applications for Students.- Part II Approaches to Data Collection and Analysis.- 10. Typical Areas of Confusion for Students New to Qualitative Research.- 11.Youth Participatory Action Research: The Nuts and Bolts as Well as the Roses and Thorns.- 12. Advancing Social Justice with Policy Discourse Analysis.- 13. Through Their Eyes, in Their Words: Using Photo-Elicitation to Amplify Student Voice in Policy and School Improvement Research.- 14. Using Photovoice to Resist Colonial Research Paradigms.- 15. Re-introducing Life History Methodology: An Equitable Social Justice Approach to Research in Education.- 16. Quantitative Methods for Social Justice and Equity: Theoretical and Practical Considerations.- 17. Large-Scale Datasets and Social Justice: Measuring Inequality in Opportunities to Learn.- 18. X Marks the Spot: Engaging Campus Maps to Explore Sense of Belonging Experiences of Student Activists.- 19. Propensity Score Methodology in the Study of Student Classification: The Case of Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality in Mild Disability Identification and Labeling.- 20. Transformative Mixed Methods: A Missed Opportunity.- Part III Developinga Research Agenda.- 21. Writing, Race, and Creative Democracy.- 22. Beyond White: The Emotional Complexion of Critical Research on Race.- 23. I Pulled Up A Seat at the Table: My Journey Engaging in Critical Quantitative Inquiry.- 24. Working with Intention and in Tension: Evolving as a Scholar-Activist.- 25. Collaboration, Community, and Collectives: Research for and by the People.