Place-based methods for researching schools / Pat Thomson and Christine Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomson, Pat, 1948- author.

Hall, Christine, 1951- author.

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

Bloomsbury research methods for education series

Bloomsbury research methods for education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Research--Methodology.

Education.

Education--Social aspects--Research--Methodology.

Education--Social aspects.

Research.

Methodology.

Physical Description:

xv, 276 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

Summary:

"Schools are complex institutions. They do not easily reveal themselves to researchers who rely on only one or two methods. Understanding a school, its neighbourhood and its students requires a researcher with a more complex repertoire of verbal, statistical and visual research strategies. Place-Based Research Methods in Schools surveys multiple research tools rather than dealing with them separately. Taking a novel theoretical approach to the school as a 'place', the book offers grounded illustrations of schools as places from real case study and ethnographic research conducted in both Australia and the UK. A practical guide, this book explores the on-the-ground questions researchers are likely to face in the order they are likely to face them. The chapters not only look at data generation approaches, but also address analysis of the data and writing about the school, topics that are often ignored. Methods explored for use include those drawn from urban planning and geography to explore neighbourhoods, visual surveys, mapping, classroom observation, ethnographic observation, interviews, focus groups, sociograms and linguistic corpora. Including research tips from the authors, boxed case studies, a glossary and annotated further reading list, this book is essential reading for students and scholars approaching their research project"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Introducing the book

1. Studying a School

2. Getting Into the School

3. Getting to Know the Neighbourhood

4. Reading the School

5. Living with the School

6. Multiple Perspectives on the School

7. Analysing Complex Data Sets

8. Writing the School

Glossary

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Thomson, Pat, 1948- author. Place-based methods for researching schools.

ISBN:

9781474242882

9781474242899

1474242898

147424288X

OCLC:

921033627

Publisher Number:

99970501156