Doing educational research / edited by Geoffrey Walford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Walford, Geoffrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Research--Great Britain.

Education.

Education--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thirteen major educationalists offer semi-autobiographical accounts of their own influential research work, focusing on the practical and personal realities of the research process. Authors such as Barbara Tizard and Martin Hughes, Stephen J. Ball, David Reynolds and Peter Mortimore discuss their approaches to aspects of research from conception and funding of the project to information gathering and analysis, writing up and publishing.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on Contributors; REFLEXIVE ACCOUNTS OF DOING EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH; REFLECTIONS ON YOUNG CHILDREN LEARNING; RESEARCHING COMMON KNOWLEDGE: STUDYING THE CONTENT AND CONTEXT OF EDUCATIONAL DISCOURSE; BREAKTHROUGHS AND BLOCKAGES IN ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH: CONTRASTING EXPERIENCES DURING THE CHANGING SCHOOLS PROJECT; RESEARCHING THE CITY TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE, KINGSHURST; YOUNG, GIFTED AND BLACK: METHODOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS OF A TEACHER/RESEARCHER; WORKING TOGETHER? RESEARCH, POLICY AND PRACTICE. THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SCOTTISH EVALUATION OF TVEI

PRIMARY TEACHERS TALKING: A REFLEXIVE ACCOUNT OF LONGITUDINAL RESEARCHPOWER, CONFLICT, MICROPOLITICS AND ALL THAT!; DOING EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IN TRELIW; THE FRONT PAGE OR YESTERDAY'S NEWS: THE RECEPTION OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-93978-7

1-134-93979-5

1-280-07914-2

0-203-40948-5

0-203-32140-5

9780203409480

OCLC:

276948083