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Education research : the basics / Mike Hammond with Jerry Wellington.

Van Pelt Library LB1028 .H31145 2020
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hammond, Mike, author.
Wellington, J. J. (Jerry J.), author.
Series:
Basics (Routledge (Firm))
The basics
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Education--Research.
Education.
Education--Philosophy.
Physical Description:
vii, 180 pages ; 21 cm.
Place of Publication:
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
Summary:
"Concise, engaging and accessible, Education Research: The Basics discusses key ideas about the nature and purpose of education research: what it can and cannot achieve, how it has been used over the years and where and how it has had an impact. Providing crucial background for understanding key thinkers in the field such as Plato, Dewey, Montessori and Freire, each chapter represents a way of understanding the goals and methods of research conducted in the field of education. With key terms and further reading throughout, this book is a must-read for anyone undertaking or interested in research in the field of education" Provided by publisher.
Contents:
2 Practitioners addressing problems of practice p. 7
Action research p. 7
Reflective practice and other practice led approaches p. 20
Cases of reflective practice p. 23
3 Generalising about teaching and learning p. 31
Meta-studies p. 40
Systematic reviews and being systematic p. 43
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) p. 47
4 Describing and categorising in education research p. 55
Categories and categorising p. 56
Education leadership: another context for categorising p. 68
Doing a case study p. 73
A note on the wisdom of practice p. 74
5 Explaining and theorising in education research p. 79
Explaining p. 80
Theorising and explaining p. 81
Illustrating theory p. 86
Discussion of theory in education research p. 93
Interdisciplinarity and education research p. 95
6 Advocating: saying how it could be otherwise p. 101
Neoliberalism and education p. 102
Conservatism and education p. 105
Liberalism and education p. 110
Reformism and education p. 113
Progressivism and education p. 117
Radicalism and education p. 121
Advocacy: value; methods and difficulties p. 125
Further reading (and viewing) p. 131
7 Education research: looking back and looking forward p. 133
What has the book covered? p. 133
What is education research? p. 134
Which methodologies and methods are typical of education research? p. 136
Who is education research for? p. 137
How should we read education research? p. 138
What does education research tell us? p. 142
What are future challenges in education research? p. 144.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781138386761
1138386766
9781138386792
1138386790
OCLC:
1089839885

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