Doing qualitative educational research : a personal guide to the research process / Geoffrey Walford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walford, Geoffrey, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Research--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Continuum, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Geoffrey Walford, a renowned and experienced researcher, reflects upon the trials and tribulations and the problems and promises of conducting research - and also on the links between the idiosyncrasies and circumstances of researchers and what is possible in research. Research is revealed as a much more complicated process than is usually recognized, sometimes messy and disorganized, sometimes constrained in unexpected ways, but always challenging to both researcher and reader.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Choice of research site and problematic access; 3 Gaining access to research sites; 4 First days in the field; 5 Research role conflicts and compromises; 6 Interviews; 7 Researching yourself; 8 Political commitment; 9 Ethics; 10 On analysis and theory; 11 Publication; 12 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 15, 2014).

ISBN:

9781441127280

1441127283

OCLC:

893331009