School-based research : a guide for education students / edited by Elaine Wilson ; assistant editor Robert Patterson ; production editor Nicola Carrier ; proofreader Sharon Cawood ; indexer Silvia Benvenuto ; marketing manager Lorna Patkai ; cover design Sheila Tong.

Contributor(s): Wilson, Elaine [editor. ] | Patterson, Robert [assistant editor. ] | Carrier, Nicola [production editor. ] | Cawood, Sharon [proofreader. ] | Benvenuto, Silvia [indexer. ] | Patkai, Lorna [marketing manager. ] | Sheila Tong, Sheila [cover designer. ]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd. 2017. LondonCopyright date: ©2017Edition: Third editionDescription: xviii, 391 pages : charts ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781473969032 (paperback)Subject(s): Education | Education -- ResearchLOC classification: LB1028 .S275 2017
Contents:
Introduction: Why Should Teachers Do School-Based Research?
Section 1 Using Existing Research to Understand and Plan School-Based Research. 1 Becoming a reflexive teacher -- 2 Refining the Focus for Research and Formulating a Research Question -- 3 Reviewing the Literature and Writing a Literature Review.
Section 2 Planning School-Based Research. 4 Research Design -- 5 Ethics in Educational Research -- 6 What is Educational Action Research -- 7 How to Do Research -- 8 The Case Study -- 9 Building Theory from Data: Grounded Theory -- 10 Research with Younger Children: Issues and Approaches.
Section 3 Data collection. 11 Data collection -- 12 Reliability and Validity in Qualitative Research by Teacher Researchers -- 13 Taking a Quantitative Approach.
Section 4 Data analysis and presentation. 14 Handling data -- 15 Analysing qualitative data -- 16 Analysing quantitative data -- 17 Writing about research -- 18 Disseminating research, blogs and social media.
Section 5 Paradigms. 19 Beyond positivism -- 20 Interpretivism: Meeting Our Selves In Research.
Subject: Focused on the needs of the new classroom researcher, and those studying education on Masters-level courses, this is a thorough and thoughtful guide to the research process, covering qualitative, quantitative, and mixed research methods. It guides you through research design, data collection, and analysis and how to write up your research findings. This Third Edition has been updated to provide further coverage on the best ways to approach, construct and carry out educational research within the classroom including: A new chapter on disseminating research knowledge Expanded coverage of formulating research questions A reworked chapter structure better reflecting the research process This is essential reading for students on education degree programs including a research methods component, including education studies, undergraduate (BEd, BA with QTS) and postgraduate (PGCE, School Direct, Teach First, SCITT) initial teacher education courses, MEd, and professional development courses. Online resources expanding on and complementing the contents of the book can be found here. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.--backover. https://www.abebooks.com/9781473969032/School-based-Research-Guide-Education-Students-1473969034/plp
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 374-384) and index (pages 385-391).

Introduction: Why Should Teachers Do School-Based Research?

Section 1 Using Existing Research to Understand and Plan School-Based Research. 1 Becoming a reflexive teacher -- 2 Refining the Focus for Research and Formulating a Research Question -- 3 Reviewing the Literature and Writing a Literature Review.

Section 2 Planning School-Based Research. 4 Research Design -- 5 Ethics in Educational Research -- 6 What is Educational Action Research -- 7 How to Do Research -- 8 The Case Study -- 9 Building Theory from Data: Grounded Theory -- 10 Research with Younger Children: Issues and Approaches.

Section 3 Data collection. 11 Data collection -- 12 Reliability and Validity in Qualitative Research by Teacher Researchers -- 13 Taking a Quantitative Approach.

Section 4 Data analysis and presentation. 14 Handling data -- 15 Analysing qualitative data -- 16 Analysing quantitative data -- 17 Writing about research -- 18 Disseminating research, blogs and social media.

Section 5 Paradigms. 19 Beyond positivism -- 20 Interpretivism: Meeting Our Selves In Research.

Focused on the needs of the new classroom researcher, and those studying education on Masters-level courses, this is a thorough and thoughtful guide to the research process, covering qualitative, quantitative, and mixed research methods. It guides you through research design, data collection, and analysis and how to write up your research findings.

This Third Edition has been updated to provide further coverage on the best ways to approach, construct and carry out educational research within the classroom including:
A new chapter on disseminating research knowledge
Expanded coverage of formulating research questions
A reworked chapter structure better reflecting the research process
This is essential reading for students on education degree programs including a research methods component, including education studies, undergraduate (BEd, BA with QTS) and postgraduate (PGCE, School Direct, Teach First, SCITT) initial teacher education courses, MEd, and professional development courses.

Online resources expanding on and complementing the contents of the book can be found here.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.--backover.

https://www.abebooks.com/9781473969032/School-based-Research-Guide-Education-Students-1473969034/plp