Educational research and inquiry
Subtitle: qualitative and quantitative approaches
By: edited by Dimitra Hartas
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9781441183798; 9781441178718
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Educational research and inquiry: key issues and debates / Dimitra Hartas; title: The epistemological context of quantitative and qualitative research / Dimitra Hartas; title: Qualitative research as a method of inquiry in education / Will Gibson; title: Quantitative research as a method of inquiry in education / Dimitra Hartas; title: Research questions and research design / Denis Gleeson; title: Doing a literature review / Dimitra Hartas; title: Ethical considerations and legal issues in educational research / Geoff Lindsay; title: Action research / Andy Townsend; title: Ethnographic encounters with children / Pia Christensen; title: Children's and young people's participation within educational and civic settings: a comparative case study approach to research / Michael Wyness; title: Researching classroom interaction and talk / David Wray and Kristiina Kumpulainen; title: Documentary research / Wendy Robinson; title: The application of visual methodology in the exploration of the visual culture of schools / Jon Prosser and Andrew Loxley; title: Interviewing as educational research method(s) / Andrew J. Hobson and Andrew Townsend; title: Experimental and quasi-experimental designs in educational research / Dimitra Hartas; title: Survey research in education / Dimitra Hartas; title: Evaluation research in education / Dimitra Hartas; title: Qualitative research analysis in education / Will Gibson; title: Key concepts and assumptions in quantitative data analysis / Dimitra Hartas; title: Preparing and inputting data in SPSS15 / Dimitra Hartas; title: Exploring quantitative data / Dimitra Hartas; title: Between group differences: comparing two or more means / Dimitra Hartas; title: Correlation and regression / Steve Strand; title: Exploratory factor analysis / Dimitra Hartas; title: Writing up and presenting research / Alan Pritchard.