Researching education
Subtitle: data, methods and theory in educational enquiry
By: David Scott and Robin Usher
Contributors: Usher, Robin, 1944-
Series: Institute of Education series; Institute of Education series
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9780826426659
Subjects: Research; Education; EDUCATION
Description: This volume is a study of the theory and practice of researching education. It examines the philosophical, historical, political and social contexts of researching and the implications of these for the collection and analysis of data. The authors argue that power is ever present in the construction of research texts and this is inevitable, as research imposes a closure of the world through representation and thus is always involved with and implicated in the operation of power. The book addresses such fundamental questions as: What is legitimate knowledge?, What is the relationship between the.
Notes: Originally published: Cassell, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-171) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; ONE: Introduction; PART ONE: PHILOSOPHY; PART TWO: STRATEGIES AND METHODS; PART THREE: ISSUES; References; Name Index; Subject Index.