Doing Your Education Research Project

A practical guide offering simple steps for trainee teachers or experienced practitioners new to research, on getting started with their education research project.

′Key strengths of this text are its clearly structured layout, and accessible style.  The introductory chapter effectively updates this book, locating it firmly in the current complex and changing environment.

Written specifically for the practitioner-researcher, the book makes clear and explicit links between the practices of teaching, and the practices of education research.  Short case studies throughout are realistic in their message, and will be instantly recognisable to teachers at a range of stages in their careers.

It’s good to see a user-friendly approach to quantitative data analysis for non-mathematicians; something that’s not often found in a book of this nature.′

If you are a trainee teacher or experienced practitioner new to research, or are simply wondering how to get started on your education research project, this practical book will be your guide. The authors offer simple steps to ensure that you ask the key questions in the most effective way possible. The book guides you through the entire research process: from clarifying the context and conceptual background, to presenting and analysing the evidence gathered.

 

Supported by examples, checklists and diagrams, this fully revised and updated edition includes a wealth of information on:

• Research design
• Evidence gathering techniques
• Practitioner research
• Ethics
• Data analysis techniques.

This book will be valuable to anyone begining a research or a professional or a professional or school development project, whatever stage they are at within the teaching community, from training for QTS, higher degree, or in need of evidence-backed decisions for the strategic development of their school.

• | Author: Marion Jones, Neil Burton, Mark Brundrett
• | Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• | Publication Date: Jan 14, 2014
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781446266779
• | ISBN-10: 144626677X