Educational Research in Practice by Joanna Swann
Educational Research in Practice offers valuable insights into problems faced by educational researchers. In order to convey what it is like to be a researcher, experienced practitioners from the UK, New Zealand, and North America address a common set of questions about their research: what they do; why they do it; its methodological basis; perceived outcomes. Dialogues between the book's editors and four of its contributors offer fascinating first-hand debate between Popperians and exponents of post-modernism, critical theory, indigenous research and case-study. The editors provide a set of principles for good research practice and a substantial glossary of research terms and their usage.
"'In the course of the exchanges interesting new light is thrown on some of the fundamental methodological divisions within educational research today' Professor Martyn Hammersley, The Open University; 'This is a good book, offering a fresh and coherent view, which will be useful to students and indeed academics.' Professor Tyrrell Burgess, University of East London; '... the dialectic approach adopted really helps draw out the central issues.' Professor Richard Bailey, Canterbury Christ Church University College"
Joanna Swann is a Popperian philosopher of learning and method, known internationally for her innovative theoretical and practical explorations of the implications of evolutionary epistemology for teaching and education research. Formerly a Principal Lecturer at the University of Brighton, UK, she is now a freelance author. John Pratt is Emeritus Professor of the Centre for Institutional Studies at the University of East London, UK, and Visiting Professor at the University of Brighton, UK.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780826475633 |
| ISBN 10 | 0826475639 |
| Title | Educational Research in Practice |
| Author | Joanna Swann |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2004-09-19 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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