Educational Research in Practice

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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