Researching Education from the Inside by Pat Sikes

Researching Education from the Inside by Pat Sikes

This ground-breaking book focuses on the practicalities of research projects that are undertaken by people who already have an attachment to the institutions or social groups on which their investigations are based.

"I like the general thrust of what is proposed very much and think it would be very useful for both university teachers, final year undergraduate students and graduate studentsWe need more work of this nature which includes plenty of diverse exemplars. There is certainly a need for books like this as Masters of Education, MA in Education and EdD programmes begin to proliferate. PhD students would also benefit from a work like this. What is needed to complement standard methodology texts which give the ‘textbook’ way of proceeding are works which tease out the nuances of different approaches. Such books are now becoming available, especially as works conceptualised to illustrate different research approaches from a paradigms perspective. They need to be supplemented by books which portray the practical realities of researchers’ experiences and their struggles. This book would be one very useful addition in this regard… The editors are all internationally recognised scholars in the field of qualitative research methodology, as are some of the individual contributors. Others I cannot comment on but I have a very high regard indeed for the scholarship of the editors and trust their judgement in selection of participants… I certainly recommend that you publish the book and believe it will be very marketable across regions." Professor Tom O’Donoghue University of Western Australia and author of "Planning Your Qualitative Research Project"

Ivor Goodson is Professor of Learning Theory at the University of Brighton, UK and International Research Professor at the University of Tallinn, Estonia. He has worked in a range of countries and was previously Accord Research Professor at the University of Western Ontario, Canada, and Frederica Warner Professor at the University of Rochester, USA.

Ari Antikainen is Professor Emeritus of Sociology of Education at the University of Eastern Finland. He was President of the International Sociological Association RC04 2006-2010. Knight, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland 2007.

Pat Sikes is Professor of Qualitative Inquiry in the School of Education at the University of Sheffield, UK. Pat's interests lie primarily in using auto/biographical approaches with a view to informing practice and policy.

Molly Andrews is Professor of Political Psychology, and Co-director of the Centre for Narrative Research at the University of East London, UK. Her research interests include political narratives, psychology of activist commitment and political identity.

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ISBN 13	9780415435949
ISBN 10	0415435943
Title	Researching Education from the Inside
Author	Pat Sikes
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2008-01-24
Number of pages	196
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