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245 0 0 _aEducational research in practice :
_bmaking sense of methodology. /
_cedited by Joanna Swann and John Pratt.
260 _aNew Dehli :
_bViva Books,
_c2007
300 _a232 p.
500 _aIncludes index.
650 0 _aEducation
_xResearch
_xMethodology.
700 1 _aSwann, Joanna.
700 1 _aPratt, John,
942 _cBK
505 0 _aPart I: An Introduction to Educational Research in Practice; 1. Why You Should Read This Book Joanna Swann, King's College London and John Pratt, University of East London; 2. Making Sense of Methodology Joanna Swann and John Pratt; Part II: Different Approaches to Educational Research; 3. A Popperian Approach to Research on Learning Joanna Swann; 4. The Post-modern Prism: Fracturing Certainty in Educational Research Elizabeth Atkinson, University of Sunderland; 5. A Popperian Approach to Policy Research John Pratt; 6. Critical Approaches to Research in Practice Michael Collins, University of Saskatchewan, Canada; 7. Science in Educational Research William E. Tunmer, Jane E. Prochnow and James W. Chapman, Massey University, New Zealand; 8. Research in a Bicultural Context the Case of Aotearoa/New Zealand Patricia Maringi G. Johnston, Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi, New Zealand; 9. Case-Study Research Michael Bassey, Nottingham Trent University; Part III: Dialogues from a Research Community; 10. Decision-making in the Real World: Post-modernism versus Fallibilist Realism Elizabeth Atkinson and Joanna Swann; 11. Research and Social Improvement: Critical Theory and the Politics of Change Michael Collins and Joanna Swann; 12. Culture, Race, and Discourse Patricia Maringi G. Johnston and John Pratt; 13. How General are Generalizations? Michael Bassey and John Pratt; Part IV: Doing Good Research; 14. Principles for Good Practice John Pratt and Joanna Swann; Glossary: Some Important Research Terms and their Usage John Pratt and Joanna Swann; Index