Doing Research About Education

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Doing Research About Education is written by Geoffrey Walford and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1135710317 (ISBN 10) and 9781135710316 (ISBN 13).

This book brings together semi-autobiographical accounts from major educationalists about their influential research, focusing on the practical and personal aspects of the research process. The collection reflects the great changes that have occured within educational research since the 1980s and deals with the issues and situations of the late 1990s. It includes accounts that cover the various stages of the research process, a sampling of topics, the diversity of methodologies used in educational research and a range of theoretical perspectives. There is coverage of qualitative and quantitative methodologies and of large and smaller scale research. Also discussed are: ESRC programme research, contract research and theoretical research.