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This volume is about the practice and experience of doing research in the social sciences, as well as in related subjects such as education, business studies and health and social care. It is aimed at those who are involved in small-scale research projects at college or at work, particularly the less experienced. The book offers: a series of useful exercises to help progress research thinking; a range of examples taken from a variety of subject areas; extensive annotated bibliographies for further reading; and practical hints for all stages of the research process.
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"...an immensely useful resource." - Nursing Times Research "As a graduate research student, I have come across a number of books claiming to inform the reader 'how to research', and have become sceptical...This book challenges that scepticism and is to be warmly welcomed." - Research Policy and Planning." "...an excellent choice for any student about to start a research project for the first time." - British Journal of Educational Technology
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Dr Loraine Blaxter is a Research Associate and Lecturer in Continuing Education at the University of Warwick. She has taught research methods at Oxford, Papua New Guinea and Warwick Universities. Her current research is on the place of education in adults' careers. She has published widely in academic and professional journals. Dr Christina Hughes is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Warwick. Her research interests include the development of research methodologies and the relations between learning and work. She is co-editor of Gender and Education, and her publications include Stepparents: Wicked or Wonderful? (1991) and Stepparents, Stepchildren (1994). Professor Malcolm Tight is Reader in Continuing Education at the University of Warwick. He researches post-compulsory education policy and practice, and the relations between adult and organizational learning. His publications include Higher Education: a part time perspective (Open University Press, 1990) Open Universities: a British tradition? (with Robert Bell, Open University Press, 1993) and Key Concepts in Adult Education and Training (1996). The authors have also published The Academic Career Handbook (Open University Press, 1998).
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- PublisherMcGraw-Hill Education
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0335194524
- ISBN 13 9780335194520
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages280
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