School-based Research: A Guide for Education Students - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1446247481 ISBN 13: 9781446247488

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

'This book is an excellent resource for researchers, tutors and supervisors. This is the best 'research methods' textbook I am aware of'
-Sue Walters, Institute of Education

Focused on the needs of the new classroom researcher, and those studying at Masters-level on Education degree courses, School-based Research is a thorough and thoughtful guide to the research process. This second edition has been updated to provide further coverage on the best ways to approach, construct and carry out educational research within the classroom. It contextualises methodological issues alongside key ideas which teachers are likely to be concerned with, such as ability grouping, pupil voice, pupil behaviour, teaching approaches and pupil motivation.

New to this edition:

-A new chapter exploring how small-scale research can be undertaken with younger pupils in order to inform, understand and develop better classroom practices

-Coverage of action research is now split across two chapters exploring a range of approaches, including guidance on how to apply mixed methods approaches to schools-based action research

-Greater coverage of ethics, exploring key issues that need to be taken into consideration for school-based research projects

Essential reading for students on Education degree programmes including a research methods component, PGCE, MEd and professional development courses.

Elaine Wilson is Senior Lecturer in Science Education at the University of Cambridge.

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Review

'This book is an excellent resource for both researchers and their tutors and supervisors. I particularly value the way in which Wilson and her colleagues set the scene by explaining why practitioner research is important and valuable and why teachers should do school-based research. Detailed chapters then address each stage of the research process, providing real examples from research and making good use of expert and novice and researchers' work. Reflective questions at the end of each chapter provide excellent prompts for self-evaluation and are an excellent resource for face-to-face teaching sessions. Methodologies and paradigms are also clearly addressed. The book is full of practical activities and examples that tutors can call on in their teaching and supervision and practitioner researchers can use to develop their understandings and insights. This is the best 'research methods' textbook I am aware of for researchers'
-Sue Walters, Institute of Education

This is a thoroughly researched and helpful contribution to the burgeoning literature on research methods, with the added advantage of being aimed specifically at teachers who have an interest in reflecting on classroom interactions, interrogating their own practice and the behaviour and performance of their students. (Anne Pirrie Scottish Educational Review 2013-11-08)

About the Author

Elaine Wilson is Senior Lecturer in Science Education at the University of Cambridge.

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1446247481
• ISBN 13: 9781446247488
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 376
• Editor: Wilson Elaine