Research Methods and Methodologies in Education - Softcover

Coe, Robert; Waring, Michael; Hedges, Larry V; Arthur, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1473969808 ISBN 13: 9781473969803

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

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The #1 resource for carrying out educational research

In order to carry out high-quality educational research, every aspect of the process needs careful consideration. This all-encompassing textbook gives a considered overview of principles that underpin research, key qualitative and quantitative methods for research design, data collection and analysis.

New to the Second Edition:

Includes new chapter on Ethics

Enhanced coverage of qualitative research

Thorough reworking's of chapters makes the new edition truly comprehensive

About this title

Review

An essential tool for researchers who wish to be widely versed in key methods and approaches, from experiments to ethnography.  The content is clear, practical, and concise, orienting beginning readers to important themes and issues and directing advanced readers to additional, in-depth resources. I highly recommend it.
(Heather C. Hill 2017-01-04)

About the Author

Professor Robert J. Coe, Durham University, Professor of Education and Director of the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring. His research interests include evaluation methodology, evidence-based education and the involvement of practitioners in research, school effectiveness and improvement including the methodology of school effectiveness research, the use and effects of feedback especially in performance monitoring information systems, and the statistical comparability of examinations in different subjects and over time.

Dr Michael Waring, Director MSc Education (QTS) Physical Education, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University. He sits on the executive of the Society for Educational Studies, and is on the editorial board of the British Journal of Educational Studies and Higher Education Pedagogies. His research interests focus on the development of a personal learning styles pedagogy and the use learning technologies as part of distance and blended learning in higher education and initial teacher education contexts. Generally and as part of the exploration of this personalised learning agenda, he is interested in the use and innovative development of qualitative research methodology.

Professor Larry V. Hedges, Northwestern University, Professor of Statistics and Social Policy. A national leader in the fields of educational statistics and evaluation, his research is in the fields of sociology, psychology and educational policy. He is best known for his work to develop statistical methods for meta-analysis in the social, medical and biological sciences.

Professor James Arthur, Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Professor of Education and Civic Engagement, University of Birmingham. He is Director, Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, an inter-disciplinary research centre focussing on character, virtues and values in the interest of human flourishing. He has written widely on the relationship between theory and practice in education, particularly the links between communitarianism, social virtues, citizenship, religion and education. He is Secretary to the Society for Educational Studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1473969808
• ISBN 13: 9781473969803
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 400