How to do Your Research Project: A Guide for Students in Education and Applied Social Sciences
Language: English
Published by SAGE Publications Ltd, 2009
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This book takes the student through the different phases of a research project, explaining what should happen at each phase, what the main research design frames and methods used in social science research are, and with practical examples of how the project should be done and written up.
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- Title
- How to do Your Research Project: A Guide for Students in Education and Applied Social Sciences
- Author
- Gary Thomas
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1847874436
- ISBN 13
- 9781847874436
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′Whether embarking on research as an undergraduate or for a doctorate, Gary Thomas′ book will be of great value to you. It is refreshingly different from other books about doing research: it′s informative, well-written, wide-ranging yet sufficiently detailed and above all it′s enjoyable to read! I recommend it highly′.
Professor Peter Earley, Institute of Education, University of London
Are you doing a research project? Do you need advice on how to carry out research?
Using practical examples, this book takes you through what should happen at each phase in the project′s schedule. Gary Thomas explains the main design frames and methods of data collection and analysis used in education and social science research, and provides down to earth advice on how to weave these elements together into a coherent whole.
Structured according to the main phases of doing a project, the book covers
· deciding your topic and your research question
· project management and study skills
· doing a literature review
· methodology and research design
· design frames
· ethics and access
· how to analyse the information you gather
· discussing findings, theorising, concluding and writing up
This book is an essential read for undergraduate, postgraduate, CPD and doctoral students undertaking a project in the applied social sciences.
Comments from tutors:
′I loved this book! It brought research methods alive′: Gill Richards ,Nottingham Trent University
′Unputdownable′: Joy Jarvis ,University of Hertfordshire
′Accessible and encouraging style′: Neil Stott ,Nottingham Trent University
Comments from students:
′Brilliant′: Alison Patterson
′Love the visual models′: Susan Allan
′Filled me with optimism′: Anne Cowan
′Very entertaining as well as extremely useful′: Viv Brown
Gary Thomas is Professor of Education at the University of Birmingham.
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About the Author
Being of a nervous disposition as a child, Gary Thomas failed to write anything on his 11-plus examination paper, which inaction took him to secondary modern school.
He eventually became a teacher, then an educational psychologist, then a professor of education at the University of Birmingham, where his teaching, research and writing have focused on inclusive education and the methods used in social science research. He has led a wide range of research projects and has received research funding from the AHRC, the ESRC, the Nuffield Foundation, the Leverhulme Trust, the Department for Education, charities such as Barnardo’s and the Cadmean Trust, local authorities and a range of other organisations. He has written or edited 30 books, lots of boring academic articles, and quite interesting essays on the state of education in the national press. He was the editor of journals such as the British Educational Research Journal and Educational Review.
He has two grown-up daughters, one daughter at school, and two grandchildren. He likes, in alphabetical order, birds, chess, cycling, dogs, his family, gardening, reading and writing.
Despite supporting Aston Villa football club, he maintains an optimistic outlook on life.
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