Full Description
Transferring the model of reflective practice to research, this book is for those who have found that their initial research training, if they received one, has proved not entirely adequate, or who have found research more complex or intractable than expected. Drawing on examples from her own research and others, Linda Evans shows how, as reflective practitioners, researchers can develop more advanced methods and understandings. It has an international treatment and does not assume familiarity with any one educational system, citing examples of research from different territories.
Contents
Part 1: The need for improvement; 1: Developing as an educational researcher; 2: What's wrong with educational research; Part 2: Developing advanced research skills; 3: Taking conceptualization seriously; 4: Comparative analysis: trying to see the big picture; 5: A tale of two studies: a research puzzle to solve; 6: The suggestibility issue; 7: Telling it as it is; 8: Tools of the trade: developing coding and categorisation skills; 9: Developing theory; 10: Beyond theory: relevance and usefulness through the pragmatisation of research; References
