Fundamentals of Educational Research
Published on 12. September 1990
Book
Hardback
282 pages
978-1-85000-788-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book aims to cut through the mysteries of educational research and provide a succinct and conceptual exposition of research processes, methods and tools. It gives an overview of major sources of research problems and questions and introduces useful research framework. Major research methods and approaches are introduced together with advice on when to use them.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85000-788-3 (9781850007883)
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New editions
Garry Anderson | Nancy Arsenault
Fundamentals of Educational Research
Book
03/1998
2nd Edition
Routledge Falmer
€297.80
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Content
Part 1 Introduction to educational research: the nature of educational research; research ethics; defining a research problems; sources of research literature. Part 2 Research processes: research frameworks; planning a research study; scholarly communication; reviewing the literature. Part 3 Research methods: introduction to research methods; historical research; descriptive methods; experimental and quasi- experimental methods; correlation research; ethnographic research; case study; program evaluation; policy research. Part 4 Research tools and techniques: survey research; questionnaire construction; using interviews for successful data collection; developing effective interview protocols; focus groups.