Fieldwork in Educational Settings
Methods, Pitfalls and Perspectives
2nd Edition
Published on 6. December 2001
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-0-415-24836-5 (ISBN)
Description
Extensively revised and updated, this new edition of Fieldwork in Educational Settings will be welcomed by researchers and academics in education and the social sciences. Embracing both sociological and anthropological approaches to qualitative research, the book covers education inside and beyond schools. It emphasises writing up ethnographic research and getting the project finished, and is packed with examples from research in progress.
This new edition brings the original text right up to date for new researchers. There is an additional chapter on computer software for data handling and attention is given to the implications of postmodernism for writing up research. The examples given are taken from the latest research, replacing those from the first edition. This is an indispensable handbook by an author whose work on this subject is widely recognised as being an essential resource for the researcher in education.
This new edition brings the original text right up to date for new researchers. There is an additional chapter on computer software for data handling and attention is given to the implications of postmodernism for writing up research. The examples given are taken from the latest research, replacing those from the first edition. This is an indispensable handbook by an author whose work on this subject is widely recognised as being an essential resource for the researcher in education.
Reviews / Votes
'Never disappointing, this is definitely a book to be read, re-read, dipped into and, what is more, used in the field.' - EscalateMore details
Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-24836-5 (9780415248365)
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01/1992
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Person
Sara Delamont is Head of the School of Social and Administrative Studies, University of Cardiff. She is an experienced author and her work ranges from study guides to reference books. She is also writing Surviving Your Research Project for us
Content
1. For Lust of Knowing 2. Tales, Marvellous Tales: Recognizing Good Fieldwork and Reading Wisely 3. Beyond that Last Blue Mountain: Impediments to Good Fieldwork and How to Overcome Them 4. Manuscripts in Peacock Styles: Writing Diaries, Data and Texts 5. Gnawing the Nail of Hurry: Choosing the Topic, Setting and Problem 6. Sweet to Ride Forth: Gaining Access and Recording the Process 7. Beauty and the Bright Faith: Early Days in the Field and How to Record Them 8. Spikenard, Mastic and Terebinth: Varieties of Data Collected and Recorded 9. Seek Not Excess: Maintaining Relationships in the Field 10. Leaving the Dim-moon City of Delight: Terminating Your Fieldwork 11. Beauty Lives though Lilies Die: Analyzing and Theorizing 12. For Glory of For Gain: Producing the Thesis or Book 13. Always a Little Further: The Conclusions