Education Policy Research

Reviews / Votes

This is more than a 'how to do it' text. It is both practical and theoretical, it is challenging and critical, thought-provoking and innovative whilst at the same time offering new knowledge to support the policy research arena as it grapples with new challenges . . . It should be a text that graces all university library shelves and one identified as compulsory reading for all PhD and Ed doctoral students as they plan their research design -- Liz Browne, Oxford Brookes University, UK * British Journal of Education Studies * This book is not just worthwhile, it is necessary. It asks difficult questions, transgresses boundaries and takes a stand. It is daring and careful, thoughtful and strident, focused and wide-ranging. It is more important than ever that we think about the what, how and why of educational research and this book will help us with that challenge and enable us as researchers to know who we want to be now. * Stephen J Ball, Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education, Institute of Education, University of London, UK * In this era of fast-paced, neoliberal policy churn, ideology trumps research. This collection of reflections on educational research gives us hope that research can be reflexive, relevant and timely. It suggests new research sites, new relationships with participants, and new ways of communicating our work to new audiences. * Gary Anderson, Professor of Educational Administration, New York University, USA * This book provides a lens on the harsh realities of English education and education policy. Many of the contributors are emerging, early career researchers. They provide fresh insights into the ways in which activist scholarship can be practised at a time when optimistic and critical intellectual research are sorely needed. * Pat Thomson, Professor of Education and Director of Centre for Advanced Studies, The University of Nottingham, UK *