
Challenges for Educational Research
SAGE Publications Ltd (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 17. December 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-85396-442-8 (ISBN)
Description
`There is much in the book that is thought- provoking, and much wise counsel is offered.... I found this book immensely interesting.... I can recommend it to anyone with an interest in educational research' - British Journal of Educational Psychology
`This book, edited by Jean Rudduck and Donald McIntyre, provides an insightful analysis of the key issues, involved in attempting to take stock of what should be the main purposes of educational research and how well the research that has been conducted has met these purposes..Overall, I found this book immensely interesting. It is published by Paul Chapman as one of the BERA Dialogues Series. This series is intended to provide a forum for a scholarly analysis of a theme that will be of interest to the international research community. This book fulfils this aim admirably and I can recommend it to anyone with an interest in educational research' - British Journal of Educational Psychology
`of use and interest to those presently engaged in educational research and evaluating educational policy. It certainly provides food for thought for all those in educational research community' - Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning
During the last few years there have been increasingly vigorous debates about the adequacy of educational research in the UK. Is it worth the money spent on it? Is it influenced enough by the user communities who ought to benefit most from it? Does it focus on the right kinds of questions? How does it compare with research in other possibly comparable fields, like medicine and engineering? Does it draw adequately on new developments in related social sciences? Is it effectively organized? Are there too many inadequately qualified people doing educational research? These are some of the questions that have been hotly debated, mainly within the educational research community itself.
This book brings together many of the major figures in British educational research. Four central chapters, based on previously unpublished recent reviews of the current state of educational research and of the future directions it should take, are the focus of critical commentaries from many different perspectives. In the opening chapter the two editors, both recent presidents of the British Educational Research Association, explain the context of the arguments, and in the final chapter synthesize the issues involved. Major changes in the conduct and organization of British educational research must be anticipated in the next few years. This book sets the scene for those changes
`This book, edited by Jean Rudduck and Donald McIntyre, provides an insightful analysis of the key issues, involved in attempting to take stock of what should be the main purposes of educational research and how well the research that has been conducted has met these purposes..Overall, I found this book immensely interesting. It is published by Paul Chapman as one of the BERA Dialogues Series. This series is intended to provide a forum for a scholarly analysis of a theme that will be of interest to the international research community. This book fulfils this aim admirably and I can recommend it to anyone with an interest in educational research' - British Journal of Educational Psychology
`of use and interest to those presently engaged in educational research and evaluating educational policy. It certainly provides food for thought for all those in educational research community' - Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning
During the last few years there have been increasingly vigorous debates about the adequacy of educational research in the UK. Is it worth the money spent on it? Is it influenced enough by the user communities who ought to benefit most from it? Does it focus on the right kinds of questions? How does it compare with research in other possibly comparable fields, like medicine and engineering? Does it draw adequately on new developments in related social sciences? Is it effectively organized? Are there too many inadequately qualified people doing educational research? These are some of the questions that have been hotly debated, mainly within the educational research community itself.
This book brings together many of the major figures in British educational research. Four central chapters, based on previously unpublished recent reviews of the current state of educational research and of the future directions it should take, are the focus of critical commentaries from many different perspectives. In the opening chapter the two editors, both recent presidents of the British Educational Research Association, explain the context of the arguments, and in the final chapter synthesize the issues involved. Major changes in the conduct and organization of British educational research must be anticipated in the next few years. This book sets the scene for those changes
Reviews / Votes
`There is much in the book that is thought- provoking, and much wise counsel is offered.... I found this book immensely interesting.... I can recommend it to anyone with an interest in educational research' - British Journal of Educational Psychology`This book, edited by Jean Rudduck and Donald McIntyre, provides an insightful analysis of the key issues, involved in attempting to take stock of what should be the main purposes of educational research and how well the research that has been conducted has met these purposes..Overall, I found this book immensely interesting. It is published by Paul Chapman as one of the BERA Dialogues Series. This series is intended to provide a forum for a scholarly analysis of a theme that will be of interest to the international research community. This book fulfils this aim admirably and I can recommend it to anyone with an interest in educational research' - British Journal of Educational Psychology
`of use and interest to those presently engaged in educational research and evaluating educational policy. It certainly provides food for thought for all those in educational research community' - Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
345 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85396-442-8 (9781853964428)
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Challenges for Educational Research
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Persons
CONTRIBUTORS
Michael Bassey British Educational Research Association
Michael Beveridge University of Bristol
David Bridges University of East Anglia
Sally Brown University of Stirling
Rosemary Deem University of Lancaster
Caroline Gipps Institute of Education University of London
John Gray Homerton College, Cambridge
David Hamilton University of Umea
Peter Hannon University of Sheffield
David Hargreaves University of Cambridge
Seamus Hegarty National Foundation for Educational Research, Slough
Wynee Harlen Scottish Foundation for Educational Research, Edinburgh
Roger Murphy University of Nottingham
Stewart Ranson University of Liverpool
Content
Educational Research - Jean Rudduck
The Prospect of Change...
PART ONE
An Episode in the Development of Educational Research - John Gray
The Report of th ESRC Working Party - Various Authors
The Future of Educational Research - Stewart Ranson
Learning at the Centre
Responses
Some Significant Developments? - Caroline Gipps
The Silence of the Shadows - David Hamilton
Educational Research and the ESRC
Research, Dissent and the Reinstatement of Theory - David Bridges
Subverting the Dominant Paradigm - Michael Bassey
PART TWO
Improving the Quality of Educational Research - Michael Beveridge
A New Partnership of Stakeholders and a National Strategy for Research in Education - David H Hargreaves
Responses
A Response from outside the University System - Seamus Hegarty
Misleading Prognoses? Educational Research in Action - Roger Murphy
An Ecological Perspective on Educational Research - Peter Hannon
A Forum for Researchers and Users of Research - Scottish Style - Sally Brown and Wynne Harlen
Overviews
Educational Research Past, Present and Future - Rosemary Deem
A Feminist Social Science Perspective
The Usefulness of Educational Research - Donald McIntyre
An Agenda for Consideration and Action
The Prospect of Change...
PART ONE
An Episode in the Development of Educational Research - John Gray
The Report of th ESRC Working Party - Various Authors
The Future of Educational Research - Stewart Ranson
Learning at the Centre
Responses
Some Significant Developments? - Caroline Gipps
The Silence of the Shadows - David Hamilton
Educational Research and the ESRC
Research, Dissent and the Reinstatement of Theory - David Bridges
Subverting the Dominant Paradigm - Michael Bassey
PART TWO
Improving the Quality of Educational Research - Michael Beveridge
A New Partnership of Stakeholders and a National Strategy for Research in Education - David H Hargreaves
Responses
A Response from outside the University System - Seamus Hegarty
Misleading Prognoses? Educational Research in Action - Roger Murphy
An Ecological Perspective on Educational Research - Peter Hannon
A Forum for Researchers and Users of Research - Scottish Style - Sally Brown and Wynne Harlen
Overviews
Educational Research Past, Present and Future - Rosemary Deem
A Feminist Social Science Perspective
The Usefulness of Educational Research - Donald McIntyre
An Agenda for Consideration and Action