ABSTRACT

Thirteen major educationalists offer semi-autobiographical accounts of their own influential research work, focusing on the practical and personal realities of the research process. Authors such as Barbara Tizard and Martin Hughes, Stephen J. Ball, David Reynolds and Peter Mortimore discuss their approaches to aspects of research from conception and funding of the project to information gathering and analysis, writing up and publishing.

chapter 3|18 pages

RESEARCHING COMMON KNOWLEDGE

Studying the content and context of educational discourse

chapter 6|20 pages

YOUNG, GIFTED AND BLACK: METHODOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS OF A TEACHER/RESEARCHER

Methodological reflections of a teacher/researcher

chapter 7|26 pages

WORKING TOGETHER? RESEARCH, POLICY AND PRACTICE.

The experience of the Scottish evaluation of TVEI

chapter 8|19 pages

PRIMARY TEACHERS TALKING

A reflexive account of longitudinal research

chapter 11|24 pages

THE FRONT PAGE OR YESTERDAY’S NEWS

The reception of educational research