ABSTRACT

This highly successful introductory text has been updated in the light of recent legislative changes in education - such as the introduction of teacher appraisal, and the move towards more heavily school-based training. The book's guiding principle remains simple: how to produce school-based research that is both useful and rigorous . It offers a clear account of the research process and provides a sound basis from which teachers can realistically conduct school-based research projects. New sections in this second edition include: * a discussion of the impact of feminism on educational research * further coverage of action research and case study research, and * advice on writing up research. The authors have also updated their invaluable annotated further reading lists for each chapter.

part |2 pages

Part I Designs and approaches

chapter 1|13 pages

Introduction 3 4 4

chapter 2|23 pages

Research approaches

chapter 3|20 pages

Access, ethics and objectivity

The challenge for school-based research

chapter 4|18 pages

Gender, research and education

part |2 pages

Part II Qualitative research techniques

chapter |3 pages

Introduction to Part II

chapter 6|35 pages

Ethnography fieldwork and the teacher

chapter 8|28 pages

Biographies: the life history interview

chapter 9|21 pages

Using documents

chapter 10|36 pages

Interaction in schools and classrooms

part |2 pages

Part III Qualitative data analysis, case study and writing

chapter |2 pages

Introduction to Part III

chapter 12|21 pages

Qualitative data analysis

chapter 13|14 pages

The case study