Educational Research, 2nd Edition

Educational Research: Creative Thinking and Doing is an engaging and accessible introduction to the broad field of educational research. It demonstrates how to use research to think about issues arising from classroom settings, organisations, or wider professional activities.Using engaging anecdotes from the field, this textbook thoroughly covers the basic principles, imperatives and theoretical approaches, and offers practical strategies for tackling the necessary processes and procedures.New to this edition Fully revised and updated to cover the introduction of National Curriculum Increased focus on research in science and social science education and educational contexts Agony aunt style epilogues at the end of each part, answering students’ questions about research

John O'Toole Honorary Professor, School of Education, Griffith UniversityDavid Beckett Associate Professor and Deputy Dean, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne

For many teachers and teacher education students, research is initially, a daunting prospect. Educational Research: Creative Thinking and Doing, Second Edition, is an accessible and engaging text which introduces students to the broad field of educational research and demonstrates how to use research when thinking about issues arising from educational and social policy, as well as schools and classrooms, within organizational and institutional contexts. Assuming no previous experience, the book covers the basic principles, reviewing imperatives and theoretical approaches, and explains how to tackle the necessary processes and procedures for conducting research and presenting the results. The new edition has been updated to highlight the contemporary focus on mixed methodology and collaborative research, and there is increased coverage of research in science and social science educational contexts to balance with its emphasis on helping artsand humanities teacher education students to use and to do research.

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