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010 _a 2010277471
020 _a0195565479
020 _a9780195565478
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100 1 _aO'Toole, John,
_d1941-
245 1 0 _aEducational research :
_bcreative thinking & doing /
_cJohn O'Toole, David Beckett.
260 _aSouth Melbourne, Victoria :
_bOxford Univ Press,
_c2010.
300 _axvi, 232 p. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 213-221) and index.
505 _aAcknowledgments Introduction PART I Thinking Research 1. 'Seeing' research What is research? Why do it? Contexts of formal research Research scholarship 2. What does research entail? Some philosophical considerations Some responsibilities Defining the key terms 3. Research and the practitioner Practitioners as researchers Researching practice Three approaches to research The underpinning significance of human experience 4. Methodologies and methods Descriptive and interpretive research Interventionist methodologies-bringing about change through research Third-space methodologies-for description, interpretation and ongoing change PART II Doing Research 5. Making a start Starting points Developing the proposal or submission Ethics approval 6. The literature Accessing the literature Making a start How to read Retrieving and documenting the literature Internet and other sources Research site resources 7. Dealing with data Collecting and generating data Negative data and silent voices Background data Participant data Experimental data Documenting data 8. Data analysis and synthesis A note of encouragement and an outline Preparing the ground for analysis Analysis in action Analysis after action Analysing the data-quantitative Analysing the data-qualitative Mediating and mediated data Data synthesis 9. Reporting research Planning your report Aesthetics and style Dynamic reporting Publishing research Epilogue References Index
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650 0 _aEducation
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_xMethodology.
650 0 _aEducation research.
700 1 _aBeckett, David,
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