Foundations of Educational Research
Foundations of Educational Research will give you a solid grounding in education as a discipline, introducing the key concepts, theorists, and terms which underpin educational research from Dewey and Piaget, to ethics, ontology and bias. The book sets the scene for education as a field which emerges from psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics and history, and explores the difficulties and opportunities this creates for new educational researchers. You will be introduced to the many approaches within educational research, from applied linguistics to pedagogy, from child development to higher education, to comparative education and ed-tech. The key debates in the field are clearly explained, including the tensions between theory and method, and quantitative vs. qualitative approaches.

The book introduces all the key referents you will need as a new student of education, whether undergraduate or graduate level, as you begin your jourbaney into educational research.

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Foundations of Educational Research
Foundations of Educational Research will give you a solid grounding in education as a discipline, introducing the key concepts, theorists, and terms which underpin educational research from Dewey and Piaget, to ethics, ontology and bias. The book sets the scene for education as a field which emerges from psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics and history, and explores the difficulties and opportunities this creates for new educational researchers. You will be introduced to the many approaches within educational research, from applied linguistics to pedagogy, from child development to higher education, to comparative education and ed-tech. The key debates in the field are clearly explained, including the tensions between theory and method, and quantitative vs. qualitative approaches.

The book introduces all the key referents you will need as a new student of education, whether undergraduate or graduate level, as you begin your jourbaney into educational research.

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Foundations of Educational Research

Foundations of Educational Research

by Victoria Elliott
Foundations of Educational Research

Foundations of Educational Research

by Victoria Elliott

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Foundations of Educational Research will give you a solid grounding in education as a discipline, introducing the key concepts, theorists, and terms which underpin educational research from Dewey and Piaget, to ethics, ontology and bias. The book sets the scene for education as a field which emerges from psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics and history, and explores the difficulties and opportunities this creates for new educational researchers. You will be introduced to the many approaches within educational research, from applied linguistics to pedagogy, from child development to higher education, to comparative education and ed-tech. The key debates in the field are clearly explained, including the tensions between theory and method, and quantitative vs. qualitative approaches.

The book introduces all the key referents you will need as a new student of education, whether undergraduate or graduate level, as you begin your jourbaney into educational research.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781350161160
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 11/17/2022
Pages: 200
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.15(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Victoria Elliott is Associate Professor of English and Literacy Education and Deputy Director of Graduate Studies at the Department of Education, University of Oxford, UK. She is co-author of Research Methods for Classroom Discourse (Bloomsbury, 2019).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
List of Theorists
1. Outlining the Field
2. Ontology and Epistemology
3. Fundamental Concepts of Design
4. What Counts as Evidence?
5. Theory as the Beginning and End of Research
6. The Body of the Researcher
7. Data Analysis
8. Research as an Ethical Practice
9. Research as a Political Practice
References
Index

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