Success with your Education Research Project

by John Sharp

Overview

Research projects are carried out in schools and non-school settings by virtually all undergraduates in the areas of teacher training, Education Studies and other educational disciplines. This text, written for this specific target audience, makes clear references to these courses and contexts throughout. Hot topics such as using the net and plagiarism are covered with up-to-date information, while key content on literature searches, critical thinking and the development of argument provide clear guidance and ensure academic rigor. This new edition has been updated throughout to provide greater depth on many topics, FAQs and a glossary of key terms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780857259479
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	10/19/2012
Series:	Study Skills in Education Series
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

John Sharp is Professor of Higher Education and Head of the Lincoln Higher Education Research Institute (LHERI) at the University of Lincoln.

Table of Contents

About this book vii

1 Let's get acquainted 1

2 Finding a focus and formulating a plan 11

3 Looking at literature 27

4 Approaching it in style 44

5 Discovering things: questionnaires 61

6 Conversations with a purpose: research interviews 73

7 Seeing is believing: observation 83

8 From the past to the here and now: documents and documentary research 94

9 Making sense of data: analysing numbers and words 102

10 Writing up 120

Index 135