Doing Your Education Research Project
- Neil Burton - University of Leicester, UK
- Mark Brundrett - Liverpool John Moores University, UK
- Marion Jones - Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Supported by examples, checklists and diagrams, this fully revised and updated edition includes a wealth of information on:
- Research design
- Evidence gathering techniques
- Practitioner research
- Ethics
- Data analysis techniques.
This book will be valuable to anyone begining a research or a professional or a professional or school development project, whatever stage they are at within the teaching community, from training for QTS, higher degree, or in need of evidence-backed decisions for the strategic development of their school.
'Key strengths of this text are its clearly structured layout, and accessible style. The introductory chapter effectively updates this book, locating it firmly in the current complex and changing environment.
Written specifically for the practitioner-researcher, the book makes clear and explicit links between the practices of teaching, and the practices of education research. Short case studies throughout are realistic in their message, and will be instantly recognisable to teachers at a range of stages in their careers.
It’s good to see a user-friendly approach to quantitative data analysis for non-mathematicians; something that’s not often found in a book of this nature.'
This book is a must for students writing a dissertation. IT covers everything and is very user friendly.
Suitable for a wide range of researchers. Easily accessible and relevant for practitioners and students
A useful and well written book for students writing an individual research project
This is a great introductory text for those who want to start doing education research. It is well laid out and focuses on areas of research likely to be useful for practitioners. We are using it with an international audience on our course as it is well presented with easy to understand sections, chapter summaries, references and helpful models.
Clearly written book divided into three sections; the planning of data collection (what needs to be considered, the data collection including a subsection on ethical issues that need to be borne in mind and the third section which looks at the analysis of data. Trainees have found all three sections very useful for their research projects
This is a very useful book for students embarking on a dissertation project, in the area of education.
Useful book for 3 year undergraduate early years students
A well written easily accessible text for students.
