The BERA/SAGE Handbook of Educational Research

Description

Education has continued to grow in stature and significance as an academic discipline. In addition to world renowned research studies the growth of education has been seen in the methodology and methods underpinning its research. The BERA/SAGE Handbook of Educational Research provides a cutting edge account of the research and methodology that is creating new understandings for education research, policy and practice. Over two volumes, the handbook addresses educational research in six essential components: Section 1: Understanding Research Section 2: Planning Research Section 3: Approaches to Research Section 4: Acquiring Data Section 5: Analysing Data Section 6: Reporting, Disseminating and Evaluating Research Featuring contributions from more than 50 of the biggest names in the international field, The BERA/SAGE Handbook of Educational Research represents a very significant contribution to the development of education. Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Boxes Notes on the Editors and Contributors Preface Introduction PART I: UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH 1 Reasons for Education Research • Ian Menter 2 The Role of Theory in Research • Mary Lou Rasmussen 3 The Ethics of Research • Hannah Farrimond 4 Shared Principles of Causal Inference in Qualitative and Quantitative Research • Sean Kelly 5 The Validity and Reliability of Research: A Realist Perspective • Joseph A. Maxwell PART II: PLANNING RESEARCH 6 Approaches to Reviewing Research in Education • Jill Denner, Erica Marsh and Shannon Campe 7 Purposes for Educational Research • Peter Tymms 8 Research Questions in Education Research: Their Neglect, Role and Development • Patrick White 9 An Introduction to the Importance of Research Design • Stephen Gorard 10 A Positivist Orientation: Hypothesis Testing and the ‘Scientific Method’ • Roger Gomm 11 Interpretivism as a Theory of Knowledge • David Scott 12 Unpacking Pragmatism for Mixed Methods Research: The Philosophies of Peirce, James, Dewey, and Rorty • R. Burke Johnson, Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie, Cornelis de Waal, Tres Stefurak and David Hildebrand 13 Sampling Decisions in Educational Research: Criteria, Designs, and Challenges • Kathleen M. T. Collins PART III: APPROACHES TO RESEARCH 14 Historical Research • Gary McCulloch 15 Using International Comparative Studies in Achievement in Educational Research • Larry E. Suter 16 Ethnography • Sara Delamont 17 Grounded Theory • Robert Thornberg 18 Case Study Research • Malcolm Tight 19 Surveys: Longitudinal, Cross-sectional and Trend Studies • Alice Sullivan and Lisa Calderwood 20 True Experimental Designs • Carole J. Torgerson and David J. Torgerson 21 Lighting a Spark, Seeing the Light: Educational Action Research as Transformative Practice • Mary Brydon-Miller, Maricar S. Prudente and Socorro Echevarria Aguja 22 Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis • Sandy Oliver and Janice Tripney 23 Mixed Methods Approaches and their Application in Educational Research • Pamela Sammons and Susila Davis 24 Using Secondary Data Analysis for Educational Research • Pamela E. Davis-Kean and Justin Jager 25 Researching in Digital Environments • Rebecca Eynon PART IV: ACQUIRING DATA 26 Access, Sites and Settings • Jerry West 27 Observing and Recording Classroom Processes • Frank Hardman and Jan Hardman 28 Personal Experience Methods in Practitioner Research • Amanda Berry and Monica Taylor 29 Multimodality, Meaning and Data Analysis • Mark Evan Nelson 30 Research Interviews • Amir Marvasti and Carrie Freie 31 Surveys and Questionnaires • Stacey Bielick 32 Measurement • Stephen G. Sireci and Joshua Marland PART V: ANALYSING DATA 33 Cataloguing and Organizing Data • Susan M. Jekielek, Jared Lyle, Johanna Davidson Bleckman and Rujuta Umarji 34 The Role of Theory in Quantitative Data Analysis • Terri D. Pigott 35 Descriptive Statistics • Jeffrey T. Steedle 36 Inferential Statistics • Paul E. Jose and Agnes Szabo 37 How Should Numeric Data be Analysed? • Stephen Gorard 38 Coding and Analyzing Qualitative Data • Barbara B. Kawulich 39 Conversation Analysis • Myrte Gosen and Tom Koole 40 Discourse Analysis/Critical Discourse Analysis • Christoph A. Hafner 41 Content Analysis • James B. Schreiber and Lyndsie N. Ferrara 42 Confirmatory Factor Analysis • D. Betsy McCoach and Sarah D. Newton 43 Logistic Regression • Chao-Ying Joanne Peng 44 Multilevel Modelling for Educational Data • Harvey Goldstein 45 Big Data and Educational Research • Roser Beneito-Montagut PART VI: REPORTING, DISSEMINATING & EVALUATING RESEARCH 46 Generalizability • Guillermo Solano-Flores 47 Writing about Research • Pat Thomson 48 Communicating Research Findings • Mark Rickinson 49 Social Media and Academic Publishing • Inger Mewburn and Pat Thomson 50 Evaluation of and Accountability for Individual and Institutional Research on Education • Larry E. Suter 51 Using Research Findings • Chris Brown Index