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A Companion to Research in Education [electronic resource] / edited by Alan D. Reid, E. Paul Hart, Michael A. Peters.

By: Reid, Alan D [editor.].
Contributor(s): Hart, E. Paul [editor.] | Peters, Michael A [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014Description: XXIX, 606 p. 36 illus., 16 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789400768093.Subject(s): Education | Social sciences -- Philosophy | Social sciences | Education | Sociology of Education | Philosophy of the Social Sciences | Educational Policy and Politics | Education (general) | Social Sciences, generalDDC classification: 306.43 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
1. PART I: CONCEPTUALISING RESEARCH IN EDUCATION -- 2. PART II: CHARACTERISING RESEARCH IN EDUCATION -- 3. PART III: CONTEXTUALISING RESEARCH IN EDUCATION -- 4. PART IV: LEGITIMATING RESEARCH IN EDUCATION -- 5. PART V: REPRESENTING RESEARCH IN EDUCATION.
In: Springer eBooksSummary:   This volume offers a unique commentary on the diverse ways that educational inquiry is conceived, designed and critiqued. An international team of scholars examines cross-cutting themes of how research in education is conceptualised, characterised, contextualised, legitimated and represented. Contributions include specially commissioned essays, critical commentaries, vignettes, dialogues and cases. Each section discusses the significance of a complex terrain of ideas and critiques that can inform thinking and practice in educational research. The result is a thorough and accessible volume that offers fresh insights into the perspectives and challenges that shape diverse genres of research in education.
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1. PART I: CONCEPTUALISING RESEARCH IN EDUCATION -- 2. PART II: CHARACTERISING RESEARCH IN EDUCATION -- 3. PART III: CONTEXTUALISING RESEARCH IN EDUCATION -- 4. PART IV: LEGITIMATING RESEARCH IN EDUCATION -- 5. PART V: REPRESENTING RESEARCH IN EDUCATION.

  This volume offers a unique commentary on the diverse ways that educational inquiry is conceived, designed and critiqued. An international team of scholars examines cross-cutting themes of how research in education is conceptualised, characterised, contextualised, legitimated and represented. Contributions include specially commissioned essays, critical commentaries, vignettes, dialogues and cases. Each section discusses the significance of a complex terrain of ideas and critiques that can inform thinking and practice in educational research. The result is a thorough and accessible volume that offers fresh insights into the perspectives and challenges that shape diverse genres of research in education.

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