Research methods in education / Louis Cohen, Lawrence Manion and Keith Morrison ; with contributions from Richard Bell, Stewart Martin, Gary McCulloch and Carmel O'Sullivan.
By: Cohen, Louis [author]
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Contributor(s): Manion, Lawrence [author] | Morrison, Keith (Keith R. B.) [author].
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BookPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2011Edition: Seventh edition.Description: xxii, 758 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415583367 (paperback).Subject(s): Education -- Research -- Great Britain | Education | Education | Higher & further education, tertiary education | Research methods: general | Nursing fundamentals & skills | Social research & statistics | Educational strategies & policy | Educational administration & organizationDDC classification: 370.72 | 370.72 COH | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This rewritten, expanded and updated 7thedition of the long-running bestseller Research Methods in Educationencompasses the whole range of methods currently employed by educational research at all stages. It offers plentiful and rich practical advice, underpinned by clear theoretical foundations, research evidence and up-to-date references.
Chapters new to this edition cover:
Causation, critical educational research, evaluation and the politics of research, including material on cross-cultural research, mixed methods and participatory research
Choosing and planning a research project, including material on sampling, research questions, literature reviews and ethical issues
Meta-analysis, research syntheses and systematic reviews
Virtual worlds and internet research
Using and analysing visual media and data in educational research
Organizing and presenting qualitative data, content analysis, coding and computer analysis, themes, narratives, conversations and discourses, grounded theory
Understanding and choosing statistical tests, descriptive and inferential statistics, multi-dimensional measurement and factor analysis
Research Methods in Educationis essential reading for both the professional researcher and students of education at undergraduate and postgraduate level, who need to understand how to plan, conduct, analyse and use research.
The textbook is accompanied by a website: www.routledge.com/textbooks/cohen7e. PowerPoint slides for every chapter contain an outline of the chapter structure followed by a thorough summary of the key points, ideal for both lecturers and students.　 Within the book a variety of internet resources are referred to and these references have been included here, with links to the websites.　 A wide range of supplementary documents are available for many chapters, providing additional guidance and examples.　 They range from guidelines for the contents of a research proposal with a worked example, to screen-print manuals for using SPSS and QSR N6 NUD*IST (exportable to N-Vivo) plus data files.
Bibliography: (pages 711-752) and index.
Part 1: The context of educational research -- Part 2: Planning educational research -- Part 3: Styles of educational research -- Part 4: Strategies and instruments for data collection and researching -- Part 5: Data analysis.
This edition covers the whole range of methods currently employed by educational research at all stages. It includes new material on complexity theory, ethics, sampling, and sensitive educational research.
CIT Module EDUC 8004 - Supplementary reading.
CIT Module EDUC 8034 - Core reading.
CIT Module EDUC 8029 - Core reading.
CIT Module EDUC 9029 - Core reading.
CIT Module EDUC 9016 - Core reading.
CIT Module EDUC 9023 - Core reading.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Louis Cohenis Emeritus Professor of Education at Loughborough University, UK.
Lawrence Manionwas former Principal Lecturer at Didsbury School of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
Keith Morrisonis Professor and Registrar at Macau University of Science and Technology, formerly at Durham University, UK.