Researching Education - Couverture souple

Scott, David; Usher, Robin

 
9780304704606: Researching Education
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0304704601 ISBN 13 : 9780304704606
Editeur : Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 1999

Synopsis

This volume is a study of the theory and practice of researching education. It examines the philosophical, historical, political and social contexts of researching and the implications of these for the collection and analysis of data. The authors argue that power is ever present in the construction of research texts and this is inevitable, as research imposes a closure of the world through representation and thus is always involved with and implicated in the operation of power. The book addresses such fundamental questions as: "What is legitimate knowledge?", "What is the relationship between the collection and analysis of data?" and "How does the researcher's presence in the field affect his or her data?". Divided into three sections, the book reviews the philosophy of research; the strategies and methods of research; and the issues involved in research. The authors present the reader with a balance of theory and practice, providing case studies, examples and tables to support and illustrate their arguments.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This volume is a study of the theory and practice of researching education. It examines the philosophical, historical, political and social contexts of researching and the implications of these for the collection and analysis of data. The authors argue that power is ever present in the construction of research texts and this is inevitable, as research imposes a closure of the world through representation and thus is always involved with and implicated in the operation of power. The book addresses such fundamental questions as: What is legitimate knowledge? What is the relationship between the collection and analysis of data? and How does the researcher's presence in the field affect his or her data? Divided into three sections, the book reviews the philosophy of research; the strategies and methods of research; and the issues involved in research. The authors present the reader with a balance of theory and practice, providing case studies, examples and tables to support and illustrate their arguments.

Biographie de l'auteur

David Scott is Professor of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment and Faculty Director of Teaching and Learning at the Institute of Education, University College London, UK.

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Éditeur
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0304704601
ISBN 13 
9780304704606
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
192
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Personne responsable
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