How to Do Your Research Project: A Guide for Students in Education and Applied Social Sciences - Couverture rigide

Thomas, Gary

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1446258866 ISBN 13 : 9781446258866

Editeur : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

Direct, informative and accessible the new edition of Gary Thomas's bestselling title is essential reading for anyone doing a research project.

Packed full of relevant advice and real world examples the book guides you through the complete research process. Using refreshingly jargon-free language and anecdotal evidence it is a witty, easy to follow introduction that will answer your questions, set out best practice and walk you through every stage of your project step-by-step.

It covers:

- How to choose your research question

- Project management and study skills

- Doing an effective literature review

- Methodology, theory and research design

- Design frames

- Ethics and access

- Tools for data collection

- Effective data analysis

- Discussing findings, concluding and writing up

The expanded, insightfully redesigned second edition has a fully integrated companion website including student worksheets, annotated examples and links to SAGE Journals.

Gary Thomas also has an exciting new video in which he explains what’s new to this Second Edition.

This popular book is ideal for anyone undertaking a research project in the applied social sciences.

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A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Being of a nervous disposition as a child, Gary Thomas failed to write anything on his 11-plus examination paper, which inaction took him to secondary modern school.

He eventually became a teacher, then an educational psychologist, then a professor of education at the University of Birmingham, where his teaching, research and writing have focused on inclusive education and the methods used in social science research. He has led a wide range of research projects and has received research funding from the AHRC, the ESRC, the Nuffield Foundation, the Leverhulme Trust, the Department for Education, charities such as Barnardo’s and the Cadmean Trust, local authorities and a range of other organisations. He has written or edited 30 books, lots of boring academic articles, and quite interesting essays on the state of education in the national press. He was the editor of journals such as the British Educational Research Journal and Educational Review.

He has two grown-up daughters, one daughter at school, and two grandchildren. He likes, in alphabetical order, birds, chess, cycling, dogs, his family, gardening, reading and writing.

Despite supporting Aston Villa football club, he maintains an optimistic outlook on life.

 

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1446258866
• ISBN 13: 9781446258866
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 307
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible