Gary Thomas, Kevin Myers

The Anatomy of the Case Study

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring the historical, theoretical and practical bones of modern case study research, and featuring an extended example that has been annotated line by line, this book takes readers through the complexities of case study research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9781446248645
• ISBN-10: 144624864X
• Artikelnr.: 42196981

Autorenporträt

Gary Thomas is an emeritus professor of education at the University of Birmingham. His teaching and research have focused on inclusion, special education, and research methodology in education, with a particular focus on case study. He has conducted research funded by the AHRC, the ESRC, the Nuffield Foundation, the Leverhulme Trust, the Department for Education, Barnardos, local authorities, and a range of other organisations. He has coedited the British Educational Research Journal and is currently an executive editor of Educational Review. He is author of many books, most recently Education: A Very Short Introduction published by Oxford University Press.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: What is case study?
Chapter 2: The history of case study and its epistemological status
Chapter 3: Generalisation, phronesis and the case study
Chapter 4: Induction and the case study
Chapter 5: A typology for case study
Chapter 6: Working through the typology
Chapter 7: An example in depth: Contesting Certification
Chapter 8: Conclusion: drawing from the anatomy and constructing the study