A Quick Guide to Research Methods for Dissertations in Education (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Parrish, Abigail; Shaikh, Ghazal

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Are you about to start your dissertation in education? Not sure what methods to use? Providing you with an invaluable starting point, this book gives practical information about a variety of research methods, including their pros and cons, things you need to consider before using each method and crucially, what they are not suitable for. It looks at the most commonly used methods as well as some you might not have come across before.
Each chapter features examples and activities, and will help you answer these questions:
- What can this method tell me?
- When might I use it?
- What ethical issues do I need to consider?
- What is the key terminology I need to know?
- How can I design a dissertation project with this method?
- How do I analyse my data?
- What is this method not suitable for?

Written in uncomplicated language, it is a student-friendly resource to dip into, with links to further reading for more in-depth exploration of any particular method.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350260399
• Artikelnr.: 67495562

Autorenporträt

Abigail Parrish is Senior Lecturer in Teacher Development at Bishop Grosseteste University, UK. Ghazal Shaikh is Assistant Professor at the Institute of English Language and Literature at the University of Sindh, Pakistan.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: How to Use this Book
Abigail Parrish (University of Sheffield
UK) and Ghazal Shaikh (University of Sindh
Pakistan) Part I: Commonly Used Methods 1. Interviews
Ghazal Shaikh (University of Sindh
Pakistan) 2. Focus groups
Elizabeth Bailey (University of Lincoln
UK) 3. Questionnaires
Abigail Parrish (University of Sheffield
UK) 4. Observations
Géraldine Bengsch (King's College London
UK) Part II: Further Qualitative Methods 5. Document Analysis
Sheikha Al Sheyadi (Oman Tourism College
Oman) 6. Discourse Analysis
Asadullah Lashari (University of Sindh
Pakistan) 7. Ethnography
Ambreen Shahriar and Asadullah Lashari (University of Sindh
Pakistan) 8. Netnography
Kevin McLaughlin (Bishop Grosseteste University
UK) 9. Visual Data
Jayme Scally (University of Hawai'i at Manoa
USA) 10. Think-aloud Protocols Hassan Syed (Sukkur IBA University
Pakistan) Part III: Further Quantitative Methods 11. Reaction time Methods
Jelena O'Reilly (University of York
UK) 12. Experimental Designs
Verónica García Castro (University of Costa Rica
Costa Rica) References Index