Dan Gibton

Researching Education Policy, Public Policy, and Policymakers (eBook, ePUB)

Qualitative methods and ethical issues

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Researching Education Policy, Public Policy, and Policymakers is a theoretical and hands-on practical guide to conducting qualitative research on education policy and public policy, with an emphasis on studies that involve senior participants and high-status government and non-government organisations. This book explains the theory, methodology, and ethics of harnessing qualitative methods to the study of senior policymakers and their settings. This practical guide, built upon a sound theoretical framework, will prove both inspirational and helpful to academic and professional researchers across all disciplines involving public policy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317688297
• Artikelnr.: 43977817

Autorenporträt

Dan Gibton is Tenured Associate Professor at the Constantiner School of Education at Tel-Aviv University, Adjunct Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, and visiting Professor at the UCL Institute of Education, where he was also a research fellow in 2000, 2005, 2011, and 2015.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Policy studies and qualitative research
Chapter 1: Introduction: Studying senior policymakers and policy in
education
via qualitative research methods.
Chapter 2: The case for qualitative research In education policy: rationale
and examples.
Chapter 3: Designing and planning the qualitative policy study.
Part II: Methodology and study design
Chapter 4: Document analysis as a policy research tool.
Chapter 5: Open-closed-open: The promises and perils of interviews with
policymakers.
Chapter 6: Observing policy: the art of policy watching.
Chapter 7: Mapping qualitative policy analysis methods: toolbox, totem, or
taboo.
Chapter 8: Writing a policy report - crafting a policy story: how to turn
private .knowledge into public knowledge part iii: ethics in qualitative
policy studies.
Part III: Ethics
Chapter 9: An ethical paradigm for studying education policy and people of
status and power: mapping the terrain.
Chapter 10: Building trust: abusing trust? The art of confidentiality,
intellectual validity, and informed consent.
Coda
References
Index