Reflective Practice in Educational Research [Paperback]

Have you ever found that your initial research training--if indeed you received one--has proved not entirely adequate? Has you ever found research more complex or intractable than expected? If so, this book is for you. Drawing on examples from her own research and others, Linda Evans shows how, as reflective practioners, researchers as can develop more advanced methods and understandings.

Part 1: The need for improvement1. Developing as an educational researcher2. What's wrong with educational researchPart 2: Developing advanced research skills3. Taking conceptualization seriously4. Comparative analysis: trying to see the big picture5. A Tale of Two Studies: a research puzzle to solve6. The Suggestibility Issue7. Telling it as it is8. Tools of the Trade: developing coding and categorization skills9. Developing theory10. Beyond Theory: relevance and usefulness through the pragmatization of research References