Research in Educational Settings [Paperback]

This volume aims to help prospective educational researchers plan their research in schools more carefully. It focuses on such issues as: access and credibility in the school; traditional issues of designing research; questions that emerge as the design is imposed on the school culture and setting particularly with regard to school staff and student assessment; the length of interventions and whether or not to schedule follow-up studies; and how to interpret and communicate findings to schools and policy makers.

Using personal experiences from their field research to illustrate key concepts, the authors have also included a research project to clarify the practical issues of school research.This volume aims to help prospective educational researchers plan their research in schools more carefully. It focuses on such issues as: access and credibility in the school; traditional issues of designing research; questions that emerge as the design is imposed on the school culture and setting particularly with regard to school staff and student assessment; the length of interventions and whether or not to schedule follow-up studies; and how to interpret and communicate findings to schools and policy makers.

Using personal experiences from their field research to illustrate key concepts, the authors have also included a research project to clarify the practical issues of school research.Educational Research
What an Interesting Idea
Getting Started
Accessing School Populations
Establishing Credibility, Increasing Understanding, and Gaining Commitment
Dreaming an Impossible Dream?
Issues of Design, Sampling, and Analysis
School Personnel
Committed, Indifferent, or Resistant
Selecting Measures
Comprehensiveness and Depth of Assessment Versus Brevity and Efficiency
How Longlã&