Researching Education Data, methods and theory in educational enquiry [Hardcover]

1. Introduction \ Part 1: Knowledge and Philosophy \ 2. Philosophical Issues in Educational Research \ 3. Critical Approaches to Research \ 4. Forms of Reasoning \ Part 2: Strategies and Methods \ 5. Experiments and Quasi-Experiments \ 6. Survey and Correlational Designs \ 7. Qualitative Research Design, Case Study and Theory Building \ 8. Observation \ 9. Interviews \ 10. Biographical and Autobiographical Methods \ Part 3: Themes and Issues \ 11. Ethics and Educational Research \ 12. Evaluation and Research \ 13. Criteria for Evaluating Research \ 14. Transgressive Research \ References \ Indexes

David Scott is Professor of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment and Faculty Director of Teaching and Learning at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.
Robin Usher was Professor of Research Education and Director of Research Training at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He is now a freelance consultant.