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Addey, Camilla, Ed.; Piattoeva, Nelli, Ed. – Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics, 2022
What do we actually do when we research education policy and governance? Why do we tame the messy hinterland of research into smooth accounts and what do we lose in the process? In this volume, distinguished scholars in education policy and governance research discuss how the practice of methods is messy, subjective, and provisional. They approach…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Research, Governance, Research Methodology
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Stiles, Jennifer; McCulloch, Catherine – Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE), 2017
The Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE) Early Career Guide offers advice on becoming a successful researcher in the field of STEM education and a portrait of an early career researcher support program. The advice offered throughout the guide comes from experienced researchers who are part of the National Science…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Graduate Students
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Merga, Margaret K. – Issues in Educational Research, 2015
Despite its growing popularity, the thesis by publication is a less conventional format for doctoral dissertations in the field of education. The author successfully undertook a thesis by publication in education from 2012, to submission in 2014. This paper draws on both the literature in the field and the experiences of the author through an…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Ethnography, Doctoral Dissertations
DuBois, Kathleen; Erickson, Kristie; Jacobs, Monica – Online Submission, 2007
This project describes a 12-week program developed to improve student spelling of high frequency words for transfer in written work across the curriculum. The targeted population consists of kindergarten, first, and third graders in two public elementary schools in a community located in central Illinois. Following an extensive literature review,…
Descriptors: Masters Degrees, Teacher Surveys, Intervention, Check Lists
Lodico, Marguerite G.; Spaulding Dean T.; Voegtle, Katherine H. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2006
Written for students, educators, and researchers, "Methods in Educational Research" offers a refreshing introduction to the principles of educational research. Designed for the real world of educational research, the book's approach focuses on the types of problems likely to be encountered in professional experiences. Reflecting the…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Educational Research, Program Evaluation, Action Research
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Crothers, Charles – Teaching Sociology, 1991
Analyzes the structure of academic sociology departments. Stresses the competition for resources and symbolic capital among different groups including faculty, support staff, research staff, graduate students, and undergraduate students. Focuses on the complex role of graduate students, the constraints, and the opportunities it opens. Urges reform…
Descriptors: Departments, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Researchers
Coleman, Marianne, Ed.; Briggs, Ann R. J., Ed. – 2002
This guide was written for graduate students and is intended to provide a grounding in research methods, particularly research in education, and to be a useful ongoing reference source. Each chapter was written by a professor, senior lecturer, or research specialist from a university in England. Part A, "The Concept of Research,"…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Administration, Educational Research, Educational Researchers