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Using a Lens of Awareness in Phenomenographic Research: An Example from Early Mathematics Education Research
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Debbie Stott; Chronoula Voutsina – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2024
This paper aims to contribute to the advancement of methodological practice for phenomenographic research by introducing the notion of a "lens of awareness," as a device that can enable researchers to zoom into the detail of the research process (the parts of the whole) and out again to the related context of a phenomenographic study…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Educational Research, Preschool Children, Numbers
The Role of 'Friendship as Method' with Child Co-Researchers in the Primary School Environment
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Holly Bennion; Nikki Rutter – Educational Action Research, 2024
Within social science research the complex nature of relationship-making and 'friendship as method' has gained enthusiasm. However, there is still a significant lack of research on 'friendship as method' with children and young people in participatory studies. Drawing on empirical case studies, we ask: how does 'friendship as method' work in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Participatory Research, Friendship
The Development of a Methodology for Enhancing Equity within Education Systems
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Kirstin Kerr; Mel Ainscow – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2024
Advancing equity is a major challenge facing education systems globally. This creates an imperative for researchers to work with policymakers and practitioners to affect change. There have been many attempts to do this using various forms of action-oriented research and a considerable body of knowledge exists about their strengths and limitations.…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Educational Research
The Power of 'Research Conversations' in Analysing and Interpreting the Views and Perspectives of Children Identified with SEND
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Helen Benstead; Vicky Graham; Vicki Jowett – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2024
The use of multi-sensory data collection tools with children in special and inclusive education is increasing in popularity. Many studies in this area have highlighted the potential for photography, drawings and other visual data collection methods to capture children's perspectives on inclusive practice. However, these tools are likely to be less…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Participatory Research, Children, Special Education
'What's He Writing in There?' Reciprocal Field Relations and Relational Curiosity in Ethnographies of Education
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Jonathan Tummons – Ethnography and Education, 2024
The notion of the ethnographer as participant observer, as an active agent rather than passive observer, is well established within conversations about method and methodology. Less well explored is the extent to which the inherent curiosity and inquisitiveness of the ethnographer might be reciprocated: how might this be established and how might…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnography, Participant Observation, Ethics
The Reflective Essay in Social Research Methods Education: An Analysis of Student Assessment Experiences
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Peter R. Gardner – College Teaching, 2024
Reflective essays have become common in higher education, especially for modules and programmes focused on the development of practical skills. This paper analyses the efficacy of reflective essays specifically for social research methods education and training. In order to do so, a thematic analysis of qualitative survey data from undergraduate…
Descriptors: Reflection, Higher Education, Essays, Research Methodology
FEResearchmeet. A Further Education (FE) Practitioner-Researcher-Led, Initiative to Share and Develop Capacity for Research and Scholarship across Wales and England: Analysing and Theorising the Period of Initial Development
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Samantha Jones; Kerry Scattergood; Jodie Rees; Norman Crowther – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2024
This paper analyses emergent issues from four conceptualisers of FEResearchmeet. FEResearchmeet claims to be a free and democratic model for building and supporting engagement with research, led by practitioners. The narratives presented seek to document and analyse FEResearchmeet as a movement across the first three years since its inception…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research and Development, Researchers, Research Methodology
Co-Producing Ethics Guidelines Together with People with Learning Disabilities
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Mary Bottomley; Jodie Bradley; Lisa Clark; Bryan Collis; Bojana Daw Srdanovic; Victoria Farnsworth; Annie Ferguson; Dan Goodley; Andrew Fox; Nikita K. Hayden; Charlotte Lawthom; Rebecca Lawthom; Claudia Magwood; Robert McLean; Ian Middleton; Alison Owen; Matty Prothero; Simon Rice; Simon Richards; Katherine Runswick-Cole; Kelly Scargill; Rohit Shankar; Toni Ann Wood – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: We are a research team of clinical, academic and advocacy-based researchers with and without learning disabilities, working on the "Humanising Healthcare" (for people with learning disabilities) project. The project is dedicated to finding and sharing healthcare practices that enhance the lives of people with learning…
Descriptors: Ethics, Learning Disabilities, Guidelines, Researchers
Qualitative Research Methods in the Living Lab: Reflecting upon a Learning and Teaching Approach for Promoting Psychological Literacy
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Maria Fernandes-Jesus; Lorna Hamilton; Catherine Heinemeyer; Jude Parks – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2024
This report describes and reflects upon an approach to embedding psychological literacy within the core Research Methods curriculum in a small university in the United Kingdom. Psychology students were involved in the 'Living Lab: Feeding the Campus' project, an interdisciplinary network of students and staff aiming to find solutions for local…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Psychological Studies, Psychology
The View from Robinswood Hill: A Story of Asset-Based Community Development and a Community-Based Participatory Research Partnership in South Gloucestershire
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Alice Willatt; Mary Brydon-Miller; Denise Cumberland; Yunyan Li – Educational Action Research, 2024
The Gloucestershire Gateway Trust (GGT) is a social enterprise initiative in Southwest England focused on Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD). This article describes a six-year action research collaboration that has sought to support the GGT and its local non-profit organizational partners using a variety of action research methods, including…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Development, Community, Participatory Research