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Willis, Jerry W. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2008
"Qualitative Research Methods in Education and Educational Technology" was written for students and scholars interested in exploring the many qualitative methods developed over the last 50 years in the social sciences. The book does not stop, however, at the boundaries of the social sciences. Social scientists now consume and use research methods…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Educational Technology, Scholarship
Gore, Paul A., Jr., Ed.; Carter, Louisa P., Ed. – National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2011
Offering a primer on action research methodologies and examples of practice, "Students in Transition: Research and Practice in Career Development" responds to a dual challenge facing career development educators--designing cutting-edge career development interventions and demonstrating their effectiveness. Overviews of quantitative and qualitative…
Descriptors: Program Design, Action Research, Research Methodology, Apprenticeships
Denzin, Norman K., Ed.; Lincoln, Yvonna S., Ed. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2007
"Strategies of Qualitative Inquiry, Third Edition," the second volume in the paperback version of "The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research, 3rd Edition," consists of Part III of the handbook ("Strategies of Inquiry"). "Strategies of Qualitative Inquiry, Third Edition" presents the major tactics--historically, the research methods--that…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Action Research, Research Methodology, Social Action
Firebaugh, Glenn – Princeton University Press, 2008
"Seven Rules for Social Research" teaches social scientists how to get the most out of their technical skills and tools, providing a resource that fully describes the strategies and concepts no researcher or student of human behavior can do without. Glenn Firebaugh provides indispensable practical guidance for anyone doing research in the social…
Descriptors: Social Scientists, Political Science, Qualitative Research, College Students
Lopez-Varela, Asuncion, Ed. – InTech, 2012
This is a unique and groundbreaking collection of questions and answers coming from higher education institutions on diverse fields and across a wide spectrum of countries and cultures. It creates routes for further innovation, collaboration amidst the Sciences (both Natural and Social), the Humanities, and the private and public sectors of…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Knowledge Management, Research Methodology, Higher Education
Hammersley, Martyn, Ed. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2007
Combining classic articles that have been key markers in recent debates with new and influential material, this book addresses the problems involved in educational research and the issues surrounding its contribution to policymaking and practice. The authors examine the diverse approaches within qualitative research and address some of the key…
Descriptors: Slow Learners, Qualitative Research, Educational Research, Action Research
Rudestam, Kjell Erik; Newton, Rae R. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2007
Like the previous editions of this bestselling text, "Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process, Third Edition" offers readers guidance that other dissertation guides often miss, from ways to improve one's writing, to identifying one's learning preferences, to dealing with emotional blocks. Using examples from a…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Research Methodology, Doctoral Dissertations, Guides
Calabrese, Raymond L. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006
This is a student guide to writing an effective doctoral dissertation or a master's thesis. This book disaggregates the elements of the dissertation and provides the student with a description, definition, and example of each dissertation element. The author presents multiple viewpoints that include both quantitative and qualitative approaches.…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Doctoral Dissertations, Graduate Students, Masters Theses
Conrad, Clifton F., Ed.; Haworth, Jennifer Grant, Ed.; Lattuca, Lisa R., Ed. – 2001
Chapters in this volume provide an introduction to qualitative research in higher education, organizing the discussion around four central themes. Part 1, Situating Ourselves and Our Inquiry, contains: (1) Objectivity in Educational Research (Elliot Eisner); (2) Truth in Trouble (Kenneth Gergen); (3) Beyond Translation: Truth and Rigoberta Menchu…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Higher Education, Participant Observation, Qualitative Research
Ranguelov, Stanislav; de Coster, Isabelle; Forsthuber, Bernadette; Noorani, Sogol; Ruffio, Philippe – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2009
This seventh edition of "Key Data on Education in Europe" retains its main special feature which is the combination of statistical data and qualitative information to describe the organisation and functioning of education systems in Europe. The present 2009 edition maintains the subject-based structure defined by the previous one but…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistical Data, Comparative Education, Systems Analysis
Willis, Jerry; Kim, Seung H. – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2006
This book has been designed to assist researchers in the social sciences and education fields who are interested in learning how information technologies can help them successfully navigate the research process. Most researchers are familiar with the use of programs like SPSS to analyze data, but many are not aware of other ways information…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Computer Software, Word Processing
Atkinson, Paul; Coffey, Amanda; Delamont, Sara – 2003
This book, an attempt to present a balanced view of qualitative methodology and research, is structured around classic texts by methodological pioneers. It examines these key premises in these texts. Chapters are: (1) "Strangeness and Familiarity"; (2) "From Over-Rapport to Intimacy and Autoethnography"; (3) "Whose Side Are We On?"; (4)…
Descriptors: Change, Educational Research, Ethnography, Participant Observation
Miller, S. J., Ed.; Kirkland, David E., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2010
"Change Matters," written by leading scholars committed to social justice in English education, provides researchers, university instructors, and preservice and inservice teachers with a framework that pivots social justice toward policy. The chapters in this volume detail rationales about generating social justice theory in what Freire calls "the…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Social Class, Qualitative Research, Marital Status
Goodwin, William L.; Goodwin, Laura D. – 1996
This book describes the research process in order to facilitate understanding of the process and its products, especially as they pertain to early childhood education. It examines both quantitative and qualitative research methods, emphasizing ways in which they can be used together to fully study a given phenomenon or topic. Chapter 1 examines…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology
Walvoord, Barbara E.; Carey, Anna K.; Smith, Hoke L.; Soled, Suzanne W.; Way, Philip K.; Zorn, Debbie – 2000
A literature review, the experiences of the authors, and the results of the Project To Improve and Reward Teaching (PIRT) at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, are used to derive suggestions for change in academic departments. A qualitative study of change in eight PIRT departments has provided data to support the suggestions. Assessing the…
Descriptors: Departments, Educational Change, Higher Education, Needs Assessment