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Navé Wald; Tony Harland; Chandima Daskon – European Journal of Higher Education, 2024
This paper examines how higher education researchers approach writing the rationale and justification for their work published in journal articles. A common way for establishing this justification is through claiming a gap, but the problem is that it is often hard to find a research gap, and if it is included, there is too often no explanation for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Research Problems
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Shaner, Peter; Donmoyer, Robert – LEARNing Landscapes, 2022
Although anthropological methods have been appropriated by qualitative and mixed-methods educational researchers, visual anthropology has had virtually no impact on educational research. Furthermore, video, in general, despite its widespread impact on 21st century culture, has played only a limited role in the conducting of education-related…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Video Technology, Research Reports, Data Collection
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Köngäs, Mirja; Määttä, Kaarina – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2023
Childhood research is increasingly being conducted from different disciplines, and research methods for showing the child's world are also increasing and evolving. This article examines the challenges and opportunities of childhood research in an early childhood education and care (ECEC) environment from an ethnographic approach. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Research Methodology
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Kimberly S. DeGlopper; Ryan L. Stowe – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2024
Thinking about knowledge and knowing ("i.e.", epistemic cognition) is an important part of student learning and has implications for how they apply their knowledge in future courses, careers, and other aspects of their lives. Three classes of models have emerged from research on epistemic cognition: developmental models, dimensional…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Chemistry, Epistemology, Cognitive Processes
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Buckley, Jeffrey; Adams, Latif; Aribilola, Ifeoluwapo; Arshad, Iram; Azeem, Muhammad; Bracken, Lauryn; Breheny, Colette; Buckley, Ciara; Chimello, Ismael; Fagan, Alison; Fitzpatrick, Daniel P.; Garza Herrera, Diana; Gomes, Guilherme Daniel; Grassick, Shaun; Halligan, Elaine; Hirway, Amit; Hyland, Tomás; Imtiaz, Muhammad Babar; Khan, Muhammad Bilal; Lanzagorta Garcia, Eduardo; Lennon, Paul; Manaf, Eyman; Meng, Jing; Mohd Sufian, Mohd Sufino Zuhaily; Moraes, Adrielle; Osterwald, Katja Magdalena; Platonava, Anastasia; Reid, Clodagh; Renard, Michèle; Rodriguez-Barroso, Laura G.; Simonassi-Paiva, Bianca; Singh, Maulshree; Szank, Tomasz; Tahir, Mehwish; Vijayakumar, Sowmya; Ward, Cormac; Yan, Xinyu; Zainol, Ismin; Zhang, Lin – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2022
A high level of transparency in reported research is critical for several reasons, such as ensuring an acceptable level of trustworthiness and enabling replication. Transparency in qualitative research permits the identification of specific circumstances which are associated with findings and observations. Thus, transparency is important for the…
Descriptors: Technology Education, Educational Research, Research Methodology, Accountability
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Odegard, Nina – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2021
This article draws on a new materialist paradigm to explore bricolaging data from an early childhood research project through an immanent ethical lens. This lens enables the researcher to stretch towards non-hierarchical relationships in between subjects and objects, thinking and doing. A bricoleur explores and builds different…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Early Childhood Education, Ethics, Educational Research
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Knipe, Sally – Educational Practice and Theory, 2022
This article presents a descriptive, critical analysis of the comparability of information concerning students, teachers, and school resources gathered by organisations within government jurisdiction, and the pitfalls for the unwary researcher using government data banks. Differences in the method of compiling information about citizens, and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Data Collection, Data Analysis
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Tipton, Elizabeth; Olsen, Robert B. – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2022
This guide will help researchers design and implement impact studies in education so that the findings are more generalizable to the study's target population. Guidance is provided on key steps that researchers can take, including defining the target population, selecting a sample of schools--and replacement schools, when needed--managing school…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Evaluators, Educational Researchers, Educational Research
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Firat, Mehmet; Altinpulluk, Hakan; Kilinç, Hakan – Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 2021
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the preferences of 96 educational researchers on the use of digital technologies in scientific research. Design/methodology/approach: The study was designed as a quantitative-dominant sequential explanatory mixed-method research. Findings: Despite the spreading use of advanced technologies of big data and…
Descriptors: Educational Researchers, Preferences, Scientific Research, Technology Uses in Education
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Husband, Gary – Education Sciences, 2020
This article explores the complex relationship between researcher and respondent through shared experience and interaction in the interview processes. Ethical considerations related to the balance of power and potential for change in respondents' professional actions and decisions post-interview are discussed whilst problematizing the concept of…
Descriptors: Ethics, Data Collection, Semi Structured Interviews, Qualitative Research
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Dryden-Peterson, Sarah – Harvard Educational Review, 2020
In this research article, Sarah Dryden-Peterson explores the concept of researcher positionality, focusing on its malleability over time. The methodological analysis is situated in an empirical study of history teaching and learning in Cape Town, South Africa, schools in 1998 and 2019. Dryden-Peterson argues that researcher positionality is often…
Descriptors: Educational Researchers, History Instruction, Foreign Countries, Experimenter Characteristics
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Cooke, Mandy; Francisco, Susanne; Press, Frances; Wong, Sandie – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2020
The theory of practice architectures is a useful theoretical, methodological and analytical tool for educational research. The use of the theory is emerging as germane in early childhood education research. This article explores concepts from the theory as applied in an early childhood education research project. The article focuses on the concept…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Data Collection, Educational Researchers
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Mittelmeier, Jenna; Edwards, Rebecca L.; Davis, Sarah K.; Nguyen, Quan; Murphy, Victoria L.; Brummer, Leonie; Rienties, Bart – Frontline Learning Research, 2018
Learning analytics has been increasingly outlined as a powerful tool for measuring, analysing, and predicting learning experiences and behaviours. The rising use of learning analytics means that many educational researchers now require new ranges of technical analytical skills to contribute to an increasingly data-heavy field. However, it has been…
Descriptors: Educational Researchers, Educational Research, Data Collection, Data Analysis
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Jonbekova, Dilrabo – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2020
This paper examines the experiences of educational researchers undertaking fieldwork within three Central Asian countries -- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Drawing on interviews with educational researchers from within and outside the region, the findings show that researchers encounter numerous ethical and methodological challenges in the…
Descriptors: Ethics, Educational Research, Cross Cultural Studies, Social Change
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Tshuma, Nompilo – Learning, Media and Technology, 2021
This article reflects on the tensions I encountered as an insider researcher during a qualitative study exploring academics' integration of educational technology in a South African higher education institution. While critical qualitative approaches acknowledge research participants' vulnerability to the researcher's interpretation and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Educational Researchers, Doctoral Students
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