| Title : | A student's guide to methodology : justifying enquiry |
| Material Type: | printed text |
| Authors: | Peter Clough, Author ; Cathy Nutbrown, Author |
| Publisher: | London : SAGE |
| Publication Date: | 2007 |
| Pagination: | xvii-254 p. |
| Layout: | ill |
| Size: | 24 cm |
| ISBN (or other code): | 978-1-412-92913-4 |
| General note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-250) and indexes( p.251-254) |
| Languages : | English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) |
| Descriptors: | Education
Methodology
Research - Handbooks, manuals, etc
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| Class number: | 370 |
| Abstract: | `This is a thoughtful, well-crafted, easily accessible book… I believe this book would work well for a variety of methodology courses, and I would direct students and colleagues to use it' - Norman K Denzin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
'The greatest strength of this volume is the clarity of the frameworks that guide students through the complexities of methodology…. . If more educational researchers …understood some of the basic principles outlined in 'A Student's Guide to Methodology', the debate about what constitutes rigorous, usable research would be more intelligent and ultimately lead to more profound changes in the relationship between research and educational practice' - Harvard Educational Review
" A students guide to methodology"- Essential for anyone undertaking a dissertation or theses, this book presents clear and straightforward information and advice on the process and functions of methodology. Although methodology is normally reported within a single methodology chapter, the authors show how every element of the account-from the framing of Research Questions to the drawing of Conclusions-is a function of methodology. They also clearly differentiate methodology and methods, and explain how their relationship is articulated in practice. This Second Edition includes a range of new examples as well as updated readings and suggestions on using the internet as a research tool and resource. The text is supported by a series of activities, which will contribute directly to the writing students' own methodology chapters. |
| Contents note: | PART I RESEARCH IS METHODOLOGY; What is research?; What is methodology?; PART II THE PERVASIVE NATURE OF METHODOLOGY; Looking: seeing beyond the known; Listening: issues of voice; Reading: purpose and positionality; Questioning: the focus of research;
PART III MAKING RESEARCH PUBLIC; Research design: shaping the study; Reporting research: telling the story; Research action: next steps. |
| Record link: | https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=13380 |
A student's guide to methodology / Peter Clough
