Qualitative research methods in education

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Title:

Author:

Torrance, Harry.

ISBN:

9781848602076

Publication Information:

London : SAGE, 2010.

Physical Description:

4 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series:

Fundamentals of applied research

General Note:

Set has 86 chapters.

Contents:

Volume 1: Theoretical Origins: Anthropology, Ethnography, Ethnomethodology and the Social Construction of Knowledge and Action in Everyday Life -- Part 1: Theoretical Tributaries from Anthropology, Sociology and Social Psychology -- Part 2: Case Study, Ethnography and Evaluation -- Volume 2: Other Theoretical Tributaries and Methodological Developments -- Part 3: Other Contributory Social Scientific Traditions -- Part 4: Developing the Political, Ethical, Epistemological and Emancipatory Implications of Qualitative Approaches -- Volume 3: Key Substantive Fields and Topics of Inquiry -- Part 5: Social Scientific Topics and Issues -- Part 6: Investigating Education Policy and Practice -- Volume 4: Contemporary Methods, Issues and Debates: Qualitative Educational Research, Ethics, Science and Policy.

Abstract:

"This four-volume set is part of the "Fundamentals of Applied Research" series and sits alongside Stephen Gorard's major reference collection "Quantitative Research Methods in Education". It brings together seminal and cutting edge articles on qualitative research internationally, and shows how the field has developed in influence in recent years. The use of qualitative research methods in educational research has a long and distinguished history, both in the UK and internationally. Importantly, this major reference collection reviews the ongoing debates and various issues about qualitative methods and the contribution they make to understanding educational issues. The set also comprises a timely analysis of the contribution which qualitative methods have made and can continue to make to understanding educational issues. The volumes review the methodological arguments for using qualitative methods, including critiques and rejoinders; place these arguments in appropriate historical and epistemological contexts with respect to the development of qualitative methods in congruent disciplines including anthropology, psychology and sociology; and identify key examples of leading substantive work which illustrate the various issues at stake and the major achievements of qualitative inquiry in education. Each volume includes an original introduction written by the Harry Torrance, a key figure in the field of education research methods, delineating the theme for the volume and the importance of the contribution of the individual papers and the volume as a whole." --publisher.

Subject Term:

Education -- Research.

Qualitative research.

Added Author:

Torrance, Harry.

Added Title:

Theoretical origins of qualitative research methods in education.

Language, philosophy and politics -- additional theoretical tributaries and methodological developments in qualitative research in education.

Key substantive fields and topics of inquiry in qualitative research in education.

Contemporary methods, issues and debates in qualitative research in education -- ethics, science, policy and politics.

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This four-volume set is part of the Fundamentals of Applied Research series and sits alongside Stephen Gorard′s major reference collection Quantitative Research Methods in Education. It brings together seminal and cutting edge articles on qualitative research internationally, and shows how the field has developed in influence in recent years. The use of qualitative research methods in educational research has a long and distinguished history, both in the UK and internationally. Importantly, this major reference collection reviews the ongoing debates and various issues about qualitative methods and the contribution they make to understanding educational issues. The set also comprises a timely analysis of the contribution which qualitative methods have made and can continue to make to understanding educational issues.

The volumes review the methodological arguments for using qualitative methods, including critiques and rejoinders; place these arguments in appropriate historical and epistemological contexts with respect to the development of qualitative methods in congruent disciplines including anthropology, psychology and sociology; and identify key examples of leading substantive work which illustrate the various issues at stake and the major achievements of qualitative inquiry in education.

Each volume includes an original introduction written by the Harry Torrance, a key figure in the field of education research methods, delineating the theme for the volume and the importance of the contribution of the individual papers and the volume as a whole.