| Description |
xxii, 598 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Clifton Conrad and Ronald Serlin -- Section One: Exploring the multiple purposes of inquiry and key stakeholders: introductory essay / D.C. Phillips -- Muddying the waters: the many purposes of educational inquiry / D.C. Phillips -- What knowledge users want / Robert E. Floden -- Minding the gap between research and policy-making / David N. Plank and Debbi Harris -- Section Two: Identifying meaningful problems and approaches to inquiry across and within fields: introductory essay / John Weidman and Laura Perna -- All else is never equal: opportunity lost and found on the p- path to college access / Patricia M. McDonough and R. Evely Gildersleeve -- Studying teacher education programs: enriching and enlarging the inquiry / Kenneth Zeichner -- What are we tripping on?: transgressing the fault lines in research on the preparation of multicultural educators / Carl Grant and Vonzell Agosto -- Moving forward: ideas for research on school, family, and community partnerships / Joyce L. Epstein and Steven B. Sheldon -- Research on instruction and learning in science: elaborating the design approach / Michael Ford and Ellice Forman -- Learning in science and mathematics: the role of philosophy, theory, and methodology in shaping our developing understanding / Juliet A. Baxter and Shirley J. Magnusson -- Re-conceptualizing and re-centering research in special education / Cheryl Hanley-Maxwell and Brian Bottge -- Discovering unheard voices: explorations in the history of education, childhood, and juvenile justice / Steven Schlossman -- Counseling psychology / Mary Lee Nelson and Cindy Juntunen -- Educational leadership / Jane Lindle -- Socialization of students in higher education: organizational perspectives / John Weidman -- Minority-serving institutions of higher education: building upon and extending lines of inquiry for the advancement of the public good / Jason N. Johnson, Clifton F. Conrad, and Laura Perna -- Comparative education: an approach to educational inquiry / David Phillips -- Section Three: Challenges in formulating and framing meaningful problems: introductory essay / Daniel K. Lapsley -- Situating ourselves and our inquiry: a first-person account / James Youniss -- Developing and nurturing interesting and researchable ideas / Kathryn R. Wentzel -- The challenge of framing a problem: what is your burning question? / Susan Harter -- Section Four: Challenges in preparing for inquiry: introductory essay / Scott Thomas -- Light and shadow in research design / John P. Bean -- Conceptualizing and conducting meaningful research studies in education / Ron Heck -- Sampling: rationale and rigor in choosing what to observe / Scott Thomas -- Approaching rigor in applied qualitative research / Doug Toma -- Section Five: Challenges in conducting inquiry: introductory essay / King Beach and Betsy Becker -- Windows of possibility: perspectives on the construction of educational researchers / Anna Neumann and Aaron Pallas -- Constructing data / Kadriye Erickan and Wolff-Michael Roth -- Constructing Analyses: The Development of Thoughtfulness in Working with Quantitative Methods / Michael Seltzer and Mike Rose -- Constructing conclusions / Betsy Jane Becker, King Beach III, and Mary Kennedy, -- Section Six: Challenges in writing, voice, and dissemination of research: introductory essay / Beth Graue -- Writing in education research / Beth Graue -- Experimenting with voice and reflexivity in social science texts / Elizabeth Creamer -- Getting the word out: challenges and opportunities in explaining educational research to the world / Gerald Bracey. |
| Summary |
"'The SAGE Handbook for Research in Education' invites and stimulates students, faculty, and policymakers to become more self-reflective in their inquiry. Placing the pursuit of ideas at the epicenter of research, distinguished K12 and higher education scholars advance myriad ideas for enhancing educational inquiry, relying extensively on narratives, vignettes, and examples of key episodes in inquiry. These exemplars illuminate past, present, and emerging approaches across fields and domains of inquiry to research in education. Key Features of 'The SAGE Handbook for Research in Education': - Includes explicit discussion of the fundamental challenges that researchers must consciously address throughout their inquiry and proposes strategies to overcome these obstacles to first-rate research; - Identifies and explores potentially fruitful research problems to help students and faculty formulate important questions; Features the voices of internationally distinguished scholars representing diverse fields, as well as quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches to inquiry."--Publisher description. |
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Education -- Research -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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81.05 educational research: general. (NL-LeOCL)077600339
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Education -- Research. (OCoLC)fst00902743
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Forschung (DE-588)4017894-8
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Pädagogik (DE-588)4044302-4
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Educational research. (NL-LeOCL)090922360
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Pesquisa educacional.
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Handbooks and manuals. (OCoLC)fst01423877
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Textbooks (form) (NL-LeOCL)088143252
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Added Author |
Conrad, Clifton.
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Serlin, Ronald C.
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| ISBN |
1412906407 (cloth) |
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9781412906401 (cloth) |
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