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Research Methods for Understanding Professional Learning

✍ Scribed by Elaine Hall; Kate Wall

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2019
Tongue
English
Leaves
305
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

Practitioners are experts in their field and this book introduces research methods that help to make that expertise explicit. There is worldwide recognition of the importance of high quality, reflective practice that both engages with existing research evidence and engages in the production of new evidence.
Research Methods for Understanding Professional Learning demonstrates how the knowledge about what happens in a practice context and the skills used to succeed there can be used as the building blocks for developing research methods and tools to best investigate practice. The experienced author team introduce a framework for understanding practice and for designing research about practice using a wealth of real research examples across all phases of education. This practical guide provides suggestions of a unique mix of research methods and tools moving beyond just action research methodology, allowing the reader to engage with research design and assess how well the data gathered will answer their research question.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Contents
List of Illustrations
Series Editor’s Preface
1 Defining
2 Questioning
3 Deciding
4 Tools for Enquiry
Tool 1: Fortune Lines
Tool 2: Odd One Outs
Tool 3: Mind Maps
Tool 4: Pupil Views Templates
Tool 5: Work Samples
Tool 6: Diamond Ranking/Diamond 9s
Tool 7: Students as Researchers
Tool 8: Arts-based Research
Tool 9: Cartoons and Comics
Tool 10: Mapping Environments
Tool 11: Analysis of Talk
Tool 12: Survey
Tool 13: Narrative Interviews
Tool 14: Focus Groups
Tool 15: Structured Observations
Tool 16: Standardised Questionnaires
Tool 17: Small-scale Trials and Experiments
Tool 18: Producing Effect Sizes
5 Understanding
6 Embedding
References
Appendix I: Case Examples of Research Design
a) Class 9G: Is performance linked to particular characteristics?
b) City College: How do the learners understand their performance?
c) Sandview Primary: Does learner identity impact performance?
d) Mooredge: How do different groups of learners use feedback?
Index

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