A Guide to Practitioner Research in Education
- Ian Menter - University of Glasgow, UK
- Dely Elliot - University of Glasgow, UK
- Moira Hulme - University of Glasgow, UK
- Jon Lewin - University of Glasgow, UK
- Kevin Lowden - University of Glasgow, UK
The authors provide information and guidance on developing research skills such as gathering and analysing information and data, reporting findings and research design. They offer critical perspectives to help users reflect on research approaches and to scrutinise key issues in devising research questions.
This book is for undergraduate and postgraduate students, teachers and practitioners in practitioner research development and leadership programmes.
The team of authors are all within the School of Education at the University
of Glasgow and have significant experience of working with practitioner
researchers in education.
This book is an easily readable guide to research, particularly for students participating in research for the first time as it takes the reader step by step through the various stages of thinking about a research project. The examples used and the further reading make it particularly useful.
As much it is a valuable book, we are going to go with the Valsa Koshy (2010) book instead - Action Research for Improving Educational Practise
I read the table of content found this is a easy -to-read publication for our Master of Education students. In this Med course, the Research methodology module is compulsary and I believe that this book will be recommended in 2012. This book is well structured and organised in simple way. Good illustrations to support with excellent explanations of data collection and analysis. Well done. Good binding book.
Thank you to all the scholars with this great publication.
Prof Micheal van Wyk
Excellent material for both private study and classroom reading. I have recommended to both my cohorts.
A practical and instructive text with useful diagrams, websites and further reading. The chapter titles are the questions beginning researchers ask.
A very useful and up-to-date book, which guides the researcher through the process, step-by-step.
This book takes the reader by the hand and takes them through the stages of setting up, undertaking and reporting a research project.
The chapters are clearly defined and within the chapters key elements and theory are explored to support the development of a students' research.
Relevant signposting to further reading with good illustrative examples.
This title is recommended to our students embarking on their teaching practise to build up their reflection and research skills. It is a clearly written book with a friendly layout covering the key aspects of practitioner research.
a very practical tool for all practitioner researchers in the field of education. Helps to develop research skills coupled with collecting data, differing approaches,
The question based approach to the organisation of the content will appeal to those who are put off by an overly technical style. This is a very down to earth approach to the research process that should help a variety of educators and practitioners
