2nd Edition

Your Education Research Project Companion

By Jim Mcgrath, Anthony Coles Copyright 2010
    272 Pages
    by Routledge

    272 Pages
    by Routledge

    Whatever level you are working at, and assuming no prior research experience, Your Education Research Project Companion, 2nd edition provides the support and guidance you need in order to write a first-class research project or dissertation in education. 

     

    Written in the form of a fictional case study, the book charts the progress of student working on an education research project, through tutorials with their academic tutor. The clear, innovative narrative style will bridge the gap between theory and research practice, to ensure you acquire the simple and essential information needed.

     

    New for this edition and included throughout the book is MA level advice helping you to know what more is required of you to achieve a Masters qualification.

    About the authors

    Introduction

    Acknowledgements

    Tutorial 1 Getting started

    Tutorial 2 How to structure your research report

    Tutorial 3 Writing your literature review

    Tutorial 4 Choosing your research methodology

    Tutorial 5 Research strategies – case studies, action research and surveys

    Tutorial 6 Gathering your data – interviews and observations

    Tutorial 7 Gathering your data – documents and questionnaires

    Tutorial 8 Analysis of qualitative data

    Tutorial 9 Analysis of quantitative data

    Tutorial 10 Some final advice

    Glossary of terms
    Bibliography

    Index

     

    Biography

    Mcgrath, Jim; Coles, Anthony