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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484472503321

Titolo

A Companion to Research in Education / / edited by Alan D. Reid, E. Paul Hart, Michael A. Peters

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

94-007-6809-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (593 p.)

Disciplina

306.43

Soggetti

Educational sociology

Philosophy and social sciences

Educational policy

Education and state

Education

Social sciences

Sociology of Education

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Educational Policy and Politics

Education, general

Social Sciences, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

1. PART I: CONCEPTUALISING RESEARCH IN EDUCATION -- 2. PART II: CHARACTERISING RESEARCH IN EDUCATION -- 3. PART III: CONTEXTUALISING RESEARCH IN EDUCATION -- 4. PART IV: LEGITIMATING RESEARCH IN EDUCATION -- 5. PART V: REPRESENTING RESEARCH IN EDUCATION.

Sommario/riassunto

  This volume offers a unique commentary on the diverse ways that educational inquiry is conceived, designed and critiqued. An international team of scholars examines cross-cutting themes of how research in education is conceptualised, characterised, contextualised, legitimated and represented. Contributions include specially commissioned essays, critical commentaries, vignettes, dialogues and cases. Each section discusses the significance of a complex terrain of



ideas and critiques that can inform thinking and practice in educational research. The result is a thorough and accessible volume that offers fresh insights into the perspectives and challenges that shape diverse genres of research in education.