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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791814103321

Autore

Rickinson Mark

Titolo

Improving research through user engagement / / Mark Rickinson, Judy Sebba and Anne Edwards

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-82838-9

1-283-04050-6

9786613040503

1-136-82839-7

0-203-83130-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Collana

Improving learning TLRP

Altri autori (Persone)

EdwardsAnne <1946->

SebbaJudy

Disciplina

001.4/2

Soggetti

Social sciences - Research

Education - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. What is the issue? -- pt. 2. What does the research say? -- pt. 3. What are the implications?

Sommario/riassunto

There are increasing calls for social science researchers to work more closely with research users. References to engaging users in and with research are now common in research funding requirements, national research strategies and large-scale research programmes. User engagement has therefore become part of the rhetoric of educational and social science research. But what is user engagement, how can it be achieved and what challenges and opportunities does it present for researchers and research users?The authors of this new book present an authoritative overview of recent theoretic