A Beginner's Guide to Doing Your Education Research Project

Mike Lambert

ISBN 10: 0857029819 / ISBN 13: 9780857029812

Published by Sage Publications Ltd, GB, 2012

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'Mike Lambert's book is a useful source of information, helping to create and shape your research methods project. The book contains detailed chapters with easy to follow guidelines, tips and suggestions ensuring help at every step of the way from start to finish' Alexander Miesen, student, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences   In this basic guide, step-by-step advice is presented in a clear way and chapters take the reader through the entire process, from planning and doing research, to writing it up. Each stage is covered, with detailed help on choosing a topic, drawing up research questions, doing the literature review, choosing and designing research methods, the ethics of doing research, analyzing data, and collating and presenting findings.   Features in the text include:   - explanations of key research terms - activities (with answers) - progress sheets - case studies   This is an ideal text for undergraduate students undertaking their first ever research project, postgraduates pursuing Masters awards and teachers carrying out action research.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Beginner's Guide to Doing Your Education Research Project
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd, GB
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857029819
• ISBN 13: 9780857029812
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Based on the author′s many years of experience working with undergraduate and graduate students, this book is a basic guide to doing a research project in education. Step-by-step advice is presented in a clear way, and chapters take the reader through the entire process, from planning and doing research, to writing it up. Each stage is covered, with detailed help on choosing a topic, drawing up research questions, doing the literature review, choosing and designing research methods, the ethics of doing research, analyzing data, and collating and presenting findings.

About the Author

Mike Lambert is Principal Lecturer at the School of Education, University of Wolverhampton. He developed and teaches the university′s research-methods module for initial teacher training and has supervised the projects of many students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.