Research Methods in Education

by Louis Cohen, Lawrence Manion, Keith Morrison

This fully updated sixth edition of the international bestseller Research Methods in Education covers the whole range of methods currently employed by educational research at all stages. It is divided into five main the context of educational research; planning educational research; styles of educational research; strategies for data collection and researching; and data analysis. The book also contains references to a comprehensive dedicated website of accompanying materials. The sixth edition includes new material Research Methods in Education is essential reading for the professional researcher and continues to be the standard text for students and lecturers in educational research. To access the dedicated website of accompanying materials, please www.routledge.com/textbooks/978041536... .

Genres: Education, Research, Academic, Nonfiction, Academia, Research Methods, Reference

657 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

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[Dedy · Rating 5 out of 5]

It really helps.

[Lizzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book, am I trying really hard to get to 30 books so including my university text books?!

[Alavi]

its very good

[Keely · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thorough reference book. Quite wordy but a must have for research methods.

[Sebah Al-Ali · Rating 3 out of 5]

من القراءات المطلوبة وبالأخص الفصول: ١، ٢ و ٦. ممل، معقد، لكن مهم جدا. يشرح أساسيات البحث الأكاديمي في العلوم الاجتماعية بما فيها اختصاص التعليم، و بالأخص:
ontology, epistemology, and paradigms.

لم أستطع فهمه في أول قراءة، لكن بعد الكثير من البحث والقراءة من مصادر متعددة، عدت لقراءته مجددا وصارت المفاهيم أوضح. لذا نصيحتي لأي طالب/باحث يحتاج لقراءته أن يرافقه بالقراءات الأبسط على المواقع الموثقة أو قراءات مبسطة ليفهمه.

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مما اقتبسته:
"The epistemological assumption in these instances determine extreme positions on the issues of whether knowledge is something which can be acquired on the one hand, or is something which has to be personally experienced on the other."

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"… a general doctrine of positivism which held that all genuine knowledge is based on sense experience and can only be advanced by means of observation and experiment."
"they [anti-positivists] would agree that the social world can only be understood from the standpoint of the individuals who are part of the ongoing action being investigated and that their model of a person is an autonomous one, not the plastic version favoured by positivist researchers."
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"The normative paradigm (or model) contains two major orienting ideas (Douglas, 1973): first, that human behaviour is essentially rule- governed; and second, that it should be investigated by the methods of natural science. The interpretive paradigm, in contrast to its normative counterpart, is characterized by a concern for the individual. Whereas normative studies are positivist, all theories constructed within the context of the interpretive paradigm tend to be anti- positivist."
"Positivism strives for objectivity, measurability, predictability, controllability, patterning, the construction of laws and rules of behavior, and the ascription of causality; the interpretive paradigms strive to understand and interpret the world in terms of its actors. In the former, observed phenomena are important; in the latter, meanings and interpretations are paramount."
"Its [Critical theory OR the paradigm of critical educational research] purpose is not merely to understand situations and phenomena but to change them. In particular, it seeks to emancipate the disempowered, to redress inequality and to promote individual freedoms within a democratic society."
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"[According to Doll 1993 and opposing Tyler (1949)], Not all knowledge can be included in the curriculum; the curriculum is a selection of what is deemed to be worthwhile knowledge. The justification for that selection reveales the ideologies and power in decision-making in society and through the curriculum. Curriculum is an ideological selection from a range of possible knowledge. This resonates with a principle from Habermas (1972) that knowledge and its selection are neither neutral nor innocent."

[Maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read the 4th edition years ago, and compering with this edition (8th) I can find many great updated chapters. Moreover, this edition is more detailed and interpreting the elements of research with more examples and implements.

I think it is very useful reference to do researches.

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Πολύ χρήσιμο για όποιον ενδιαφέρεται για εκπαιδευτικές έρευνες, είναι ένα πλήρες και απαραίτητο εργαλείο!

[Thomas Koziara · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is written on a very high level.

[Anna Baboura · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Ray Shan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Saved my essay and my life

[Artie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really interesting and informative.

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yeah thanks, Mr Cohen - 4*

I didn't read it all but the sections that I needed were very useful.

[Aza Zhag · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cohen describes the whole research metrology in social science. However, the book is too complicated with its counter arguments of positive and negative opinions of scholars. Yet, it is probably the most useful one to start doing research.

[Roberta · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a somewhat dry field but this book makes it a lot drier than it has to be. It is also not for beginners in the field - there are few definitions and they rely on prior knowledge of the terms. They barely serve as memory triggers. There are better books on the topic.

[Alicia]

I actually only have the 5th edition... but anyway, this book might actually restore my sanity.

[Otter57 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bit longwinded. This does summarize a lot of the relevant research methodology, but there are much clearer books out there.

[Roslynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good overview of QT and QL general methods of research. Good to make as a reference book but not in-depth key methodology of your research.

[Samaneh · Rating 4 out of 5]

در زمینه روشهای تحقیق کتاب فوق العاده خوب و مفیدی هست

[Chris Lucas · Rating 1 out of 5]

hi

[Inez Beall]

Research all angles.