Introduction to Research Methods in Education

by Keith F. Punch

Introduction to Research Methods in Education focuses on helping the reader develop a clear, logical, and conceptual understanding of the nature of empirical research in education, and of how those ideas lead to and underlie the principal research techniques. Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches are covered, along with practical guidance on issues such as how to prepare a research proposal, write a literature review, and analyze different types of data.

Genres: Research

398 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2009

Reviews

[Sarah]

Very longwinded and boring at times

[Maggie]

Extremely helpful as a reference text.

[Elfrieda]

A comprehensive educational research book.

[Veronica]

Good introductory textbook, but sometimes it felt like the authors were trying to meet a word count (got pretty repetitive)

[Beth]

A must-read for all education students - 5*

If you're doing education research and you haven't read this, where have you been?
This book is brilliant, especially in its 2nd edition. It's in-depth, focused and brilliant for ethics, which is what I needed it for.

It's great for data collection methods too but I'm over word count already so I avoided that section.
I've had it on reservation for AGES and just got it so you can see how good it is...