Multidisciplinary Approaches to Educational Research : Case Studies from Europe and the Developing World.

This book provides an original perspective on a range of controversial issues in educational and social research through case studies of multi-disciplinary and mixed-method research involving children, teachers, schools and communities in Europe and the developing world. These case studies from rese...

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Main Author: Rizvi, Sadaf
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011
Series:Routledge research in education.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Multidisciplinary Approaches to Educational Research; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Educational Research: Case Studies from Europe and the Developing World; Part I: Research with Early Years and Primary School Children; 1. Photography, School Spaces and School Lives: Using Visual Methods in Schools to Map the Geographies of Children and Youth; 2. Reflections on Research with Children in Pakistan in a Mixed-Methods Study.
  • 3. "How Do You Write What We're Talking About in Our Minds?" Researching and Interpreting the Sense Young British Bangladeshi Children Make of Their Literacy Learning4. Drawing as a Methodological Tool for Exploring Children's Understanding About Right and Wrong at School: Experiences and Perspectives from a Pakistani Context; Part II: Research with Children and Young People in Secondary Schools; 5. Exploring the Experiences of South-Asian Adolescent Girls: How Well Do Semi-Structured Interviews 'Unveil' Complex Lives?
  • 6. Collecting Primary-Level Quantitative Data: Experience from a Public and Private School Survey in Pakistan7. "We Want to Understand Their 'Virtual' World Better, So We Can Make Them Happy": Pakistani Children Use Participatory Action Research to Explore Their Disabled Siblings' Support Needs; Part III: Research with Teachers, Schools and Communities; 8. Teachers as Participants in Classroom Reform: Promise and Perils of Action Research; 9. A Focus on Interviewing: Constructing Identities of Male and Female Teachers.
  • 10. Studying Best Practices in Community Managed Education Programs in PakistanEpilogue: Bridging Research Paradigms, Disciplines and Cultures; Contributors; Index.