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Doing Business Research
A Guide to Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2008
`It's not often that you'll find an article or book that explains what you need to know in such plain, simple terms. Treasure it' - Andrew Farrell, Doctoral Researcher, Loughborough University
`Entertaining and authoritative without being patronising' - Professor Chris Hackley, Royal Holloway,...
by Gary Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2015
Vibrant and insightful, this book introduces students and researchers to the basics of case study research. Adopting jargon-free language, it grounds its advice in concrete experience and real-world cases. Using examples from across the social sciences, Gary Thomas provides practical guidance on how...
Your Research Project
Designing and Planning Your Work
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
In the third edition of this bestselling book, you'll find everything you need to embark upon your research project and write your proposal with confidence. Written with the needs of undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as practitioners in mind, Your Research Project will guide you through...
Using Mixed Methods
Frameworks for an Integrated Methodology
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2010
Using Mixed Methods offers an innovative approach to social and educational research. The author sets out the case for research from an holistic perspective, integrating different methods, different data and overall research strategies.
This book shows how to use an integrated methodology that...
Qualitative Researching with Text, Image and Sound
A Practical Handbook for Social Research
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2000
`This excellent text will introduce advanced students - and remind senior researchers - of the availability of a broad range of techniques available for the systematic analysis of social data that is not numeric. It makes the key point that neither quantitative nor qualitative methods are interpretive...
Health Activism
Foundations and Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Activism is action on behalf of a cause, action that goes beyond what is conventional or routine and is relative to the actions by others.
Health activism is a growing area of interest for many who work to improve health at both national and international levels because it offers a more direct...
Making Schools Different
Alternative Approaches to Educating Young People
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2009
With a foreword by Professor Stephen Ball
What can we do with students who don't succeed in the typical classroom, and what are the alternatives to full-time schooling?
With contributions from leading academics from Canada, America, the UK, The Netherlands and Australia, this internationally-minded...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
Contemporary Issues in Learning and Teaching looks at current issues across the three key areas of policy, learning and practice. It will help you to think critically on your Education course, and to make connections between the processes of learning and the practicalities of teaching. The book addresses...
Work with Young People
Theory and Policy for Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2009
'The book covers a fascinating range of theory, policy and practice research not covered elsewhere in one text. The editors are to be congratulated' - Marian Charlton, Leeds Metropolitan University
'The book offers a broad overview of the issues and literature, and will be of immediate use....
by Howard Sercombe
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2010
What does it mean to practice youth work ethically? How does ethical theory relate to the youth work profession? What are the moral dilemmas confronting youth workers today, and how should practitioners respond?
This definitive text on youth work ethics examines these questions and more and...
Leadership and Diversity
Challenging Theory and Practice in Education
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
'What makes this book stand out in the crowd is the engaging approach the authors have taken to present their argument and the novel treatment they offer of diversity and diversity management…a must-read for anyone in a leadership position or interested in investigating education leadership and...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
Sustainability is a key concept used by social scientists interested in interactions between human society and the environment. This text offers a systematic and critical review of established and emerging methodological approaches, as well as tools for the integrated investigation of sustainability...
Visual Methodologies
An Introduction to Researching with Visual Materials
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Now in its Fourth Edition, Visual Methodologies: An Introduction to Researching with Visual Materials is a bestselling critical guide to the study and analysis of visual culture. Existing chapters have been fully updated to offer a rigorous examination and demonstration of an individual methodology...
by Dr. Sarah Pink
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
Essential reading for anyone wishing to engage with images, technologies and society, Doing Visual Ethnography is a milestone in ethnographic and visual research. The Third Edition of this classic text includes new chapters on web-based practices for visual ethnography and the issues surrounding the...