2. DOING RESEARCH IN EDUCATION
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DOING RESEARCH IN EDUCATION
STYLES, STRATEGIES, APPROACHES, METHODS

3. styles Strategies/ Methods Approaches Introduction
of research
of data collection
instruments of data collection
to data analysis
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4. Styles of educational research
Naturalistic and ethnographic
Historical and documentary
Surveys, longitudinal, cross-sectional and trend studies
Internet-based and computer use
Case studies
Experiments, quasi-experiments, single case research
Action research
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5. Strategies for data collection
Questionnaires
Interviews
Accounts
Observation
Tests
Personal constructs
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6. Approaches to data analysis
Qualitative
Quantitative
Content analysis
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7. Naturalistic and ethnographic style
Tries to answer three questions:
What are the characteristics of a social phenomena?
What are the causes of the social phenomena?
What are the consequences of the social phenomena?
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8. Naturalistic and ethnographic style 2
Is concerned with
Description (rather than prediction)
Induction
Generation (rather than verification)
Construction (rather than enumeration)
Subjectivities
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9. Naturalistic and ethnographic style 3
Main kinds of naturalistic inquiry
Case study
Comparative studies
Retrospective studies
Longitudinal studies
Ethnography (portrayal and explanation of social groups in real-life context)
Biography
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10. Naturalistic and ethnographic style 4
Main methods (data collection)
Participant observation
Interviews and conversations
Documents and field notes
Accounts
Notes and memos
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11. Historical and documentary
Definition
”Systematic and objective location, evaluation and syntheis of evidence in order to establish facts and draw conclusions abut past events” (p. 191)
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12. Historical and documentary 2
Tries to answer the questions:
Where do the events take place?
Who are the people involved?
When do the events occur?
What kinds of human activity are involved?
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13. Historical and documentary 3
Data collection
PRIMARY SOURCES (original )
Relics of a period (fossils, weapons, skeletons, coins, etc.)
Manuscrips, charters, laws, files, biography, newspapers, films, transcriptins, wills, etc.
SECONDARY SOURCES
- textbooks, encyclopedias, quoted materials,
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14. Bibliography
Cohen, L, L. Manion, and K. Morrison Research Methods in Education, sixth edition, Routledge.
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