Globalizing the Research Imagination

Edited by Jane Kenway, Johannah Fahey

In the provocative opening essay Kenway and Fahey explore ways in which the notion of the imagination itself might be mobilized by researchers. They are...

Published August 7th 2008 by Routledge.

Vygotsky and Research

By Harry Daniels

This book provides readers with an overview of the implications for research of the theoretical work which acknowledges a debt to the writings of L.S....

Published August 1st 2008 by Routledge.

Theory and Educational Research

Toward Critical Social Explanation

Edited by Jean Anyon

Most empirical researchers avoid the use of theory in their studies, providing data but little or no social explanation. Theoreticians, on the other hand, rarely...

Published July 3rd 2008 by Routledge.

Modeling Dyadic and Interdependent Data in the Developmental and Behavioral Sciences

Edited by Noel A. Card, James P. Selig, Todd D. Little

This book reviews methods of conceptualizing, measuring, and analyzing interdependent data in developmental and behavioral sciences. Quantitative and developmental experts describe best practices for modeling...

Published July 1st 2008 by Psychology Press.

The Authentic Dissertation

Alternative Ways of Knowing, Research and Representation

By Four Arrows AKA Don Trent Jacobs

The Authentic Dissertation is a road map for students who want to make their dissertation more than a series of hoop-jumping machinations that cause them...

Published June 25th 2008 by Routledge.

A Synthesis of Research on Second Language Writing in English

By Ilona Leki, Tony Silva, Alister Cumming

"I applaud the authors for this sizeable undertaking, as well as the care exercised in selecting and sequencing topics and subtopics. A major strength and...

Published June 23rd 2008 by Routledge.

The Methodological Dilemma

Creative, critical and collaborative approaches to qualitative research

Edited by Kathleen Gallagher

This thought-provoking book challenges the way research is planned and undertaken and equips researchers with a variety of creative and imaginative solutions to the dilemmas...

Published May 19th 2008 by Routledge.

Doing Visual Research with Children and Young People

Edited by Pat Thomson

Visual media offer powerful communication opportunities. Doing Visual Research with Children and Young People explores the methodological, ethical, representational and theoretical issues surrounding image-based research...

Published May 16th 2008 by Routledge.

The Evaluator's Cookbook

Exercises for participatory evaluation with children and young people

By Angus McCabe, Katrice Horsley

Participation is a vital element of working with children and young people – ensuring that services are meeting their needs as well as promoting citizenship,...

Published April 30th 2008 by Routledge.

Academic Writing and Publishing

A Practical Handbook

By JAMES HARTLEY

Academic Writing and Publishing will show academics (mainly in the social sciences) how to write and publish research articles. Its aim is to supply examples...

Published April 24th 2008 by Routledge.