Generalizing from Educational Research: Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Polarization

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Synopsis
"This book frames the major challenge facing educational researchers as one of going beyond the mindless qualitative-quantitative divide and addressing the overarching/fundamental challenge of enriching and enlarging educational inquiry. It is a signature contribution to the field." - Clifton F. Conrad, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Tackling one of the most critical issues in education research today - how research methods are related to value and meaningfulness - this frontline volume achieves two purposes. First, it presents an integrated approach to educational inquiry that works toward a continuum instead of a dichotomy of generalizability, and looks at how this continuum might be related to types of research questions asked and how these questions should determine modes of inquiry. Second, it discusses and demonstrates the contributions of different data types and modes of research to generalizability of research findings, and to limitations of research findings that utilize a single approach. International leaders in the field take the discussion of generalizing in education research to a level where claims are supported using multiple types of evidence. The volume pushes the field in a different direction, where the focus is on creating meaningful research findings that are not polarized by qualitative versus quantitative methodologies. The integrative approach allows readers to better understand possibilities and shortcomings of different types of research.
Copyright:
2009

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
310 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781135892371
Related ISBNs:
9780203885376, 9780415963824, 9780415963824, 9780415963817, 9780415963817
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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Copyrighted By:
Taylor and Francis
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Education, Mathematics and Statistics, Politics and Government
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Kadriye Ercikan
Edited by:
Wolff-Michael Roth

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