Educational Research For Social Justice

Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-335-23165-2
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch

This is a book for all researchers in educational settings whose research is motivated by considerations of justice, fairness and equity. It addresses questions such researchers have to face. Will a prior political or ethical commitment bias the research? How far can the ideas of empowerment or 'giving a voice' be realised? How can researchers who research communities to which they belong deal with the ethical issues of being both insider and outsider?

The book provides a set of principles for doing educational research for social justice. These are rooted in considerations of methodology, epistemology and power relations, and provide a framework for dealing with the practical issues of collaboration, ethics, bias, empowerment, voice, uncertain knowledge and reflexivity, at all stages of research from getting started to dissemination and taking responsibility as members of the wider community of educational researchers.

Theoretical arguments and the realities of practical research are brought together and interwoven. Thus the book will be helpful to all researchers, whether they are just beginning their first project, or whether they are already highly experienced. It will be of great value to research students in designing and writing up their theses and dissertations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Griffiths, Morwenna

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part one: Introduction and context
Taking sides, getting change
Research for social justice?
some examples
Part two: Theoretical frameworks for practical purposes
Truths and methods
Facts and values
power/knowledge
Living with uncertainty in educational research
Educational research for social justice
a framework
Part three: Practical possibilities
Getting started
the research process
Getting justice
empowerment and voice
Better knowledge
Educational research at large
Appendix
References
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Morwenna Griffiths is Professor of Educational Research at Nottingham Trent University, and previously taught at Nottingham University, Oxford Brookes University, Christ Church College, Canterbury, and Isfahan University. She has carried out a range of educational research including classroom-based action research, large-scale surveys, philosophical analysis, and qualitative evaluations. Her current interests lie particularly in social justice, gender and educational research. She is the author Feminisms and the Self: The Web of Identity; Self-identity, Self-esteem, and Social Justice; and co-author (with Carol Davies) of In Fairness to Children: Working for Social Justice in the Primary School. She has also edited (with Barry Troyna) Anti-racism, Culture and Social Justice in Education, and with Margaret Whitford, Women Review Philosophy: New Writing by Women in Philosophy and Feminist Perspectives in Philosophy.