Disseminating Qualitative Research in Educational Settings

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-335-22582-8
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch

This book is a useful addition to the growing literature in the field of educational research methodology, and offers a lively and very unusual introduction to an aspect of research which has so far received little attention. It is particularly helpful in drawing on experience across the educational landscape, including adult and lifelong education, as well as schools-based work. For this very reason it will be a very valuable resource for a broad audience.” Studies in the Education of Adults

The processes and practices of the dissemination of research findings are exceptionally neglected fields in the research methods literature. Yet disseminating and using our findings are significant reasons why we undertake research. Organised in three parts, this text provides an accessible, critically informed and up-to-date overview of key aspects of dissemination. In so doing this text:

* provides a critical review of contemporary policy and dissemination models in education.
* contains a series of case studies produced by internationally respected researchers in a range of educational fields. Drawing on their extensive experiences of dissemination, these case studies illuminate how dissemination acts proceed in qualitative research projects. They also illuminate the dilemmas facing qualitative researchers who strive to disseminate their work.
* Enables researchers to develop 'informed practice' in respect of disseminating research in a range of educational settings.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hughes, Christina

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part one: From dissemination to impact: historical and contemporary issues
Models of dissemination
Part two: Dissemination and identity: tales from the school gates
The creation and dissemination of feminist research in education: facts or fictions?
Analysis or anecdote? defending qualitative data before a skeptical audience
Intricacies of dissemination in ethnographic reserach
Mis/representations: issues of control and closure in an academic career
Dissemination, or critique and transformation?
Developing informed practice for disseminating qualitative research
References
Index.