Freedom Research in Education: Becoming an Autonomous Researcher (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783030099053)

This book sets out a new and distinctive means of conceptualising research in the field of Education: 'Freedom Research'. Freedom research is a conceptual understanding of research free from the strictures of orthodoxy; which adapts or knowingly critiques conventions about the ways in which research should be conducted. Underpinning this concept is the argument that the conventions of traditional approaches to research in education may be both confidence-sapping and constrictive to both the early career and mature educational researcher. By critiquing the boundaries of a socially constructed discipline, the researcher may then be liberated to research with freedom, creativity and innovation. This pioneering volume will assist the researcher to become more autonomous, and by extension more confident, in their own research practice. It will be of appeal to scholars, students and researchers in Education, of all stages of their career.


Author: Karen McArdle
ISBN-10: 3030099059
ISBN-13: 9783030099053
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 02/02/2019
Pages: 174
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.41d