Researching Your Professional Practice (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780335207633)

This volume is for the professional educator who wants to make use of good interpretive research practice to help them do their job better. A view on the nature of interpretation within the qualitative approach is presented which leads on to a model of doing qualitative research the interpretive way that is both credible and trustworthy. The book is designed to demystify the interpretive/qualitive research process for educators doing a further degree at masters or doctoral level. Examples in the book from doctoral students who are teachers, lecturers, advisers and education managers, cover the area of arts education, TEFL, home-school relations and teacher education and development. The book should be of particular interest to educators doing research who want to raise their awareness of the perceptions and needs of others with whom and for whom they are responsible and who want to improve their understanding of the process and the content of their work.

Author: Hilary A. Radnor
ISBN-10: 0335207634
ISBN-13: 9780335207633
Publisher: Open University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2001
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.04w x 0.38d