E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten
Walford Researching The Powerful In Education
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-134-21394-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-134-21394-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Educationalists offer an overview of methods for researching those in positions of power. They focus on key issues with broad relevance to social scientists such as access, interviewing, data restrictions, ethical dilemmas and the role of theory.; This book is intended for academic and postgraduate researchers within education, sociology, social policy and politics as well as advanced undergraduates involved with research dissertations. The book's international appeal is enhanced by the contributions of US and UK authors.
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A new focus on the powerful, Geoffrey Walford; Part 1 Researching central government policy-makers: researching Thatcherite education policy, Geoff Whitty and Tony Edwards; ministers and mandarins - educational research in elite settings, John Fitz and David Halpin; the Lords' will be done - interviewing the powerful in education, J. Daniel McHugh; researching the powerful in education and elsewhere, Maurice Kogan; ethics and power in a study of pressure group politics, Geoffrey Walford. Part 2 Interpreting interviews: political interviews and the politics of interviewing, Stephen J. Ball; the power discourse - elite narratives and policy formation, Peter W. Cookson Jr. Part 3 Feminist perspectives: a feminist approach to researching the powerful in education, Roslyn A. Mickelson; researching the locally powerful - a study of school governance, Rosemary Deem. Part 4 Historical perspectives: research perspectives on the World Bank, Phillip W. Jones; interviewing the education policy elite, Sharon Gewirtz and Jenny Ozga; writing school history as a former participant - problems in writing the history of an elite school, Susan F. Semel. Reflections on researching the powerful, Geoffrey Walford.
