Contents List of figures and tables Contributors Foreword Jyothsna Latha Belliappa Editor's introduction Mike Lambert Importance of research methodology · This book · The chapters 1. Using questionnaires Brendan Bartram Introduction · Merits and limitations · Ethics · Using written questionnaires · Using online questionnaires · Using a word-association questionnaire · Conclusion 2. Interviews Jo Winwood Introduction · Interviews · My research · Interview schedule · Conducting interviews · Analysing interview data · Ethics · Conclusion 3. Observations Tunde Rozsahegyi Introduction · Observation in educational research · Participant or non-participant? · Structured or non-structured? · Validity and ethics · Observation in my own research · Conclusion 4. Involving children Mike Lambert Introduction · My research · Involvement · To what extent could I understand the data? · What about 'power'? · And what about ethics? · Conclusion 5. Using video as data Marte Blikstad-Balas Introduction · Benefits · Ethics · Challenges · Conclusion 6. Using quantitative data Michael Jopling Introduction · What is quantitative research? What are quantitative data? · Three types of quantitative design · Analysing quantitative data · Descriptive statistics · Inferential statistics · Conclusion 7. Documentary analysis Jane O'Connor Introduction · Discourse and document analysis · Using document analysis in a research project · Data collection · Analysis and findings · Discussion · Conclusion 8.
'Doing text': Madness in the methods Julian McDougall Introduction · Ways of seeing research · The third (research) space? · Creative visual methods · We need to talk about Maggie · Wiring the audience · Digital transformations · (Negatively) Benefits Street · Hunger by the Sea · Comrades and curators · Doing text · Wrapping up 9. Q-methodology: A science of subjectivity Gavin Rhoades and Zeta Brown Introduction · What is Q-methodology? · Developing a Q study · Elements of Q · Factor analysis · Additional research methods · Use in an undergraduate dissertation · The 'Explore University' Q evaluation · Conclusion 10.Mosaic: Participatory research in the early years Helen Lyndon Introduction · Using Mosaic · Stage 1: Children and adults gather evidence · Stage 2: Dialogue, reflection, interpretation · Stage 3: Deciding areas of continuity and change · Strengths and limitations · Conclusion 11. Ethnography Joke Dewilde Introduction · Ethnography · Stages · My ethnography · Connecting to theory · Ethical issues · Some recommendations · Conclusion 12. Case study Tunde Rozsahegyi Introduction · What is case study? · Implementing case study · Conclusion 13. Grounded theory Mike Lambert Introduction · Grounded theory · Examples · Choosing grounded theory · Issue 1: How to use the literature? · Issue 2: Theory or 'persuasive perspective'? · Outcomes · Conclusion Closing words Index.