Reflective Practice in Educational Research

Linda Evans has been a teacher, SENCO, lecturer, advisor and OFSTED inspector, and most recently editor and publisher of books on all aspects of SEN. She is currently working as an independent writer and consultant, and is editor of SENCO Week and G&T Update (Optimus).

• Part 1: The need for improvement1. Developing as an educational researcher2. What's wrong with educational researchPart 2: Developing advanced research skills3. Taking conceptualization seriously4. Comparative analysis: trying to see the big picture5. A Tale of Two Studies: a research puzzle to solve6. The Suggestibility Issue7. Telling it as it is8. Tools of the Trade: developing coding and categorization skills9. Developing theory10. Beyond Theory: relevance and usefulness through the pragmatization of research References