A Student's Guide to Methodology

Peter Clough is Professor of Education at the University of Brighton. Often using innovative, arts-based qualitative methodologies, his research is concerned particularly with the inclusion of marginalised voices, and spans all age phases. Among his many publications are Inclusion in the Early Years (Sage), and Narratives and Fictions in Educational Research (OUP). Recent research includes the Family Literacy in Prisons project in collaboration with the Prison Advice and Care Trust. Cathy Nutbrown is President of Early Education and Professor of Education in the School of Education at the University of Sheffield. Her research over the last 30 years, has focussed on young children’s learning and work with parents to support young children’s literacy development.  She won an ESRC Award for Research with Outstanding Impact on Society and a Nursery World Lifetime Achievement Award. She is author of over 150 publications including Early Literacy Work with Families (with Hannon and Morgan, Sage, 2005), Early Childhood Educational Research (Sage, 2019), and Home Learning Environments for Young Children (with Clough, Davies and Hannon, Sage, 2022).

Justifying why this is one of the best books around on methodology is easy when the author′s own students provide that evidence. Clough and Nutbrown′s 3rd edition provides an important book for undergraduate, masters and doctoral students in education and the wider social sciences. This book will not only increase creative and critical capacities of researchers, but increase understandings of how pervasive methodology is when making findings public within the research processDr. Richard RaceSenior Lecturer in Education, Roehampton University Finally, a book that clearly distinguishes methodology from methods. Excellent layout which aids comprehension. Great for the novice and competent researcherKaren WildLecturer in Nursing, Keele University A fresh approach to research. Students will enjoy the activities and examples of what research can beAlly DunhillDirector of Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Education. Hull University This interactive and refreshing text guides researchers to address methodology pervasively. The authors want to help research bring about change - in the researcher, the researched and the userProf. Collette TaylerThe University of Melbourne Simplicity and clarity are the hallmarks of this book, with a strong student orientation in writing style, content and reader aids. One is spoken to, rather than down to, and each chapter includes useful activities, summeries and references.G. E. GormanOnline Information Review

• PART ONE: RESEARCH IS METHODOLOGYWhat Is Research?What Is Methodology?PART TWO: THE PERVASIVE NATURE OF METHODOLOGYLooking: Seeing beyond the KnownListening: Issues of VoiceReading: Purpose and PositionalityQuestioning: The Focus of ResearchPART THREE: MAKING RESEARCH PUBLICResearch Design: Shaping the StudyReporting Research: Telling the StoryResearch Action: Next Steps