Doing Research in Education

Ioanna Palaiologou is an Associate Professor at the School of Education (Psychology in Education), University of Bristol. She is also a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society with specialism in child development and learning theories. Her research interests focus on ethics, child development, the role of digital technologies and implications on pedagogy. Trevor is an Associate Professor in the UCL Centre for Educational Leadership, Institute of Education where he is Head of Academic Programmes and Programme Leader for the MBA in Educational Leadership (International).  He has now worked in education for over 46 years, has Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) with the Department for Education and is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) in England.  He has worked full-time for four universities since 1993 and in previous careers was an officer in a local education authority (1986-93) and a qualified schoolteacher (1973-86). In all employment he has held senior leadership positions.  He continues to be an active researcher and is engaged in several live projects, with many academic articles, conference papers and book chapters having been published recently.  His main area of expertise is in educational leadership, where he has three books: ‘Being an Effective Headteacher’, ‘Doing Research in Education: Theory and Practice’ and ‘Sustaining the Comprehensive Ideal’.

"Of direct value to both undergraduate and post graduate students, this text provides stimulating explanations of issues crucial to the production of robust research. It is written in an engaging manner incorporating a range of activities and case studies. Additional linkages are  established between research skills and key employability attributes."

• Chapter 1: The Purpose of Research: Why do we do it? - David NeedhamChapter 2: Making sense of Research Methodology - James MaChapter 3: Ethical Issues Associated with Educational Research - Ioanna PalaiologouChapter 4: Constructing the Hypotheses/Creating the Research Question(s) - David NeedhamChapter 5: Managing the Project - Dave Needham and Lynda Pinnington-WilsonChapter 6: Writing the Proposal - Krishan SoodChapter 7: Constructing the Literature Section - Tina ByromChapter 8: Selecting Appropriate Research Methods for an Educational Context - Mark ConnollyChapter 9: Collecting Qualitative Data - Kate LinChapter 10: Analysing Qualitative Data - Trevor MaleChapter 11: Collecting Quantitative Data - Trevor MaleChapter 12: Analysing Quantitative Data - Ken SpencerChapter 13: Research Analysis and Discussion - Glynn KirkhamChapter 14: Writing and Reporting the Research - Gary Beauchamp