Description
Book Synopsis âœThis excellent book promises much and delivers a whole lot more. It provides a description of the practicalities of combining evidence from a variety of data collection modes in order to enrich our responses to educational research questions. This is achieved with thoroughness and clarity and even some wit. There are outstanding teaching materials hereâ. This is the best book on educational research methods published in this country for decades.â
Professor Charles Desforges, University of Exeter "In this timely and important contribution, Stephen Gorard and Chris Taylor help us move beyond the wasteful schism of 'qualitative versus quantitative' research by offering sound basic theorising and extensive practical illustration of the combining of research methods... I see their book as essential reading for anyone concerned for effective educational and social research."
Professor Peter Tomlinson, University of Leeds
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Table of Contents
List of contents
Preface
Chapter One - A third methodological movement: challenging the dominance of single methods
Chapter Two – Simple numeric and textual data: querying the divide
Chapter Three – Triangulation and combining methods across studies
Chapter Four - The 'new' political arithmetic: a policy case study
Chapter Five – Understanding life histories by varying the scale
Chapter Six - The interplay of scale and type: Complex interventions
Chapter Seven - The promise of design studies
Chapter Eight - What is the current prevalence of combined methods research?Chapter Nine – Theory as a barrier to the combination of research methods
Chapter Ten – Prospects for the 'new' education and social science researcher
References
Index
