Description
Book SynopsisThis practical book provides researchers with strategies for conducting socially just school-based research. This comprehensive text provides a resource for those interested in conducting school counseling research within school settings. The volume includes a wealth of knowledge from expert scholars in the field to equip researchers with the conceptual knowledge and practical skills to conduct rigorous intervention research with schools. School counseling researchers, counselor education doctoral students, district personnel, and those that review research will have a deep and rich source to support their evolving collaborative research in schools. The editors organize the book to walk readers through the process of creating successful research partnerships with schools that will result in ethical outcomes from their research efforts. Readers are guided through the process of conceptualizing ethical and socially just research in partnership with schools, how to create strong research
Table of ContentsChapter 1: A Framework for Conducting School Counseling Research in the Current Educational Environment Chapter 2: Access to Schools: Relationships with Stakeholders and Systems Chapter 3: Ethical Research in Schools: Navigating the IRB Process at the District and University Levels Chapter 4: Research Questions that Contribute to Sound Study Designs for School Counseling Chapter 5: Developmental and Social Considerations When Conducting Research with Children and Adolescents Chapter 6: Using Assessment Instruments in School-Based Research Chapter 7: Research Design: Quantitative Approaches Chapter 8: Research Design: Qualitative Approaches Chapter 9: Research Designs: Action Research Chapter 10: Single Case Research Design: A Practical Option in School Counseling Research Chapter 11: Program Evaluation in Professional School Counseling Chapter 12: Ensuring Treatment Fidelity and Clean Data Collection Chapter 13: Data Analysis Procedures in School Counseling Research Chapter 14: Bridging the Research to Practice Gap
