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Books

The following books are particularly recommended for the IMP programme:

Bassey, M. (1999) Case Study Research in Educational Settings, Buckingham, Open University Press.

Bell, J (1999) Doing Your Research Project (3rd edition), Buckingham, OUP - for details click here

Clough, P & Nutbrown, C (2002) A Student's Guide to Methodology, London, SAGE

Cohen, L ; Manion, L & Morrison, K (2007) Research Methods in Education (6th edition), London, Routledge - for details click here

Denscombe, M (2003) The Good Research Guide: 2nd edition, Buckingham, OUP - for details click here

Koshy, V. (2005) Action research for improving practice. A practical guide. London: Paul Chapman Publishing.

Maykut, P. and Morehouse, R. (1994) Beginning Qualitative Research. A Philosophic and Practical Guide, London, Falmer Press.

Robson, C. (2002) Real World Research, 2nd edition, Oxford, Blackwell.

Stake, R. (1995) Art of case study research, London, Sage Publications.

Yin, R. (1994) Case study research: design and methods, 2nd edition, London, Sage Publications.

(MARJON students are given another option to add to this list, viz:

Bassey, M. (1995) Creating Education Through Research, Newark, Kirklington Moor Press/Edinburgh, BERA)

CD-ROM

This CD-ROM is very strongly recommended. It includes several accounts from Masters and research degree students on beginning research, choosing methods of data collection, analysis and writing up as well as statements from eminent professors on the nature of education research and research methodology. 20 copies are held by the Exmouth branch of the University of Plymouth library and are available for loan.

Barrett, Elizabeth; Lally, Vic; Purcell, S & Thresh, Robert (1999) Signposts for Educational Research CD-ROM: A Multimedia Resource for the Beginning Researcher. Sage Publications, London.

EDUCATION RESEARCH DATA BASES

If you are a University of Plymouth student looking for information about education research projects to give you some inspiration for your own, you can always, of course, go from the student portal to Quick Links > e-Library > Electronic Databases > British Education Index (BEI) and do a search on your topic.

However, the following websites, arranged alphabetically, may also be worth a try (particularly The Teacher Training Resource Bank at http://www.ttrb.ac.uk/, which includes access to an on-line librarian to answer those questions you still have when you’ve exhausted all other possibilities):

Current Educational Research in the UK (CERUK) is a searchable database of current or on-going research in education and related disciplines. It covers a wide range of studies including commissioned research and PhD theses, across all phases of education from early years to adults. Visit: http://www.ceruk.ac.uk/ceruk/

Education-line is a freely accessible database of the full text of conference papers, working papers and electronic literature which supports educational research, policy and practice. Visit: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/

The EPPI-Centre is involved in writing and supporting other people to write systematic reviews of research evidence across a range of different topic areas. Currently they have a large number of reviews in the fields of Education including Initial Teacher Education (ITE), Health Promotion and Public Health. Visit http://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default.aspx?tabid=56

The Intute Education Gateway provides free access to high quality resources on the Internet. It treats educational studies as a distinct field, with the educational aspects of other disciplines handled elsewhere. Each resource has been evaluated and categorised by subject specialists based at UK universities. Its target audience is students, staff and researchers in higher and further education. Visit: http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/education/

ontheweb is a monthly current awareness service, produced by the NFER Library. It highlights recent reports, publications and useful documents from prominent educational research and Children's Services related websites which are available to download or view without payment. It can be searched for topics of your choice, at: http://www.nfer.ac.uk/nfer/index.cfm?F511E87B-C0E2-FF0B-689B-F66AD89279E9

The Teacher Training Resource Bank provides access to the research & evidence base underpinning teacher education, and a range of other relevant materials. It even includes an e-Librarian facility for you to ask for help along the lines of ‘I am trying to find out about…’ Be sure to register. Visit: http://www.ttrb.ac.uk/

Do you want to find out more about education and what others have written and discussed before you? This section of TeacherNet is for those interested in all aspects of research. Visit: http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/Research/

The ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme aims to support and develop the UK's educational research to improve outcomes for learners of all ages. Projects cover many topics in sectors across the lifecourse. Details of projects and their findings may be found via this site. Visit: http://www.tlrp.org/

Miscellaneous

Visit the recently launched online Research Methods resource centre: www.methodology.co.uk. The site has been set up to provide a source of information for anyone teaching, studying or working with Research Methods – including details on relevant books and journals, conferences, organizations, software, mailing lists etc. It also provides free access to a journal ‘article of the month’ on the homepage, and it is planned to expand the site soon to include more interactive content, such as a research methods blog.

Internet for Social Research Methods. A free "teach yourself" tutorial on the Web, teaching Internet skills for those working in social research. Available from: http://www.sosig.ac.uk/vts/social-research-methods/

Publishing Educational Research Guidelines and Tips from AERA: http://aera.net/uploadedFiles/Journals_and_Publications/Journals/pubtip.pdf

Social Science Information Gateway: http://www.sosig.ac.uk/

Research Toolbox (software): http://www.researchtoolbox.com

Online courses:

EDR610 - Introduction to Research: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~mid/edr610/

ED 600 - Website Educational Research: http://www.selu.edu/Academics/Education/EDF600/

Research Methods Tutorials created by students: http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/tutorial/tutorial.htm

World Lecture Hall: http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/

Resources:

The Qualitative Report: http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/web.html

Educational Research Design & Methodology: http://www.artsci-ccwin.concordia.ca/Edtech/ET644.html

Educational Research Resource Links. A Collection of Useful Web Sites for Educational Researchers: http://www.chapman.edu/soe/faculty/piper/cpiper/research.html

Social science resources: http://www.socsciresearch.com/r2.html

SocioSite: Social science information system based at the University of Amsterdam: http://www.pscw.uva.nl/sociosite/index.html

Vandergrift, K. E. Research Methods on the World Wide Web: http://scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/researchmethods.html

QualPage: resources for qualitative research: http://www.qualitativeresearch.uga.edu/QualPage/

The California State University Social Sciences Research and Instructional Council Teaching Resources Depository Home Page: http://www.csubak.edu/ssric/welcome.htx

Education & Research Using Internet: http://www.brint.com/Research.htm

Research Methods in the Social Sciences: An Internet Resource List: http://www.library.miami.edu/netguides/psymeth.html

Websites

Have a look at V-ResORT, Virtual Resources for Online Research Training. This is an fdtl5 project funded by HEFCE. The focus of the project initially is Education Studies. The home page is at: http://www.v-resort.ac.uk/_current_site/index.html and the project materials are at: http://www.v-resort.ac.uk/_current_site/project.html. It looks pretty naff (unless you are a dog lover!), but some of the links are very good and you may find the video narratives useful.

The the excellent site referred (and linked) to many times in the components listed above is: Trochim, William M. The Research Methods Knowledge Base, 2nd Edition. Internet WWW page, at URL: http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/index.htm (version current as of March 13, 2008).

Links to sites with helpful advice about a wide range of research methods may be found by clicking here.

For links to QUALITATIVE RESEARCH websites visit: http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/web.html

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