Doing Qualitative Educational Research

by Walford, Geoffrey

• ISBN13: 9780826447029
• ISBN10: 0826447023
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781441127280
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-21
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Summary

Geoffrey Walford, a renowned and experienced researcher, reflects upon the trials and tribulations and the problems and promises of conducting research - and also on the links between the idiosyncrasies and circumstances of researchers and what is possible in research. Research is revealed as a much more complicated process than is usually recognized, sometimes messy and disorganized, sometimes constrained in unexpected ways, but always challenging to both researcher and reader.

Author Biography

Geoffrey Walford is Professor of Educational Policy at the University of Oxford.

Table of Contents

Preface	vi
Introduction	1	(13)
Choice of research site and problematic access	14	(20)
Gaining access to research sites	34	(16)
First days in the field	50	(12)
Research role conflicts and compromises	62	(19)
Interviews	81	(17)
Researching yourself	98	(16)
Political commitment	114	(20)
Ethics	134	(13)
On analysis and theory	147	(13)
Publication	160	(18)
Conclusion	178	(6)
Bibliography	184	(13)
Index	197