Includes bibliographical references and index.

Carrying out educational research : the start of your journey / Clive Opie --
Research, theory and worldviews / Jon Scaife --
Framing the research / Desma Brown --
Literature review / Desma Brown and Lee Fallin --
Ethics / Desma Brown --
Judging the quality of educational research / Jon Scaife --
Write or wrong? Conventions and myths in academic literacy / David Hyatt --
Research approaches / Clive Opie --
Research procedures / Clive Opie --
Analysing and presenting your research data / Clive Opie and Lee Fallin --
Understanding and applying qualitative data analysis / Desma Brown and Hannah Scaife --
Using NVivo in your research / Lee Fallin --
Understanding quantitative data analysis / Clive Opie --
Using Excel/SPSS in your research / Clive Opie.

A one-stop shop for anyone undertaking educational research for the first time, this text focuses on the development and application of key skills necessary for successful research. Packed with useful exercises, checklists and case studies, this book will allow the reader to apply their skills across a range of essays, presentations and reports. Using digestible language to explain complex terminology and processes simply, the authors explore working with and presenting data and the software options available to students, including NVivo, SPSS and Excel.

A one-stop shop for anyone undertaking educational research for the first time, this text focuses on the development and application of key skills necessary for successful research.

An exceptional introduction to research for students in education and beyond. Written by authors with in-depth understandings of student needs and research realities, and accompanied by a great wealth of additional resources, this volume constitutes a major publishing achievement. -- Christos Varvantakis This comprehensive guide to carrying out educational research will be invaluable for teachers, trainee teachers and Masters students. Each chapter guides you through the process of completing meaningful educational research, will support your own professional development and impact positively on the learners you work with. -- David Owen A book of its own kind with a few highly valuable chapters that are usually not a part of Research Books. These chapters are a great contribution as a guide and a saviour for researchers from making most common mistakes. -- Fizzi Sabir