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Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Practitioners addressing problems of practice; Chapter 3: Generalising about teaching and learning; Chapter 4: Describing and categorising in education research; Chapter 5: Explaining and theorising in education research; Chapter 6: Advocating: saying how it could be otherwise; Chapter 7: Education research: looking back and looking forward; References; Key words;

"Concise, engaging and accessible, Education Research: The Basics discusses key ideas about the nature and purpose of education research: what it can and cannot achieve, how it has been used over the years and where and how it has had an impact. Providing crucial background for understanding key thinkers in the field such as Plato, Dewey, Montessori and Freire, each chapter represents a way of understanding the goals and methods of research conducted in the field of education. With key terms and further reading throughout, this book is a must-read for anyone undertaking or interested in research in the field of education"