Building Research Design in Education: Theoretically Informed Advanced Methods

Building Research Design in Education provides insights into the ways in which foundational knowledge of research and research processes can be applied in order to build rigorous research design. If your research is to have meaning and value this text will enable you to make informed choices and decisions about your design bearing in mind the complex ideas and theoretical framing needed to underpin it.Drawing on the research expertise of the contributors this text initially introduces the foundations for differing ideas around epistemology and ontology then splits into four parts looking at quantitative qualitative and mixed methods research approaches as well as other possibilities for research including newer or emerging forms of research. Throughout good research design is shown as taking many shapes with its premise always being rooted in a clear understanding of what is known and what is knowable according to the researcher's world view in harmony with epistemological and ontologi