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Doing Educational Research in Schools
- Mark Betteney - University of Greenwich, UK
- Robert Morgan - University of Greenwich, UK
May 2026 | 232 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
This is your essential guide to carrying out research in schools. It walks you through each step offering smart practical guidance supported by real world examples of students’ work to help you understand academic research vocabulary, avoid common pitfalls and produce a successful educational research project. It also discusses careful ground rules for the ethical use of AI tools in your research project.
- Learn how to frame an appropriate research question.
- Understand the careful ethical considerations involved in research in educational settings.
- Explore the pros and cons of different methods for collecting data.
- Find out how to analyse your data and write up your findings.
- Understand how researchers disseminate their work effectively to wider audiences.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The nature of knowledge: what is it to know or learn something?
Chapter 3 Types of research in schools
Chapter 4 Ethics
Chapter 5 Choosing the focus and title of your research
Chapter 6 Research with children
Chapter 7 Research with adults
Chapter 8 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. A chapter of related case studies
Chapter 9 The Literature Review
Chapter 10 Data Analysis
Chapter 11 Last steps: the conclusion, the introduction, the abstract, and the proofreading
Chapter 12 Dissemination
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