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Research Methods in Education 7th Edition
Author(s): Louis Cohen (Author), Lawrence Manion (Author), Keith Morrison (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 28 Mar. 2011
- Edition: 7th
- Language: English
- Print length: 762 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415583357
- ISBN-13: 9780415583350
Book Description
This rewritten, expanded and updated 7th edition of the long-running bestseller Research Methods in Education 7th Edition encompasses the whole range of methods currently employed by educational research at all stages. It offers plentiful and rich practical advice, underpinned by clear theoretical foundations, research evidence and up-to-date references.
Chapters new to this edition cover:
Causation, critical educational research, evaluation and the politics of research, including material on cross-cultural research, mixed methods and participatory research
Choosing and planning a research project, including material on sampling, research questions, literature reviews and ethical issues
Meta-analysis, research syntheses and systematic reviews
Virtual worlds and internet research
Using and analysing visual media and data in educational research
Organizing and presenting qualitative data, content analysis, coding and computer analysis, themes, narratives, conversations and discourses, grounded theory
Understanding and choosing statistical tests, descriptive and inferential statistics, multi-dimensional measurement and factor analysis
Research Methods in Education 7th Edition is essential reading for both the professional researcher and students of education at undergraduate and postgraduate level, who need to understand how to plan, conduct, analyse and use research.
The textbook is accompanied by a website: http://www.routledge.com/textbooks/cohen7e. PowerPoint slides for every chapter contain an outline of the chapter structure followed by a thorough summary of the key points, ideal for both lecturers and students. Within the book a variety of internet resources are referred to and these references have been included here, with links to the websites. A wide range of supplementary documents are available for many chapters, providing additional guidance and examples. They range from guidelines for the contents of a research proposal with a worked example, to screen-print manuals for using SPSS and QSR N6 NUD*IST (exportable to N-Vivo) plus data files.
Editorial Reviews
Review
A: Alexandra Allan, University of Exeter, UK (Adopter)
It is very useful to have a textbook that specifically relates to educational research because it deals with issues that some other texts just don’t cover.
B: David Hemphill, San Francisco State University, US (Adopter)
This book far surpasses anything else on the US market.
C: Di Wilmot, Rhodes University, South Africa (Adopter)
The most comprehensive research methods text that I am aware of.
D: Gavin Brown, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong/Australia
The content is reasonable―the organization is disjointed and will not help students appreciate the flow, interaction, and beauty of research.
E: Heather Jacklin, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Ideas and insights regarding research introduced in some chapters are not carried through to other chapters.
F: Jillian Blackmore, Deakin University, Australia (Adopter)
Does not provide any sense of the breadth of qualitative research methods that are being used now.
G: Marg Gilling, Massey University, New Zealand (Adopter)
You cannot offer changes to everyone but I have recommended, again, for our academic year [starting February 2010] that this is the one compulsory text because of its comprehensive coverage.
H: Nonnie Botha, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
The book starts with the paradigms in research, which is for me the best way to do it. Unfortunately, the remainder of the book is not presented according to the paradigms – this often results in the novice researcher matching the various aspects of research inappropriately with each other.
I: Pat Irwin, Rhodes University, South Africa (Adopter)
Excellent – arguably the best on the market today.
J: Patrick Danaher, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
The book has a good reputation among my doctoral students and my fellow educational researchers.
K: Richard Race, Roehampton University, UK (Adopter)
A key text for our MA in Education. 6th edition stocked in library and bookshop here at Roehampton.
L: Sylvia Méndez-Morse, Texas Tech University, US (Adopter)
One of the main reasons I use this book is that the authors placed the issue of ethics toward the BEGINNING of the book and thus emphasized the importance of ethical research. This was/is important to me.
M: Zsolt Lavicza, University of Cambridge, UK (Adopter)
This is a great book to offer general views on educational research. Students can become familiar with research issues from this book, but it is necessary to use supplementary papers/books for more in-depth research in their areas.
About the Author
Louis Cohen is Emeritus Professor of Education at Loughborough University, UK.
Lawrence Manion was former Principal Lecturer at Didsbury School of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
Keith Morrison is Professor and Registrar at Macau University of Science and Technology, formerly at Durham University, UK.
