Research Methods in Education and Psychology: Integrating Diversity with Quantitative and Qualitative ApproachesDonna M Mertens not only covers two standard paradigms (postpositivist and interpretive/constructivist) but also explores the new emancipatory paradigm that is inclusive of the perspectives of feminists, ethnic/racial minorities and persons with disabilities. In each chapter, Donna M Mertens carefully explains a step of the research process through the literature review, research method and analysis to reporting the research. Each chapter opens with examples and lists of topics to consider; contains sample studies to illustrate key ideas; has sequence steps to guide one through the research process; and has a question and answer section to elicit further reflection on the material covered. |
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... postmodernism in yet a fourth paradigm , which she labeled deconstructivist . Three of the major paradigms in the research community are described in the next section . The lines between them are not altogether clear in practice ...
... Postmodern feminist thought is rooted in the philosophies of poststructuralism and postmodern thinkers such as the French feminists Cixous , Irigaray , and Kristeva , and Foucalt , Lyotard , and Bandrillard ( Olesen , 1994 ; Sands ...
... postmodernism , and ethnographic responsibility . Stanford , CA : Stanford University Press . Woodworth , G. ( 1994 ) . Managing meta - analytic databases . In H. Cooper & L. V. Hedges ( Eds . ) , The handbook of research synthesis ...
Contents
An Introduction to Research | 1 |
Literature Review and Research Problems | 33 |
Experimental and QuasiExperimental Research | 59 |
Copyright | |
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