Educational Research for Social Justice (Doing Qualitative Research in Educational Settings) - Softcover

Griffiths, Morwenna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335198597 ISBN 13: 9780335198597

Publisher: Open University Press, 1998

Synopsis

This is a book for all researchers in educational settings whose research is motivated by considerations of justice, fairness and equity. It addresses questions such researchers have to face. Will a prior political or ethical commitment bias the research? How far can the ideas of empowerment or 'giving a voice' be realised? How can researchers who research communities to which they belong deal with the ethical issues of being both insider and outsider?

The book provides a set of principles for doing educational research for social justice. These are rooted in considerations of methodology, epistemology and power relations, and provide a framework for dealing with the practical issues of collaboration, ethics, bias, empowerment, voice, uncertain knowledge and reflexivity, at all stages of research from getting started to dissemination and taking responsibility as members of the wider community of educational researchers.

Theoretical arguments and the realities of practical research are brought together and interwoven. Thus the book will be helpful to all researchers, whether they are just beginning their first project, or whether they are already highly experienced. It will be of great value to research students in designing and writing up their theses and dissertations.

About this title

About the Author:

Morwenna Griffiths is Professor of Educational Research at Nottingham Trent University, and previously taught at Nottingham University, Oxford Brookes University, Christ Church College, Canterbury, and Isfahan University. She has carried out a range of educational research including classroom-based action research, large-scale surveys, philosophical analysis, and qualitative evaluations. Her current interests lie particularly in social justice, gender and educational research. She is the author Feminisms and the Self: The Web of Identity; Self-identity, Self-esteem, and Social Justice; and co-author (with Carol Davies) of In Fairness to Children: Working for Social Justice in the Primary School. She has also edited (with Barry Troyna) Anti-racism, Culture and Social Justice in Education, and with Margaret Whitford, Women Review Philosophy: New Writing by Women in Philosophy and Feminist Perspectives in Philosophy.

Review:

"...insightful and thought-provoking, challenging readers'beliefs about educational practice." - Assessment in Education

About this edition

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0335198597
• ISBN 13: 9780335198597
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176