How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education (8th ed.)

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Part 1 Introduction to Research

• The nature of research

Part 2 The Basic of Educational Research

• The research problems
• Locating and reviewing the literature
• Ethics and research
• Variables and Hypothesis
• Sampling
• Instrumentation
• Validity and reliability
• Internal validity

Handbook of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Research

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Section 1: Genesis of TVET Research

• Genesis of VET research: Case study of Australia.
• Research on China's Technical and Vocational Education.
• French research on vocational training: A mirror of the position and structure of the training system?
• On the genesis of TVET research in Germany.
• History of Vocational education and training research in the United States.
• Overview of research concerning vocational education training in modern Japan.
• UNESCO's research on TVET and skills development.
• Research on TVET and skills development by selected intergovernmental organization and bilateral agencies.
• Steps towards international comparative research in TVET.

Interviewing as Qualitative Research: A Guide for Researchers in Education and Social Sciences

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Introduction: How I Came to Interviewing

1. Why Interview?

The Purpose of Interviewing
Interviewing: “The” Method or “A” Method?
Why Not Interview?
Conclusion
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Disseminating Qualitative Research in Educational Settings

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PART I

1 From dissemination to impact: historical and contemporary issues.
2 Models of dissemination.

Basic of Qualitative Research

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Part I. Basic Considerations

1. Introduction
2. Description, Conceptual Ordering, and Theorizing
3. The Interplay Between Qualitative and Quantitative in Theorizing
4. Practical Considerations

A Handbook for Teacher Research

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Part 1: A general background to teacher as practice

• An introduction to teacher research
• Teacher research as systematic inquiry
• Formulating our research purpose; problems, questions, aims, and objectives.
• General approaches to teacher research.
• Informing the study: some key aspects of reviewing literature.
• Ethics and teacher research.