Educational Research in Practice

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Offering valuable insights into the education and social research community, eight researchers representing contrasting approachesfrom the United Kingdom, New Zealand and North Americaexplain what they do, why they do it, its methodological basis, and perceived outcomes. Main themes are then analyzed and discussed by the editors, both experienced teachers of research methodology and methods.

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'...many research students might find this lively plurality of personal viewpoints a more engaging entry into discussions of methodology than dry synopses of allegedly mutually-exclusive paradigms that capture little of the passion and energy that inspire adherents.' Volume 53, Number 4 -- James Aczel * British Journal of Educational Studies *

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Joanna Swann is a Popperian philosopher of learning and method, known internationally for her innovative theoretical and practical explorations of the implications of evolutionary epistemology for teaching and education research. Formerly a Principal Lecturer at the University of Brighton, UK, she is now a freelance author. John Pratt is Emeritus Professor of the Centre for Institutional Studies at the University of East London, UK, and Visiting Professor at the University of Brighton, UK.