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Place-based methods for researching schools /

"Schools are complex institutions. They do not easily reveal themselves to researchers who rely on only one or two methods. Understanding a school, its neighbourhood and its students requires a researcher with a more complex repertoire of verbal, statistical and visual research strategies. Plac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thomson, Pat, 1948- (Author), Hall, Christine, 1951- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.
Series:Bloomsbury research methods for education series.
Subjects:
Education > Research > Methodology.
Education > Social aspects > Research > Methodology.
EDUCATION > Study Skills.
EDUCATION > Research.
Table of Contents:
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  • Introducing the book
  • 1. Studying a School
  • 2. Getting Into the School
  • 3. Getting to Know the Neighbourhood
  • 4. Reading the School
  • 5. Living with the School
  • 6. Multiple Perspectives on the School
  • 7. Analysing Complex Data Sets
  • 8. Writing the School
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index.