Includes bibliographical references and index.

Educational research and inquiry: key issues and debates / Dimitra Hartas -- The epistemological context of quantitative and qualitative research / Dimitra Hartas -- Qualitative research as a method of inquiry in education / Will Gibson -- Quantitative research as a method of inquiry in education / Dimitra Hartas -- Research questions and research design / Denis Gleeson -- Doing a literature review / Dimitra Hartas -- Ethical considerations and legal issues in educational research / Geoff Lindsay -- Action research / Andy Townsend -- Ethnographic encounters with children / Pia Christensen -- Children's and young people's participation within educational and civic settings: a comparative case study approach to research / Michael Wyness -- Researching classroom interaction and talk / David Wray and Kristiina Kumpulainen -- Documentary research / Wendy Robinson -- The application of visual methodology in the exploration of the visual culture of schools / Jon Prosser and Andrew Loxley -- Interviewing as educational research method(s) / Andrew J. Hobson and Andrew Townsend -- Experimental and quasi-experimental designs in educational research / Dimitra Hartas -- Survey research in education / Dimitra Hartas -- Evaluation research in education / Dimitra Hartas -- Qualitative research analysis in education / Will Gibson -- Key concepts and assumptions in quantitative data analysis / Dimitra Hartas -- Preparing and inputting data in SPSS15 / Dimitra Hartas -- Exploring quantitative data / Dimitra Hartas -- Between group differences: comparing two or more means / Dimitra Hartas -- Correlation and regression / Steve Strand -- Exploratory factor analysis / Dimitra Hartas -- Writing up and presenting research / Alan Pritchard.